This is the story of Pluto – from Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery to the exhilarating flyby of the New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. Appealing to the child’s perspective and everyday world, it uses scientific demonstrations, clear explanations, relevant vocabulary, vivid photography, video clips, diagrams, a bit of music, and my original writing and narration. It includes NGSS / Common Core-aligned concepts and content: [5-PS2-1], [5-ESS1-1], and [MS-PS2-4]. Examples of physical and earth science