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Ann Herbert Scott
Nevada Writers Hall of Fame 1995
Ann Herbert Scott was born in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and grew up writing. Her first children's book, co-authored with a friend and never published, was written at the age of 13. Many honors and children's books followed with a hiatus to marry and raise a family. Today, Scott is one of America's foremost authors of children's literature. She deftly uses her B.A. in English (University of Pennsylvania) and M.A. in Social Ethics (Yale University) to bring both credibility and wonder to her work. Many of her books deal with western, ethnic, and rural themes.
Scott moved to Reno in 1961, when she married William Taussig Scott (1916-1999), a physics professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her work as an "enumerator" in the agricultural census of 1964 eventually led to her writing a history of the U. S. census, with the cooperation of the Bureau of the Census. Her novel Sam was an American Library Association Notable Book for 1967. Another of her books, On Mother's Lap, was read by Captain Kangaroo on his television program as part of the national Reading is Fundamental literacy initiative. In 1996, the paperback edition of Cowboy Country was awarded the Parents' Choice Silver Honor. Scott is active in the Northern Nevada arts community and is the co-founder of the Annual Art of the Children's Book Festival. She and her husband were co-founders of Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace, a non-profit public benefit corporation in Washoe County, Nevada.
Bibliography for Ann Herbert Scott
Fiction:
Big Cowboy Western. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1965. [Available: Getchell Library: PZ 7 S415 B1]
A Brand Is Forever. New York: Clarion, 1993. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: PZ 7 .S415 Br 1993]
Brave as a Mountain Lion. New York: Clarion, 1996. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: PZ 7 .S415 Bt 1996]
Grandmother's Chair. New York: Clarion, 1990.
Hi! New York: Philomel Books, 1994.
How the Rabbits Found Christmas. New York: Wonder Books, 1961. (Alternate title: December is for Christmas)
Let's Catch a Monster. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1967. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: PZ 7 .S415 Le]
Not Just One. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1968.
On Mother's Lap. New York: Clarion, 1992. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: PZ 7 .S415 On 1992]
One Good Horse: A Cowpuncher's Counting Book. New York: Greenwillow, 1990. [Available: Getchell Library: j PZ 7 .S415 Op 1990]
Sam. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
Someday Rider. New York: Clarion, 1989. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: PZ 7 .S415 So 1989; and WNC-Carson City]
Adaptations & Translations:
Blanco, George M. and Rolando Hinojosa. Te lo imaginas? (Lectura Scott Foresman series). Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman, 2000.
Brave As a Mountain Lion. Braille edition. (Soar to Success series). Harrisburg, PA: PaTTAN Production Services, 1996.
Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Cowboy Country. Braille edition. Boston: National Braille Press, 1995.
On Mother's Lap. Braille edition. Newark, NJ: Meyer Center, New Jersey Commission for the Blind, 1996.
On Mother's Lap (sound recording). New York: Clarion, 1994. [Available: GBC-Elko] [audiocassette]
On Mother's Lap (videorecording). Sacramento, CA: California Dept. of Education, Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Technology, 2000. [videocassette]
Sam (sound recording). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. [audiocassette]
Someday Rider (sound recording). New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. [audiocassette]
Sur les genoux de maman. Paris: L'Ecole des loisirs, 1993.
Nonfiction:
Census Book Manuscript, 1966-1967. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: NC 1064]
Census U.S.A.: Fact Finding for the American People, 1790-1970. New York: Seabury, 1968. [Available: Getchell Library: HA 37 .U55 S44]
Cowboy Country. New York: Clarion, 1993. [Available: Getchell Library: F 586 .S29 1993; and at Great Basin College, Elko]
McDonald, Megan, and Ann Herbert Scott. Paperback Plus Teacher's Resource. (Invitations to Literacy series). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Sam: Teacher's Guide. Oakland, CA: Developmental Studies Center, 1993.
Biographical Sources & Critical Response:
"A Brand Is Forever (review)." Booklist. (April 1, 1993)
Aguilera, Stefana. "Brave As a Mountain Lion." Lesson Plans for Wordless Picture Books. Holbrook, Arizona: Holbrook Unified School District #3.
"Ann Herbert Scott." Houghton Mifflin.
Apple, Margo, et al. The Heartwood Curriculum: Early Childhood. Pittsburgh, PA: Heartwood Institute, 1996. [Visual Material]
Bibliography: Kindergarten: Books for Teachers to Read Aloud. Houghton Mifflin Education Place.
