Did you know the first ever Girl Scout meeting held in the USA was on March 12, 1912? That's why March 12 is National Girl Scouts Day. In honor of National Girl Scouts Day, here are some books for the youngest scouts all the way up to troop leaders. All of these books go great with a box of cookies.
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Here come the Girl Scouts! : The Amazing All-true Story of Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure
by Shana Corey A 100th anniversary tribute to the Girl Scouts founder describes how she rejected the conventions of Victorian culture and introduced her pioneer family's passion for service, adventure and independence to the girls of her time. |
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Path to the stars : my journey from Girl Scout to rocket scientist
by Sylvia Acevedo The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA. |
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Cece loves science and adventure
by Kimberly Derting When Cece and her Adventure Girls troop face a sudden thunderstorm, they use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems and make their way safely back to camp. |
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Mouse Scouts
by Sarah Dillard Meeting at Mouse Scouts, where they resolve to earn merit badges, six noble young mice endeavor to win their strict troop leader's approval while planting an unexpectedly challenging vegetable garden. |
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Lost in the mountains
by Maxwell Eaton In this adventure-filled travel companion, Scout endures various natural disasters as she treks through the mountains and explains how to survive if ever lost in the wilderness. |
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Unicorn power!
by Mariko Tamaki Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. The five scouts of Roanoke cabin--Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley--love their summers at camp. They get to hang out with their best friends, earn Lumberjane scout badges, annoy their no-nonsense counselor Jen. and go on supernatural adventures. That last one? A pretty normal occurrence at Miss Quinzella's, where the woods contain endless mysteries. Today is no exception. When challenge-loving April leads the girls on a hike up the TALLEST mountain they've ever seen, things don't go quite as planned. For one, they didn't expect to trespass into the lands of the ancient Cloud People, and did anyone happen to read those ominous signs some unknown person posted at the bottom of the mountain? Also, unicorns. |
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Scout's honor
by Lily Anderson Born into a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from interdimensional parasites, 16-year-old Prudence Perry, a former legacy Ladybird Scout, falls back into the fold when her town is hit with a mysterious wave of demons. |
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Honor girl
by Maggie Thrash When Maggie falls in love with another girl at Camp Bellflower, an all-girl summer camp in Appalachia, her savant-like expertise at the camp's rifle range is what keeps her going through a summer of heartbreak and self-discovery. |
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Tough cookies : leadership lessons from 100 years of the Girl Scouts
by Kathy Cloninger Outlines the fundamental principles through which the Girl Scouts USA is run while revealing why the organization is successful, in a centenary tribute that describes its role in introducing business and leadership values to young women and how its example can be effectively applied to any business or organization. |
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Troop 6000 : the Girl Scout troop that began in a shelter and inspired the world
by Nikita Stewart Describes how hardworking mother of five Giselle Burgess rose from poverty and homelessness to establish Girl Scout troops in 15 New York City shelters to bring pride, life-skill training and community to disadvantaged urban girls. |