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Here Come the Girl Scouts!: The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette 'Daisy' Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure
The amazing, all-true story of the first Girl Scouts and their visionary founder.
Juliette Gordon Low--Daisy to her friends and family--was not like most girls of the Victorian era.
Prim and proper?
BOSH!
Dainty and delicate?
HOW BORING!
She loved the outdoors, and she yearned for adventure! Born into a family of pathfinders and pioneers, she too wanted to make a difference in t...more
Juliette Gordon Low--Daisy to her friends and family--was not like most girls of the Victorian era.
Prim and proper?
BOSH!
Dainty and delicate?
HOW BORING!
She loved the outdoors, and she yearned for adventure! Born into a family of pathfinders and pioneers, she too wanted to make a difference in t...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
January 1st 2012
by Scholastic Press
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Here Come the Girl Scouts! is a nominee for the 2013-2014 South Carolina Picture Book Award.
Here Come the Girl Scouts!, written by Shana Corey and illustrated by Hadley Hooper, is sure to be an inspiration to all girls (no matter their ages). Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low didn't let anything stop her from achieving her goals, and that is a lesson that all readers, girls and boys alike, should learn. From traveling the world, to fishing at a fancy dinner party, to starting the Girl Scouts, Juliette...more
Here Come the Girl Scouts!, written by Shana Corey and illustrated by Hadley Hooper, is sure to be an inspiration to all girls (no matter their ages). Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low didn't let anything stop her from achieving her goals, and that is a lesson that all readers, girls and boys alike, should learn. From traveling the world, to fishing at a fancy dinner party, to starting the Girl Scouts, Juliette...more
This story is about Corey’s (Mermaid Queen) enthusiastic celebration of the life of Low, founder of the Girl Scouts. She reveals a gutsy, active girl growing up in Savannah, Ga., at a time when “proper young ladies were supposed to be dainty and delicate.” Low craved “adventure and excitement,” and, as an adult, she traveled extensively and decided that she “wanted to be useful, to make a difference in the world.” Inspired by Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in England, she launched the Girl Scouts an...more
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, this picture book biography of the organization's founder, Juliette (Daisy) Gordon Low is informative, inspiring, and interesting. Blessed with an inquisitive nature and born into a family where service to others was valued, Daisy defied the social mores for girls and women in her Savannah, Georgia home. Others might have been satisfied with the adventurous life she led, but Daisy wanted to make a difference in the world. At the age of 51, sh...more
Grades 1-5
This lighthearted look at the woman who was responsible for establishing Girl Scouts in the United States in 1912 imparts a lot of information without a lot of text. Starting with Juliette Low's childhood, it describes how she always had a personality that didn't take no for an answer. She was not afraid to question social mores, and this stood her in good stead when, at the age of 51, she met the founder of the Boy Scouts, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, and decided that she would bring the...more
This lighthearted look at the woman who was responsible for establishing Girl Scouts in the United States in 1912 imparts a lot of information without a lot of text. Starting with Juliette Low's childhood, it describes how she always had a personality that didn't take no for an answer. She was not afraid to question social mores, and this stood her in good stead when, at the age of 51, she met the founder of the Boy Scouts, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, and decided that she would bring the...more
This picture book biography of Juliette Gordon Low - known as "Daisy" - is a good, basic summary of the life of the woman who founded the Girl Scouts. The information in it is good, but the layout and illustrations are really its strengths. On each two-page spread is a quote from Daisy (usually from the guide she wrote for the Girl Scouts) offering some sort of advice or inspiration to girls. The illustrations are beautiful and clever while also fitting the tone and time period of the text perfe...more
Kind of a funny book that's difficult for me to read objectively; my first reaction was to think it odd that so many things were left out, but if you didn't know about those things, well, it wouldn't matter, right? But I was surprised that the book quickly skips over all the well-known (so to speak) engaging adventures of JGL's childhood and plops her right into middle-age, not mentioning her marriage at all. Since the book skipped all that good stuff, I would have liked it better if this had be...more
Corey, Shana - Here Come the Girl Scouts: The Amazing All-true Story of Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure - illustrated by Hadley Hooper - Scholastic Press, 2012. (40 pages)
