Heart on Pluto, Karl Jones
Heart on Pluto, Karl Jones
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Heart on Pluto

Author: Karl Jones

Narrator: Christopher Gebauer

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/04/2020


Synopsis

Love is everywhere, even in the fartherst reaches of the Solar System. On NASA's first-ever mission to Pluto, the New Horizons satellite discovers that even when you're far from home, you are loved.

New Horizons was the first NASA satellite to visit and take close-up images of Pluto. And though the journey was long and challenging, New Horizons discovered a message of love in the heart-shaped nitrogren ice lake on Pluto's surface.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon on September 20, 2023

This is a fun book that looks at the robot sent by NASA to Pluto. A good example of a STEM book for 1st to 3rd graders; just enough information presented with engaging illustrations. Perfect for that small child who wants to know about space exploration and how robots are helping us understand more......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on November 26, 2021

A children's intro to the satellite that enabled us to see the heart of ice on Pluto!......more

Goodreads review by Tara on October 02, 2022

Felt way too short but liked the mix of fiction and non-fiction it offered.......more

Goodreads review by Molly on September 02, 2020

I always appreciate books on space that use simple, kid-friendly terminology to explain the concepts to kids. I also didn't know that there is a heart on Pluto--so that was darling. This is definitely a good amount of text--I can see it working for a storytime on Space.......more

Goodreads review by Ben on September 05, 2020

Heart on Pluto is a children's picture book written by Karl Jones and illustrated by Andrew J. Ross. It recounts the mission of the New Horizons probe and its report from Pluto. New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by th......more