While I certainly had heard about Pluto’s demotion from planet to member of the Kuiper belt, it wasn’t until I heard this story on NPR last month that I became aware of the turmolt this reclassification had caused…especially among grade school kids. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York has been widely cast as the villain in this controversy.

Well the folks over at the cool kids retailer Olliebollen have recently launched the Pluto Fan Club, a place for your little astronomer to launch a formal complaint by filling out their download-able protest letter. While there, read up on the misaligned now dwarf planet by checking out these books: The Kid Who Named Pluto (an 11 year old girl named Venetia Burney!), and When is a Planet not a Planet? You can also join their cause on Facebook.

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