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Looking for Role Models for Today’s Kids?
Added: (Tue Mar 26 2002)
Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt--we all recognize the names of these famous people from America’s past who fostered our country’s growth. But what about William Henry Harrison , our ninth president who only served 30 days and was the first president to have a campaign slogan? Or Lew Wallace, who wrote the bestselling novel of the 19th century, Ben-Hur, but, as General Lew Wallace, saved Washington DC from the British in the Battle of Monocacy? Or Juliette Low, who founded the organization that serves more than 80 million girls worldwide--the Girl Scouts.
The "Young Patriots Series" of fictional biographies for young readers, originally published eighty years ago and now recreated by Patria Press, Inc., gives schoolchildren a new opportunity to look back at America’s unsung heroes and heroines AND to learn not just what they achieved as adults, but what they were like as children.
“The Series is a chronicle of the best of our past presented to the children who are the best of our future.” says creator and publisher of the Young Patriots, Florrie Binford Kichler.
Just released in the Series is "Juliette Low, Girl Scout Founder," the story of the childhood of the woman who founded the organization that has impacted millions of girls.
Growing up in post-Civil War Georgia, Juliette “Daisy” Low preferred stirrups to dance shoes and climbing trees to needle and thread. In Juliette Low, Girl Scout Founder, Volume 4 in the latest offering from Patria Press’s Young Patriots Series, young readers ages 8-12 will delight in Juliette’s childhood adventures beginning with her first day of school and ending with her wedding to Captain Low.
"Juliette Low, Girl Scout Founder," ISBN 1-882859-08-1 (hardback) and 1-882859-09-X (paper) was written by Helen Boyd Higgins, illustrated by Cathy Morrison and published by Patria Press, Inc. Also available in the "Young Patriots Series" is Volume 1, Amelia Earhart, Young Air Pioneer by Jane Moore Howe, Volume 2, the story of our ninth President, William Henry Harrison, Young Tippecanoe by Howard Peckham; and Volume 3, Lew Wallace, Boy Writer, featuring the author of Ben-Hur. Volume 5, James Whitcomb Riley, Young Poet, appears in May, 2002. All books are illustrated chapter books available in hardback at $14.95 and paperback at $9.95 from major booksellers and from the publisher at 1-877-736-7930 toll free.