Both elementary and middle school students alike have adored A Place for Pluto. It's often used by our students as a mentor text for their writing and how to incorporate their passion/research projects into creative writing.

This was lovely! My 5-year old, who isn't particularly into space or planets, took to this story immediately, and it managed to explain what is essentially a fairly dry story of planetary definitions as an emotionally satisfying, and somewhat complex, narrative that is sure to appeal to pre-schoolers and young school kids. Happily recommended!

While I know that younger kids won't understand this, the adults reading it to them certainly will. This is a good inquiry novel, one that allows the child to ask questions that not only the book can answer but the parents or whoever is reading to them as well. I'd highly suggest this book.

Picture books can be a great way to introduce social and scientific concepts to young readers. They allow kids to engage with the text and concepts at their own level. A Place for Pluto is more scientific, examining how we define a planet, the ways in which Pluto fails that definition, and the other space objects that have a similar status in our solar system.

This book was such an adorable telling of how Pluto searched for his place in the universe after his world was turned upside down due to not being labeled a planet anymore. Having been slightly salty after this determination was made in real life, I was immediately drawn to A Place for Pluto. It not only has some great facts on Pluto at the very end, it teaches a story of acceptance. I will definitely be adopting this book into my classroom library to share with my students this school year.

“Just because you’re not a planet anymore doesn’t mean we don’t love you.”

And there you have it. We can give Pluto love even if it’s not a planet anymore.

I think “A Place for Pluto” is good for story times. I think that kids will like it, it’s a good read aloud, and it is a good start to STEM themes.

I love this one. Pluto is trying to find his place in the galaxy after losing his status as a planet. I like the way the themes of friendship and identity are simply crafted in this story. The illustrations are fun, and the story is sweet. I appreciate that there is nonfiction information about Pluto included at the end.

A Place for Pluto is a sweet story about friendship and fitting in. It educates readers on Pluto, whose planet status was stripped away in 2006. Pluto struggles to define itself after being told it is not a planet and, while I really liked the message, I do wish there was a bit more of a focus on celebrating one’s uniqueness. This is a cute, informative read that shows children that they are never alone. Would recommend!

I think this book is successful in so many ways. As a person who grew up in the 90s, the title captured my interest immediately, because for a good portion of my life, Pluto was considered the 9th planets, but was later proven not to be. For some reason I only keenly remembered of parts of the story, knowing why it was considered not to be a planet, but failed to remember about the reclassification of being a dwarf planet. The illustration of this book is very empathetic, and I believe it sums up Pluto's plight fairly well for people of any reading range to understand.

A Place For Pluto was written by Stef Wade and illustrated by Melanie Demmer. This informational picturebook is currently scheduled for release on August 1 2018.Pluto got the shock of his life when he was kicked out of the famous nine. His planet status was stripped away, leaving him lost and confused. On his quest to find a place where he belongs, he talks to comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. He doesn't fit it anywhere! But when Pluto is about to give up, he runs into a dwarf planet and finally finds his place in the solar system.

A Place For Pluto tells the story of Pluto's change of status to dwarf planet from Pluto's point of view. The poor guy was crushed! As he searches the universe for anyone like himself readers not only learn a bit about space and the things in it, but they also get a lesson in acceptance, friendship, and self discovery. The artwork is bright and cute, with small blurbs of explanatory text about who Pluto comes across in space. Pluto talks to other planets, Halley's Comet, asteroids, and more until he finds other dwarf planets and discovers what he his. I like that after his journey he returns home to find his old friends missed him and now has more friends than ever before. I only wish he could have been happy with himself before finding a label, because putting people in categories is not always the best path, but it worked for the story and can be used to start discussions. There are extra materials included at the end of the book to encourage more reading and research on the subject, which could be helpful and curiosity inducing.

When Pluto is told that he’s no longer a planet, he’s devastated. He sets off with his moons to discover who he really is, encountering along the way comets, asteroids, meteoroids and other objects in the solar system, until he finally finds someone who is just like him and helps him to feel that he belongs.

As someone who (like most adults today) learnt in school that Pluto was one of nine planets in our solar system, I remember clearly how surprised I was in 2006 to discover that it was suddenly not considered a planet anymore. A Place for Pluto explains this shift in scientific opinion in a way that kids can easily understand.

This unique book is brilliant on several levels. It educates kids about our solar system in an exciting and humourous way by slipping fun facts effortlessly into a charming story. Additional back matter explains the history of Pluto’s reclassification from planet to dwarf planet. Adults and older children will appreciate the space-themed puns (“these feelings warm me to the core”).

At the same time A Place for Pluto addresses the concerns that many children experience if they are (or feel they are) in some way “different”. I’m sure many children can relate to Pluto’s sadness and confusion when he realises that he doesn’t belong.

The cute, quirky illustrations make the story even more endearing and bring to life Pluto’s personality and emotions.

I’ve always been more drawn to fiction than non-fiction, but I love STEM picture books that read like fiction, and I feel that Stef Wade has found the perfect balance here between education and a fun, uplifting storyline that kids and adults alike will want to read again and again!

What a delightful book!
For those of us who remember when Pluto was one of the nine planets, this book helps to explain how it lost that status. At the same time, it is a book that will appeal to students who are struggling to fit it. For those students who do fit in, the book reinforces how difficult it is for those others and should elicit an understanding of that angst.
The dialogue is appealing as are the illustrations. I look forward to it on my Media Center's shelves.

I absolutely adored this book! Many of my students enjoy reading about the solar system and it’s not always easy to find a text that explains the Pluto situation to them in a way that they understand that isn’t outdated. I love that this story told about Pluto while connecting it to emotions that children would understand, so it also led to a theme of acceptance and belonging. The facts thrown in also took me by surprise! The illustrations were impressive and well done, and I can’t wait to add this book to my library. Thank you, net galley for the ARC!

After poor Pluto learns he's been demoted and is no longer a planet he travels around the Solar System to find out what he his. We follow him around as he looks for someone like him and we learn a lot about our Solar System and the things in it as he encounters many things that he is not. Until finally, the dwarf planets arrive and Pluto finally finds the place that he belongs! Beautiful illustrations accompany this heartwarming and educational story about finding your place in world (or Solar System, as it were).

I loved this adorable book about how Pluto was kicked out of the famous 9 planets and became a dwarf planet. I really love the illustrations in this book. I think parents who grew up with Pluto as a planet will enjoy this book as much as kids. I also appreciate the additional facts at the end of the book.

A Place for Pluto is a children's picture book, which is written by Stef Wade and illustrated by Melanie Demmer.

Within thirty-two pages, this delightful book is focused on Pluto the Planet and how he was kicked out of the famous nine planets. Now, he's searching for his place in the solar system.

It's a sweet and entertaining story about Pluto that combines scientific facts and educational details with interconnected themes of friendship and self-discovery. This book encourages children to learn about scientific subjects while working on their reading skills.

A Place for Pluto is a highly recommended children's picture book that's geared toward kindergartners to third graders.


Note: I received this book from NetGalley, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I absolutely loved this book! It was adorable and cleverly written. The author does a great job explaining why Pluto is no longer classified as a planet. This would be a wonderful addition in a library and/or classroom. I'm glad Pluto's story has a happy ending!

5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book, which I voluntarily reviewed.

Art: Colorful, fun

Story: The story was worthy (Pluto losing its planet status) of being told. I just felt you could tell this was a message/facts book it wasn’t bad but I could feel things pushing so they can give you certain facts. In a way it felt like the facts moved the story.

I loved this! Teaches the history of Pluto in the form of a fun story and gives a brief overview of Pluto's real history at the end. I love the happy ending.