Author/Illustrator: Douglas Florian
Format: Hardcover
Published: Harcourt Inc., 2007

In our opinion, if Florian's new book contained nothing more than his eulogy of Pluto, it would still be worth the cover price:

Pluto was a planet.
But now it doesn't pass.
Pluto was a planet.
They say it's lacking mass.
Pluto was a planet.
Pluto was admired.
Pluto was a planet.
Till one day it got fired.

Luckily for everyone, the new book includes twenty poems about space - the sun, all nine...ahem...eight planets, constellations, comets, black holes, and more. As always, Florians's poems are brimming with witty wordplay and fun facts. His paintings are gorgeous and often contain their own subtle humor.