John Milton Schealer (July 5, 1920 – February 11, 2008) was an American author of an elementary school astronomy textbook as well as numerous science fiction books for children.
Born in
Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Boyertown (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Boyerschteddel'') is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,055 at the 2010 census. Boyertown is known for the many painted fiberglass bears that can be found throughout the town and boroug ...
, Schealer earned a B.A. from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1943. He published his first children's book ''Zip-Zip and His Flying Saucer'' in 1956, the first of three science fiction books to feature spaceboy Zip-Zip.
In 1957, Schealer wrote ''This Way to the Stars'', an astronomy textbook aimed at ten- to fourteen-year-old readers which discussed the history of astronomy.
Schealer also wrote the script for a
sound and light festival for the
Castillo de San Marcos
The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for "St. Mark's Castle") is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida.
It was designed by the Spanish ...
National Monument in
St. Augustine, Florida
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, and was also the founder and past executive vice-president of the Sound and Light Corporation of America.
Works
Fiction:
* ''Zip-Zip and His Flying Saucer'' (1956)
* ''Zip-Zip Goes to Venus'' (1958)
* ''The Sycamore Warrior: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt'' (1960)
* ''Zip-Zip and the Red Planet'' (1961)
Non-fiction:
* ''This Way to the Stars'' (1957)
External links
Profile at Pennsylvania Center for the Book*
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1920 births
American children's writers
2008 deaths
American male novelists
20th-century American novelists
People from Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Novelists from Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania alumni
American textbook writers
American science fiction writers
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
American male non-fiction writers