Featured on Arizona Illustrated: Rhymes and Reptiles!

Meet Elaine A. Powers at Upcoming Events!

Featured on Arizona Illustrated: Rhymes and Reptiles!

Meet Elaine A. Powers at Upcoming Events!

Featured Books

The cover of Dinosaurs Roam Arizona with a Pima County Southwest Book Award Emblem in the left corner.

Dinosaurs Roamed Arizona!

A Pima County Public Library’s 2025 Southwest Books of the Year winner!

Embark on a prehistoric adventure to when Arizona’s landscape was the homeland of dinosaurs. Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and meet the dinos that roamed around the Grand Canyon state. Get ready to be amazed and maybe a little frightened by the giants that left their marks in time. This book is filled with fun facts and colorful illustrations sure to leave imprints on anyone that reads it.

Awards and News

Pima County Library Southwest Book of the Year emblem.
Two photos of Elaine along with the heading: JUDY GODDARD AWARD WINNER 2025.

Elaine Wins Library Ltd. Judy Goddard Award

We are proud to announce the winner of the Judy Goddard Award for 2025, Elaine A. Powers. A retired biologist, actor and singer, and a conservationist with a passion for reptiles, Elaine is the author of over 25 science-based children’s stories, many of them set in the American Southwest. Her book, Dinosaurs Roamed Arizona, was a 2025 Pima County Public

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Elaine A. Powers, Author
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