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nerfherder86's review against another edition
4.0
Striking illustrations in 1910's style, bold lines and flat colors. Author's note adds a lot of information. Has ending spread with images of famous women who were Girl Scouts, like Lucille Ball or Hillary Clinton, tying Scouts to modern era. Has quotes from the Scouting handbook and from Low herself, and sources listing origin of each quote.
joanneadams54's review against another edition
4.0
This was a great book for first time information on Juliette Gordon Lowe the founder of Girl Scouts. The girls really enjoyed the pictures.
cbashore's review against another edition
5.0
Totally still have the Girl Scout promise memorized :)
frankisib's review against another edition
3.0
Another good picture book biography by Shana Corey. An interesting topic and some interesting info at the end, also.
elllie's review against another edition
3.0
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 one for it all to make sense and to actually know what was going on.
Beautiful illustrations though, really really lovely.
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 one for it all to make sense and to actually know what was going on.
Beautiful illustrations though, really really lovely.
heypretty52's review against another edition
5.0
"Daisy" Gordon Low and her immeasurable belief that women are capable of achieving anything they put their minds to is absolutely inspirational. Fun design and easy to read story.
mmattmiller's review against another edition
1.0
Definitely more about the beginning of the Girl Scouts than it is about Juliette Gordon Low. If you're not a Girl Scout (as I am not), I'm not sure you will enjoy this much. I read another review that said the quotes throughout the book are from the Girl Scout Manual. As I am not a Girl Scout, I didn't know that, and couldn't appreciate that. Even if I am not a member of an organization or a fan of group/profession/etc., I can usually appreciate a good biography/story of a person. Again, to me this felt more about the organization, which is maybe why it didn't seem to resonate with me.
I also probably do not love this one, as I know for a fact Juliette Gordon Low was deaf. From my research and what I have been taught about her, her hearing got progressively worse. In this book, you would think that while she may have gone deaf at one point, her hearing completely came back. That's not true at all. (From what I have studied/learned.) Again, that does not seem relevant in the story I suppose, as it's focusing on the Girl Scouts, and not on her, but when the book advertises itself as "The Amazing All-true Story of Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure"... I do feel it's important to be accurate. And to focus on her.
Torn between 1 and 2 stars on this one... Not one I would ever share with kids because personally, I don't feel it's accurate when it comes to "Daisy", although I will say it introduces how the Girls Scouts came to be in America.
I also probably do not love this one, as I know for a fact Juliette Gordon Low was deaf. From my research and what I have been taught about her, her hearing got progressively worse. In this book, you would think that while she may have gone deaf at one point, her hearing completely came back. That's not true at all. (From what I have studied/learned.) Again, that does not seem relevant in the story I suppose, as it's focusing on the Girl Scouts, and not on her, but when the book advertises itself as "The Amazing All-true Story of Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure"... I do feel it's important to be accurate. And to focus on her.
Torn between 1 and 2 stars on this one... Not one I would ever share with kids because personally, I don't feel it's accurate when it comes to "Daisy", although I will say it introduces how the Girls Scouts came to be in America.
briannastw's review against another edition
3.0
A nice feel good, girl power book...but it only scratched the surface of Juliette Gordon Low's life. I'm reading First Girl Scout by Ginger Wadsworth next.