Meet Elaine at the Janet F. Harte library in Corpus Christi, TX on Saturday, September 18. She will be presenting a writing workshop and presentations on her space books. Contact the library for details.

On October 2, 2010 Elaine will speak at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, TX as part of their Family Fun Day. Contact the museum for details. This is a repeat visit based on the popularity of the first visit.

Tie-in to Elaine's books by entering the Explore the Universe @ Your Library! contest sponsored by IMAX and the American Library Association. Check out the resources, which include Close Encounters with the Universe.

When Is a Planet Not a Planet? is named to the 2010-2011 Young Hoosier Book Award Nomination List!

NASA Lunar and Planetary Institute explores Mars. Click here for lesson plans and activities to use with Mars and the Search for Life.

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2009 is International Year of Astronomy. Celebrate by bringing Elaine Scott to your school to share When Is a Planet Not a Planet? and Mars and the Search for Life. Book now for the best selection of dates. Science education can be fun when students learn from an award-winning author.

Read Cynthia Leitich Smith's interview with Elaine at Cynsations.

Now available in audiobook! When is a Planet Not a Planet?: The Story of Pluto is now available as an audiobook from Random House Audio. Listen to a sample clip by clicking here.

Library Sparks featured When is a Planet Not a Planet? and Elaine Scott in the March 2008 issue.

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Site updated August 14, 2010.

Welcome to my web page!

Hello to Students, Teachers, and Friends,

I can't believe another year has rolled by, and we are in the second month of the second decade of the 21st century. Wow! Einstein was right. Time is relative, and right now my perception is that it's flying!

2009 was a big year. I welcomed the birth of my first grandchild, Jackson Scott Beasley on March 19th-the highlight of the year. Of course he's adorable, smart, and definitely the best baby ever. What else would you expect a grandmother to say? But trust me, I'm telling the truth.

On a far different note, 2009 also brought another event, not nearly as joyous as the birth of a grandchild. During the summer I discovered that a book of mine, Stocks and Bonds, Profits and Losses had been posted on Scribd.com and downloaded over 100 times, without my permission. After careful thought and in consultation with my attorneys, I decided to file a federal law suit against Scribd, citing copyright violation. Filing a lawsuit is serious business, and I take this lawsuit very seriously. I look forward to having a jury make a decision--based on the law--on this unlicensed use of my work and by extension, the unlicensed use of the works of other authors as well. When I visit schools, students and I talk about copyright, and the value of their words, how they belong to them and no one else. Most seem to understand that it isn't right for them to "borrow" the words and work of another without permission. I only wish some adults in our society understood that concept as well. I mention the lawsuit here, because it has taken up several pages on the Internet and was written about in the Wall Street Journal. I thought those of you who visit this site deserve a comment from me.

Now it's 2010 and time to start on two new books. They are tentatively titled Our Moon: Exploring Luna (Clarion Books) and Dollars and Sense (Charlesbridge Publishing.) NASA's exciting discovery of water on the moon suggested the new moon book to me, and while I've been thinking about another book on economics for some time now, our country's current situation made the Dollars and Sense title more timely than ever. I'm looking forward to working on both books. And there are a couple of novels partially completed, too. Maybe I'll even get one of them off my desk in 2010-who knows?

In the interim, I always welcome your questions and comments. Just click here.

Warmest wishes,

Elaine Scott

 

Honors and Events

Secrets of the Cirque Medrano has been named one of Bank Street College's Best Children's Books of the Year!

The Texas State Reading Association awarded When is a Planet Not a Planet? the 2008 Golden Spur Award for Children's Literature (now called TSRA Literature Award for Children, Young Adult and Illustrator).

When is a Planet Not a Planet? won the 2008 Texas Reading Association's Literature Award. It was also named as a PBS Recommended Book, a 2008 Teacher's Choice book, and was also named to the Maine Student Book Awards list for 2008-2009.

Elaine was a featured author at the International Reading Association Conference in Phoenix, AZ, February 21-25, 2009.

Elaine was a featured speaker at the 2008 Texas Library Association Conference in Dallas, TX.

Elaine was a featured author at the 2007 Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX.

Poles Apart was named a finalist for the prestigious Teddy Children's Book Award in 2005. The Pennsylvania Library Association named Poles Apart to its YA Top 40 list! Chicago Public Library names Poles Apart one of its Best of the Best

Elaine was one of a select group of children's authors invited to participate in Laura Bush Celebrates America's Authors, part of the extended Inaugural Activities on January 19, 2001. Read about her experience in the Special Events section of the site.

	Then-Governor George W. Bush welcomes Elaine Scott to the 1999 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas.
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