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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2019
If Pluto Was a Pea
By Gabrielle Prendergast, Rebecca Gerlings (Illustrator)
Two kids explore cosmic size using backyard objects. How small is Pluto?
3.7/5 Goodreads · 108 ratings
40 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Two curious kids embark on a backyard adventure, using everyday objects to grasp the vastness of the universe. With Pluto as a pea and the Sun as a tent, they ponder cosmic size. How do these comparisons shape their understanding of space? Discover the wonders of the universe through a lunchbox and a child's imagination.
From the publisher
Join two curious kids as they explore their backyard, and contemplate their place within our vast universe in this adorable picture book that’s full of comparisons to help kids understand cosmic size. If Pluto was a pea… the Sun would be like a tent, Mercury would be a marble, and Earth would be a golf ball. Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system, but how small is small? As it turns out, it only takes the contents of a lunchbox and a backyard to find out.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD500L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~3.3
- F&P level
- ~N
Publication
- Published
- August 20, 2019
- Publisher
- Margaret K McElderry Books
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781534404359
- LCCN
- 2018026421
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