"Books
Too Good to Miss: For 5, 6 and 7 year-olds: Sam." Evanston, IL:
Oakton School.
Contemporary Authors. (1st Revision). Detroit: GaleResearch, 1977. Vols. 21-24. [Available: Getchell Library, Main Reference: REF Z 1224 .C6 and online in the Gale Literature Resource Center database]
Contemporary Authors. (New Revision Series). Detroit: GaleResearch, 1998. Vol. 68. [Available: Getchell Library, Main Reference: REF Z 1224 .C62]
DeMontreville, Doris, and Elizabeth D. Crawford, eds. Fourth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators. New York: Wilson, 1978; pp. 308-309. [Available: Getchell Library: PN 1009 .A1 F6]
Drummond, Tom. "Great Books for Group Times: Predictable Pattern Books: On Mother's Lap." Early Childhood Education Web Site. Seattle, WA: North Seattle Community College.
Epstein, Freyda, et al. The Heartwood Curriculum: An Ethics Curriculum for Children. Wexford, PA: Heartwood Institute, 2001-2003. [visual material]
"50 'must read' Children's Books, Birth-3 Years." Christian Parenting Today (July/Aug 1999)Christianity Today.com
"Getting Along: Brothers and Sisters." Ohio State University Extension Research.
"Helping Children Cope in a Post-9/11 World." New York: State Office of Mental Health, Project Liberty.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Books Are By People: Interviews with 104 Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young Children. New York: Citation, 1969.
Irwin, Barbara J. "Recommended Book List for Use with 'Agriculture in the Classroom--2002'." (Cattle & Ranching)
J., Erik. "From Census to Non-Census: Eyes of the Intrusive State." Enter Stage Right. (Jan. 24, 2000)
Johnson, Erik A. "The Census: Eyes of the Intrusive State." The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty (September 1990).
Learning and Language, The All New Captain Kangaroo Educators' Guide. Fox Family Channel. (In cooperation with: American Library Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, AmericaReads Challenge, and Cable in the Classroom)
McDonald, Megan, and Ann Herbert Scott. Paperback Plus Teacher's Resource. (Invitations to Literacy series). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Native American Early Learning Project: Resource List. Puget Sound, WA: Early Literacy Outreach Project. Puget Sound Educational Service District.
"Nevada - Read Across America." Tucson, AZ: Catalina Foothills School Distirct, Manzanita Library.
"On Mother's Lap" (audiobook review). Boston: Soundscape.
"1000 Good Books List: Picture Books: On Mother's Lap." Classical Christian Education Support Loop, Classical Christian Homeschooling.
"Readings on Families, Friends and Neighbors for Kindergarten through Third Grade." (Sam) New York: Families and Work Institute.
"Recommended Children's Literature: Self Esteem, Confidence, Personality Development." Haldago Bay
Schmidt, Gary D. "Sense of Place: A Bibliography." The Five Owls.
Schottman, Elly. On Mother's Lap: Teacher's Resource. Boston, MA: Voices of Love and Freedom, 1999.
Scott, Ann Herbert. "Letter to Eva Gabor and Members of the Michael Polanyi Liberal Philosophical Association." Polanyiana: The Periodical of the Michael Polanyi Liberal Philosophical Association. (1999) Vol. 8, no. 1-2.
Scott, William T. Michael Polanyi Papers, 1903-1995, (bulk 1979-1991). [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: 99-26]
Scott, William T. and Ann H. Scott Papers, 1833-1994. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: 95-92]
Scott, William T. and Ann H. Scott Papers, 1917-1995. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: 97-27]
Scott, William T. and Ann H. Scott Papers, 1954-1993. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: 97-15]
Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace. Records, 1956-1994, 1987-1992. (Nevada Women's Archives) [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: 95-01]
Something About the Author: Facts and Pictures about Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People. Detroit: Gale Research, 1982, 1989, 1998. Vols. 29, 56, 94. [Available: Getchell Library, Main Reference: REF PN 452 .S6]
Tried & True Books for Storytime: "Toddlers: Acceptance and Love." AnswerPoint.org. Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Virginia.
Warren, Mary Sheehan. "Food for the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in Children's Literature." Catholic.net: Children's Books.
Please direct questions about this bibliography to Betty Glass
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University of Nevada, RenoUpdated 29 March 2008