Play Hopscotch on Saturn's Rings
By Nancy Hayden Curry

Play Hopscotch on Saturn’s Rings” is a book about wondering, imagining, and learning. It is also about discovering the science in the things we see and do every day, and having fun doing it! But this is a book, and like many other books, some of the things in it are just for fun and could not really happen. Like playing hopscotch on Saturn’s rings, for example — even if we could somehow travel hundreds of millions of miles to Saturn (which we can’t — yet!), we couldn’t play on its rings because they are not hard and flat like a sidewalk; they’re actually made of ice, gases, and dust! And of course we can’t sail away into the night on a magic ship either, but we can let our imaginations take us there.

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Nancy Hayden Curry

About the Author

Nancy attended the University of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts University studying music education and piano performance. Shortly afterwards, she moved to Central Florida’s east coast, where she studied computer programming at Rollins College (at Patrick Air Force Base) while making her living as an oyster shucker near Cocoa Beach. She was graduated from Rollins College in 1985 with a B.S. in Computer Information Systems. Nancy was employed as a computer programmer for six years, five of which were at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was at the Space Center where she met her future husband, Parris Curry, a Marine Vietnam veteran who served two tours of duty, one with 1st Battalion 26th Marines in 1968 and 1969.

Nancy moved to the Atlanta area where Parris took a position with a subsidiary of Delta Airlines. Extensive volunteer work at her daughter’s elementary schools prompted Nancy to enroll in the Early Childhood Education program at Mercer University. At Mercer, Nancy was honored in 2004 with the Mercer University’s Tift College of Education Outstanding Student in Teacher Education Award. She was also recognized by the United States Achievement Academy with the honor of All-American Scholar 2004 National Collegiate Award. Nancy graduated in 2004 with a B.S. in Early Childhood Education. It was during her time at Mercer University that Nancy was inspired to write and illustrate the poetic and educational children’s book, Play Hopscotch on Saturn’s Rings. It is the first in a planned series of similar educational children’s books.

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