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Picture Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here Come the Girl Scouts!<\/a> The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette ‘Daisy’ Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure
\nby Shana Corey (Author) and Hadley Hooper (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Juliette Gordon Low–Daisy to her friends and family–was not like most girls of the Victorian era.<\/p>\n

Prim and proper?<\/p>\n

BOSH!<\/p>\n

Dainty and delicate?<\/p>\n

HOW BORING!<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> 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<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cleopatra Rules!: The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen<\/a>
\nby Vicky Alvear Shecter (Author)
\n128 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Cleopatra didn’t just rock the boat when she turned queen at seventeen. She rocked the world<\/em> with brilliant alliances that kept her in power and in control for decades.<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> 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<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up<\/a> host is 100 Scope Notes<\/a><\/p>\n

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Women’s History Month<\/strong><\/p>\n

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March is Women’s History Month. Read all about it at the Library of Congress.<\/a><\/p>\n

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March 2012 Online Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n

The March 2012 workshops will begin on Wednesday, March 7th.<\/em><\/p>\n

Which workshop is best for you?<\/p>\n

New to children’s books?<\/strong>
\nLearn about the different types of children’s books in the Children’s Book Genres Workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Passionate about literacy?<\/strong>
\nFind out how you can write for children learning to read in the Children’s Literacy Workshop (for Writers)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ready to write?<\/strong>
\nWrite and edit your book in the<\/p>\n