Picture Book of the Day
Here Come the Girl Scouts! The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette ‘Daisy’ Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure
by Shana Corey (Author) and Hadley Hooper (Illustrator)
Booktalk: 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!
Snippet: Daisy grew up in Savannah, Georgia when proper young ladies were supposed to be dainty and delicate. But Daisy came from a family of pathfinders and pioneers. She wanted adventure and excitement!
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Chapter Book of the Day
Cleopatra Rules!: The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen
by Vicky Alvear Shecter (Author)
128 pages
Booktalk: Cleopatra didn’t just rock the boat when she turned queen at seventeen. She rocked the world with brilliant alliances that kept her in power and in control for decades.
Snippet: She ruled all of Egypt, had Romans trembling in their togas, and made kings weak at the knees. Yet the glamour queen of the ancient world started out as…a bookish nerd.
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Nonfiction Monday
This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up host is 100 Scope Notes
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Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month. Read all about it at the Library of Congress.
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March 2012 Online Workshops
The March 2012 workshops will begin on Wednesday, March 7th.
Which workshop is best for you?
New to children’s books?
Learn about the different types of children’s books in the Children’s Book Genres Workshop.
Passionate about literacy?
Find out how you can write for children learning to read in the Children’s Literacy Workshop (for Writers).
Ready to write?
Write and edit your book in the
- Intensive Picture Book Workshop,
- Easy Reader Workshop,
- Children’s Chapter Books Workshop or the
- Children’s Novels Workshop.
After you finish a writing workshop you can work through two more edits in a “work-in-progress” workshop, by rewriting your picture book or easy reader or working on the next chapter of your children’s chapter book or children’s novel.
The March workshop dates are March 7-April 25, 2012.
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My NEW chapter book is Just So, Brianna (All-Star Cheerleaders)
Copyright © 2012 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.
I sat and read the Girl Scout book at a bookstore-very nice. As I was a Girl Scout, I appreciate that Shanna Corey wrote a book about the founder. The other book sounds clever. I’m always amazed at the ideas authors use. Thanks, Anastasia!