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Far-Out Guide to the Solar System
Far-Out Guide to the Icy Dwarf Planets
Our solar system used to have nine planets. But recently, scientists ruled that Pluto was actually a dwarf planet. So what exactly is a dwarf planet, how many of them are there, and how do scientists study and classify them? All the facts you need, and lots more, are included in this up-to-date book, featuring a center spread with fast facts.
50 pages, ebook
Published March 21, 2014
2 people want to read
About the author
Mary Kay Carson
109 books43 followersMary Kay Carson is an award-winning children’s nonfiction author. She has written more than thirty books for young people about wildlife, space, weather, nature, and history. Her recent non-fiction titles include Emi and the Rhino Scientist, about the Cincinnati Zoo's famous rhino mom; Exploring the Solar System, recipient of the 2009 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Children’s Literature Award; The Wright Brothers for Kids; Inside Tornadoes; and the Far-Out Guide to the Solar System series. The author also gives presentations at schools and libraries about space, animals, history, and writing.
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February 8, 2013
I suppose this book has some good information in it, but it wasn't written very well and I was really disappointed that it totally glossed over the discovery of the dwarf planets Makemake and Haumea. I grew up learning Pluto was our ninth planet and that it only had one moon, so studying the dwarf planets with my son was new material for me.
It's a good thing I read a different book about dwarf planets before this one or I wouldn't have spotted the glaring labeling mistake!
On pg. 23 the illustration shows Pluto with its three moons: Charon, Namaka, and Hi'iaka. On pg. 24 it shows an illustration of another dwarf planet, Haumea, and its two moons: Nix and Hydra. These moons are INCORRECT! Most people would just look at the illustrations and learn from those (sadly in this case the wrong information), but if you read the planet facts on later pages of this book, it lists the correct facts of Pluto having the moons Charon, Nix, and Hydra. And then Haumea having the moons Namaka and Hi'iaka. Where was your editor, people???
When so many people rely on the library and its books to learn, it would help to have children's scientific books properly edited and the information to be correct. They need to pull this one from the shelves. It's not worth the time to read it when you have to self edit the information.
It's a good thing I read a different book about dwarf planets before this one or I wouldn't have spotted the glaring labeling mistake!
On pg. 23 the illustration shows Pluto with its three moons: Charon, Namaka, and Hi'iaka. On pg. 24 it shows an illustration of another dwarf planet, Haumea, and its two moons: Nix and Hydra. These moons are INCORRECT! Most people would just look at the illustrations and learn from those (sadly in this case the wrong information), but if you read the planet facts on later pages of this book, it lists the correct facts of Pluto having the moons Charon, Nix, and Hydra. And then Haumea having the moons Namaka and Hi'iaka. Where was your editor, people???
When so many people rely on the library and its books to learn, it would help to have children's scientific books properly edited and the information to be correct. They need to pull this one from the shelves. It's not worth the time to read it when you have to self edit the information.
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