Little Pluto Still a Planet in My Heart
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A picture book for ages 18 months – 6

Still a planet
in my heart.

Little Pluto feels small, far away, and forgotten — until a twinkling star leads it home across the solar system, where every friend has the same happy thing to say.

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  • Read-aloud rhyme
  • 8.5″ square paperback
  • The Sun & all 8 planets
  • Bedtime-tested
Book cover: Little Pluto, a smiling golden planet with a big pink heart, drifting in a starry night sky beside its small moon Charon.

Do my old friends still remember me?

Far out at the edge of space, Little Pluto sits alone and wonders. Then a twinkling star lights the way and sends Pluto flying inward — to the Sun first, and then back out past Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

One by one, every friend calls out the very same hello: “Little Pluto!” Mercury proves that small friends do big things. Earth wears love the way Pluto wears its heart. Saturn shares the joy of having a moon by your side.

And by the time Pluto curls up back home at the quiet edge, it knows the warm truth every little one needs to hear: you belong.

Look inside

Lush, dreamy nebula skies behind a warm, clean cast of round friends.

  • Little Pluto sits alone at the deep blue edge of space, a tear on its cheek and a heart on its chest.
    “Now I feel small, as small can be.”
  • A twinkling golden star lights up the sky and points Little Pluto toward the Sun.
    A twinkling star shows the way
  • A smiling Sun glows warm and orange, welcoming Little Pluto close.
    First came the Sun, all warm and bright
  • Tiny Mercury zips over to say hello and tell Little Pluto that small friends do big things.
    Then came Mercury, zippy and small
  • Green-and-blue Earth greets Little Pluto, both of them wearing a heart.
    “You wear a heart, and I wear love.”
  • Ringed Saturn beams beside Little Pluto with its moon close by.
    Then came Saturn, with rings all around

Why it works at bedtime

Written to be read out loud, over and over, in a sleepy voice.

  • Made for reading aloud

    Soft AABB rhymes and short, singable lines that land easily — and never trip you up on the fourth read of the night.

  • A pattern they learn

    Every planet opens with “Then came…” and every friend cheers “Little Pluto!” Little ones start chiming in by the third page.

  • A big feeling, gently held

    Being little, being far away, being different — all perfectly okay. No lecture and no labels, just a friend who gets welcomed home.

  • Nine hellos, one message

    The Sun and all eight planets each get their own warm welcome — their own face, their own colour, their own little kindness to offer.

  • Sturdy square pages

    An 8.5″ square paperback that opens into wide, painterly spreads — lovely on a lap and easy for small hands to turn.

  • Art worth staring at

    Deep, glowing nebula skies behind a clean, cuddly cast — the kind of pages a toddler wants to put a finger on and name.

A taste of the rhyme

Far, far away, where the night sky is deep,
sat a little round Pluto, too sad to sleep.
“I used to be a planet, so proud and so free.
Now I feel small, as small can be.
Do my old friends still remember me?”

the edge of space

Then came Mercury, zippy and small.
“Little Pluto! Hello! I’m the smallest of all!
But size doesn’t matter, not even a bit,
small friends do big things, so don’t you quit!”

a very small friend

Just right for…

  • Bedtime, nap-time, and “one more time” read-alouds
  • Toddlers and preschoolers who already love space
  • Any child who has ever felt little, left out, or far away
  • Birthdays, new siblings, baby showers, and first libraries
Little Pluto: Still a Planet in My Heart — book cover.

Take Little Pluto home

A tender, rhyming journey through the solar system about belonging — and loving yourself just as you are.

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