**This book tells the story of how and why Daisy founded the girl scouts. The book details many of the things the original girl scouts did, and many that they continue to do today. In the back of the book, there are three pages of additional information, including notes on how the girl scouts helped usher in...more
**This book tells the story of how and why Daisy founded the girl scouts. The book details many of the things the original girl scouts did, and many that they continue to do today. In the back of the book, there are three pages of additional information, including notes on how the girl scouts helped usher in...more
Great biography of Juliette Gordon Low and history of the Girl Scouts. The art is terrific and the text simple, so this is suitable for even the youngest scouts. Little quibble. Nowhere in the text of the book is Low's name mentioned. Only on the title page (which I totally skipped) does it mention her by name with her nickname inserted. Throughout the book, she is referred to as "Daisy." I spent the entire book wondering who the heck she was! As a good girl scout I knew who the founder was, but...more
Why wasn't this book around when I was a little Girl Scout? Sadly, I rarely ran across stories of strong girls who grew up to be strong women. I wish I'd heard Daisy's story when I was young. I'm happy that girls of today can get to know her through this great book.
Daisy, despite becoming deaf in one ear, lived an adventurous life, learning blacksmithing and riding elephants in India, in a time when women rarely left their homes. Then she discovered Boy Scouts and she was determined to create s...more
Daisy, despite becoming deaf in one ear, lived an adventurous life, learning blacksmithing and riding elephants in India, in a time when women rarely left their homes. Then she discovered Boy Scouts and she was determined to create s...more
Here Come the Girl Scouts!: The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette 'Daisy' Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure by Shana Corey is a biography that was written about the first girl scouts ever. This is a great and short children’s book that captures the readers with it’s pictures and easy to read text. I would recommend this book specifically for young girls around the ages of four to eight years old. Since the girl scouts are a group of girls, girls would be more interested in reading this but tha...more
Need to get this for the school collection ... I can think of several Girl Scouts who would enjoy hearing about this lady who started their group but also went fishing while in evening dress along with Rudyard Kipling. Kind of hilarious, actually. Was only a Brownie for a year or two but can see the value of a group that teaches girls "to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and other...more
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Summary: Daisy never would take no for an answer. She believed that woman could do anything and everything that a man could do even though she lived during a time when others did not think so. So, instead of sitting at home, she went on adventures learning how to do anything she wanted to- from forging a gate for her house to riding on elephants. Then, during one trip to England, Daisy learned about a group called Boy Scouts and she knew that...more
Summary: Daisy never would take no for an answer. She believed that woman could do anything and everything that a man could do even though she lived during a time when others did not think so. So, instead of sitting at home, she went on adventures learning how to do anything she wanted to- from forging a gate for her house to riding on elephants. Then, during one trip to England, Daisy learned about a group called Boy Scouts and she knew that...more
A good introduction to a fascinating woman and the beginnings of the Girl Scouts. It does jump rather quickly from Juliet Gordon Low's childhood to middle age when she began the Girl Scouts and seems a little odd not to mention her marriage at all until further information at the end (what did her husband think about all this?). Nevertheless, the author conveys a sense of excitement Low wanted in life and her work with starting the Girl Scouts. I enjoyed the quotes which are largely from the fir...more
This is a wonderful picture book biography of Juliet Gordon Low or Daisy, the founder of the Girl Scouts. I love the format of the book...the pictures are beautiful and the quotes from Daisy and the Girls Scout Handbook throughout are well integrated and wonderful. I knew a bit about this story since I toured her house in Savannah a couple of years ago, but this book does her life justice. It really gives us the heart of her story and how she started the Girl Scouts. She was truly a remarkable a...more
This is an interesting and fun read about Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low, the founder of The Girl Scouts. Girls in particular will enjoy this book, especially if they sell cookies and clad themselves in brown and green ;). While I am not, nor have never been, a Girl Scout this story moved me. I would LOVE to find other parents our area that would be interested in forming our own troop of do-gooders. The values the Girl Scouts instill are wonderful, especially friendship, equality, conservation and...more
