The Texas State Reading Association just announced that When is a Planet Not a Planet? has won the 2008 Golden Spur Award for Children's Literature.

Upcoming Events:

November 17-21, 2008 Elaine will visit Mission (TX) Consolidated School District.

Elaine will be signing at the NCTE conference on Saturday, November 22, 2008 in San Antonio. Visit her at the Clarion booth at 9:00 a.m. and at the Charlesbridge booth at 3:00 p.m.

February 4, 2009 Elaine will vist students at St. Francis School, Houston.

Elaine will be a featured author at the International Reading Association Conference in Phoenix, AZ, February 21-25, 2009. Why not schedule a school or library visit in conjunction with her trip to the area? Email Elaine to make arrangements.

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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 other books! Book now for the best selection of dates. Science education can be fun when students learn from an award-winning author.

Celebrate International Polar Year through March 2009. Invite Elaine to visit your library to share Poles Apart: Why Penguins and Polar Bears Will Never Be Neighbors. Also discover more resources at Explore! Ice Activities from the Lunar & Planetary Institute.

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.

Watch for All About Sleep from A to ZZZZZ (Viking, 2008) and Mars and The Search for Life (Clarion, 2008).

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Site updated November 9, 2008.

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It's time to update this letter. First, let me thank you for visiting my web site. It's written for my young readers, as well as the adults in their lives. I hope you find everything you're looking for here. If not, please shoot me an e-mail and tell me what you think is missing. And if you're a student whose school I have visited, yes, I really mean it when I say I will continue to answer your questions via e-mail. So keep on sending those questions! Click here to send them to me.

I can't believe When Is a Planet Not a Planet? The Story of Pluto is about to celebrate its first birthday. It was published August, 2008 by Clarion Books and it has found its way into schools and libraries across the country. Look for it in your library. Or order a copy for yourself. In October, it will be joined by another space book, Mars and the Search for Life, also published by Clarion. This is a book about the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, and the discoveries they are making on Mars. Yes, those two rovers are still working on the Martian surface! Mars is the planet in our solar system most like Earth, and scientists are eager to learn more about its formation and history, so they can in turn learn more about what Earth's fate might be in the future. Mars appears dry, but is there liquid water hidden beneath its dusty surface? Were there ever rivers and oceans on Mars? Could human beings live there one day? Has any life ever been found on Mars? These are questions scientists are asking. You may find some answers in this book.

Since the United Nations has declared 2009 the International Year of Astronomy, I have been receiving a lot of requests to come visit schools and talk about my books--especially those that deal with space science. Maybe I'll come to your school this year--who knows?

Of course I love all kinds of science, so I'm also excited about another fall book, All About Sleep from A to Zzzzz, which will be published by Viking Children's Books. Did you know that some people have died from lack of sleep, or that the loudest snoring on record is 90 decibels--about as loud as a train whistle? These fun facts, plus lots more, are included in All about Sleep. If you've ever been curious about where you go when you go to sleep, I hope you'll read this book.

In February, Secrets of the Cirque Medrano was published by Charlesbridge. Secrets is something different for me--a novel. I was inspired by Picasso's famous painting, The Family of Saltimbanques, which now hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. The story revolves around 14-year-old Brigitte, the café where she works and lives with an elderly aunt and uncle, a young acrobat from the Cirque Medrano, revolutionaries and Russian diplomats, and of course…Picasso. It is nothing like the story I began to write, but of course, that's why writing is so exciting. The writing process is like a journey that takes you to a destination you may not have planned.

Right now I'm busy writing next fall's book, Eye on the Universe: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope. It's another Clarion title, and as its name implies it will tell a lot about Hubble, and how it has helped astronomers around the world learn more about our universe. Keep checking back on the web page, as I will be updating it from time to time, as I plan new projects. In the meantime, work hard, play a lot, keep sending those e-mails, and enjoy the beginning of a brand new school year!

Elaine Scott

 

Honors and Events

Elaine will be 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.

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.

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

Kudos

The Texas State Reading Association just announced that When is a Planet Not a Planet? has won the 2008 Golden Spur Award for Children's Literature.

When Is a Planet Not a Planet? has received exceptional reviews, including a Starred Review from School Library Journal, and has been named a Junior Library Guild Premier Selection for Fall 2007. It was also named as a PBS Recommended Book and a 2008 Teacher's Choice book.

When is a Planet Not a Planet? is named a 2008 Teacher's Choice by the International Reading Association. It has also been named to the Maine Student Book Awards list for 2008-2009.

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. Click here to view the list! And--Poles Apart was nominated as a 2006 Best Books for Young Adults!

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