As someone who participated in scouting for 6 years, long after it had become the “cool” thing to do, I am not unfamiliar with the history of Girl Scouts. So the information contained here was not new to me, but the layout, the integration of inspirational quotes amidst the illustration, and the Corey’s smooth storytelling, all combine to make this a fantastic piece of non-fiction. Hadley, who has also illustrated for Harper’s Magazine, the New York Times, and Time, uses a style reminiscent of t...more
I loved this book. The pictures are wonderful. They show Juliette as she grows up and how she was different form most of the girls of the times. Other pictures show Girl Scouts playing, camping, and having fun. It shows the true purpose of the scouts, which is not to sell cookies, but to turn out brave, intelligent , socially minded women. I get a kick out of pictures of the original badges, dairy maid. I also really enjoyed reading the bio in the back of the book that goes into more detail of J...more
Illustrations: 5 stars
Text: 2ish stars
While there was a bit of information in this book, the story-telling was really jumpy and scattered and while some of the random quotes on every page were lovely, they don't always flow with the rest of the story and would be jarring to try to read aloud. The rest of this book is written to be read aloud, which makes the use of these quotes tricky. I felt like I needed to be reading another parallel, more fact-based book at the same time I was reading this o...more
Text: 2ish stars
While there was a bit of information in this book, the story-telling was really jumpy and scattered and while some of the random quotes on every page were lovely, they don't always flow with the rest of the story and would be jarring to try to read aloud. The rest of this book is written to be read aloud, which makes the use of these quotes tricky. I felt like I needed to be reading another parallel, more fact-based book at the same time I was reading this o...more
What a great book! I was never a Girl Scout, and I knew very little about what they do other than that their Thin Mint cookies are delicious frozen...
This book has beautiful illustrations and tells the story of how Girl Scouts came to be. I really loved the book and the rules that Girl Scouts live by. I also recently found out that Girl Scouts accepts any 'girl' into their troup. They accept transgendered kids or any other kids that recognize themselves as a girl. How awesome is that! Knowing t...more
This book has beautiful illustrations and tells the story of how Girl Scouts came to be. I really loved the book and the rules that Girl Scouts live by. I also recently found out that Girl Scouts accepts any 'girl' into their troup. They accept transgendered kids or any other kids that recognize themselves as a girl. How awesome is that! Knowing t...more
Corey has created another masterpiece highlighting a strong female from history. Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low wanted to make a difference in the world so through a series of events, she founded the Girl Scouts of America. I have never known much about Girl Scouts besides the delicious cookies, but after reading this, I am wishing I was a Girl Scout! The illustrations, layout, and quotes throughout the book perfectly highlight the ideals and values of the Girl Scouts. Included at the back is more...more
This is a poor biography for young people about Juliette Gordon Low. It oversimplifies and misrepresents many aspects of her life (including her hearing impairment). While the book is bright and appealing, the two pages of text at the back of the book titled "Journeys" provide factual information (ex. Girl Scout troops were not racially desegregated until 1956) that is not always made clear in the illustrations. The best part of the book are the quotes from the first Girl Scout handbook that are...more
I was not a very good Girl Scout, and thanks to some bullies, didn’t enjoy it much either. My disdain for the organization aside, however, I love this book. I knew a little bit about Juliette Low from my own scouting days, but her life story was never presented to me in such an accessible format. The book is not only interesting, but also beautiful to look at, and very contemporary in terms of style. While the illustrations might make it better for one-on-one sharing rather than a group read-alo...more
Great biography about the founder of the girl Scouts! Loved the artistic way the quotes were interspersed throughout the illustrations. Two favorites from the original GS handbook written in 1913: "Many of the greatest movements for the good of people, and those which have influenced the world most, have been the work of one person." "When mean girls want you to join in some fun, when you think its not right....be brave, and have courage to say it isn't right. You will feel twice as happy afterw...more
A lovely picture book, beautifully detailed, about the life of Daisy Low, founder of the Girl Scouts in America. She seems like a very fun, interesting, intelligent, inspiring individual unafraid to say to heck with tradition and chart her own territory. And how wonderful that she chose to chart a course that many girls could follow in the future, filled with fun and good values.
The story here could be read to younger kids in the middle of the picture book years, but I do wonder if you'd have t...more
The story here could be read to younger kids in the middle of the picture book years, but I do wonder if you'd have t...more
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Juliette Gordon Low, or Daisy as her friends called her, was nothing like the other girls growing up in the Victorian Era. While girls were meant to be prim and proper, Daisy instead loved the outdoors and adventure. Daisy traveled the world, but eventually wanted to be more useful. Then she found out about the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in the United Kingdom and realized that America needed something that would get the girls there out in nature and exploring. So Daisy started what would become...more
The amazing, all-true story of the first Girl Scouts and their visionary founder.
Juliette Gordon Low--Daisy to her friends and family--was not like most girls of the Victorian era.
Prim and proper?
BOSH!
Dainty and delicate?
HOW BORING!
She loved the outdoors, and she yearned for adventure! Born into a family of pathfinders and pioneers, she too wanted to make a difference in the world--and nothing would stop her.
Combining her ancestors’ passion for service with her own adventurous spirit and her bel...more
Juliette Gordon Low--Daisy to her friends and family--was not like most girls of the Victorian era.
Prim and proper?
BOSH!
Dainty and delicate?
HOW BORING!
She loved the outdoors, and she yearned for adventure! Born into a family of pathfinders and pioneers, she too wanted to make a difference in the world--and nothing would stop her.
Combining her ancestors’ passion for service with her own adventurous spirit and her bel...more
I knew very little about the history of Girl Scouts and their founder.(And I was a Scout--even in High School!) Twenty-twelve is the 100th year anniversary of Girl Scouts! This book does a great job of introducing the founder, Juliette Gordon Low and what she and scouts stood/stand for. It is amazing how the values she promoted 100 years ago for Girl Scouts still apply today! She helped change the world for women and girls. Good story told in an easy picture-book format.
I never was a Girl Scout (former Campfire Girl here) and all Girl Scouts really meant to me growing up were delicious cookies and my friends wearing their uniforms to school. So, I was surprised by how inspiring I found this book. I liked the layout and the quotes. The notes at the end were very interesting and I loved the quotes from famous girl scouts - my favorite: "We all have a place at the campire. It was the Girl Scouts whot taught me that first." - Gloria Steinem
I had heard about this book and hadn't seen it until we were at the library one night. It was on display and begged for me to give it a read before we left. I remember being in the Girl Scouts, but I honestly don't remember hearing much about Juliette Gordon Low, so most of the information within the pages was new to me. I had no idea that the very organization was such a radical concept nor did I think about how she was not a typical girl/woman for the age. The layout and artwork really make th...more
I am all about girl power. I love it when women are willing to think outside of the box. "Daisy" as she was known started the girl scouts because she wanted the girls to have the same experiences boys were having in the Boy Scouts. She taught them to fish and hike and learn survival skills.
The pictures aren't that impressive but the story is great. It would be a good non fiction for a classroom or even good for a Girl Scout Meeting!
The pictures aren't that impressive but the story is great. It would be a good non fiction for a classroom or even good for a Girl Scout Meeting!
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Mar 20, 2012 09:37am