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Feb8

Here Come the Girl Scouts! – National Girl Scout Cookie Day!

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Here Come the Girl Scouts! – National Girl Scout Cookie Day!

Today, February 8, 2013 is National Girl Scout Cookie Day. Girl Scouts selling cookies are all over town. Find one and stock up on some thin mints. The best kind. Obviously.

In honor of this day, here is a new biography of Juliette Gordon Low (otherwise known as “Daisy”). Juliette knew how to make things happen.

Daisy is ready for adventure and when she grows up she goes and gets it. She rides an elephant. She rides in an airplane. And when she’s done she goes home and teaches girls how to have adventures too. Daisy is Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. She held the first meeting of the Girl Scouts on March 12, 1912 and together they discovered they could do anything!

GirlScoutKit When Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts in 1912, the first uniforms were blue and their handbook was “How Girls Can Help Their Country.” The Girl Scouts were organized around a set of principles known as the “Girl Scout Law”: honor, loyalty, friendliness, courtesy, befriending animals, obeying orders, cheerfulness, thriftiness and cleanliness. This first aid kit and game handbook was used in 1929 one year after the group adopted a green uniform. IndyPL Digital Collections: Artifacts from the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

GirlScoutUniformJuliette Gordon Low began the Girl Scouts based upon Sir Robert Baden-Powell’s Boy Scouts and Girl Guides program in England. Now in 90 countries, 3.6 million Girl Scouts explore the world around them developing important life skills. Beginning in 1935 any Senior Scout troop could choose to be a Mariner troop. These troops devoted time to outdoor activities including boating and camping to explore recreational and vocational activities. Much like the Boy Scout’s Sea Scouts, the program ended when girls could join the coed Sea Scouts in 1971. Instead of wearing the traditional green uniform, Mariners wore this blue uniform worn by Peoria, Illinois scout Colleen Cowan in the 1960s. IndyPL Digital Collections: Artifacts from the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

Books:

First Girl Scout: the life of Juliette Gordon Low Junior Girl Scouts Badge Book Brownie Girl Scout Handbook
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Feb7

Children’s Book Authors – Meet the Artists Gala

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Children’s Book Authors – Meet the Artists Gala
2013JanMeetTheArtists Meet the Artists Gala (February 9) and Exhibit (February 1 – March 23, 2013)The Gala will feature three children’s books authors: Tammy Sutton-Brown, Al Brown, & Andrew Majors.

The exhibit will feature works from 15 artists in a variety of artistic mediums throughout Central Library surrounding the theme, “World Outside My Window: A Silver Soiree.”

Featured Children’s Book Authors

SuttonBrown Cree & Scooter Hit the Slopes In British Columbia

by: Tammy Sutton-Brown (Indiana Fever)Saturday, February 9, 2013 – 7:20pm – 7:40pm Storytelling for youth featuring Tammy Sutton-Brown of the Indiana Fever and author of Cree & Scooter Hit the Slopes in British Columbia in the Story Theatre in The Learning Curve

 CreeScooter
AlBrown The Life Story of Halle & Lujah

by: Al Brown

 LifeHalle
AndrewMajors It’s Good to be Good

by: Andrew Majors

  • In this collection of four stories, children show the benefits of good behavior.
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Feb7

Black History: Athletes

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Black History: Athletes

Featured Indiana Athletes: Marshall “Major” Taylor and Oscar Robinson

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Marshall “Major” Taylor: This is the story of a young African-American boy who grew up in Indianapolis over a hundred years ago. Despite living at a time when African-Americans were often denied basic rights, Marshall Taylor became a world champion cyclist.
Marshall earned the nickname “Major” when he performed bicycle tricks as a very young boy dressed in a military style costume. When he was a teenager he stopped performing tricks and moved on to bicycle racing – and he was really, really good – world champion good! His story is inspiring because he persevered even when there were many people who didn’t want him to even be in a race, let alone win, just because he was African-American. Sometimes he rode fast just to get away from angry people chasing him! Author: Marlene Targ Brill

In Indianapolis, we have the Major Taylor Velodrome, a world-class bicycle racing track named for this cycling great. You can ride your bike and also use inline skates at the Velodrome. If you want to try riding there, it’s best if you are at least 10 years old. Call ahead and see if you can arrange a time to go try it out. And don’t forget your helmet! 3649 Cold Spring Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46222 Velodrome Phone: 317-327-8356.

Have you ever heard of Indiana’s own Olympian Oscar Robertson? In 1955 Oscar went to Crispus Attucks High School. Oscar’s team won the Indiana State Championship, becoming the first all-black school in the nation to win a state title. Robertson led Crispus Attucks to another championship in 1956. Oscar was so good he played in College and went on to win a gold medal with the US Basketball team at the 1960 Olympic Games.

Indiana Athletes

ESPN 1070 the Fan Indy’s Sports Center: Interviews One on One with Mark Montieth, host of this local radio program. He interviews important sports figures in Indiana’s history. Many of them have compelling life stories to tell, not just sports stories. Previous shows are available as podcasts. Click on “listen to the podcast” to see the full list of programs. New programs are aired Sunday mornings at 11:00am and repeated Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm.

Websites

Books

Great African Americans in Sports 2012 Fair Ball Great African Americans in the Olympics Hank Aaron Brave in Every Way
Touch the Sky Alice Coachman 2012 We Are the Ship Jesse Owens Fastest Man Alive A Nation's Hope
Jump Michael Jordan Nothing But Trouble Althea Gibson Satchel Paige Champ the Story of Muhammad Ali
Queen of the Track

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Feb5

Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad

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Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad

This book doesn’t have a single word in it. Not one. The story is told entirely in picture, and you have to look at the pictures carefully to figure out what is going on. The little girl on the cover is headed to the barn. Why do you think she is looking over her shoulder like that? She looks a little scare to me. Her feet are all business, heading purposely in one direction but her eyes and her head, they are definitely on alert. Open this one to answer this question for yourself – would you be brave enough to do what she does?

 

 

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Books:

Freedom's aCalling Me Underground American Archaeology Uncovers the Underground Railroad Moses
Freedom Song Henry's Freedom Box Eliza's Freedom Road January's Sparrow
Unspoken
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Feb4

Black History: Painters & Artists

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Black History: Painters & Artists

Featured Artist: Ashley Bryan

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Ashley Bryan grew up in the Bronx in New York City. When he was a little boy his parents noticed right away that he loved to draw and paint and make things. They did everything they could to make sure he had art supplies to create things with. After he graduated from high school he wanted to go to college and study art. He interviewed for a spot at an art institute.

The interviewer stated that mine was the best portfolio that he had seen. However, he also informed me that it would be a waste to give a scholarship to a colored person.

The best artist…but no scholarship because of the color of his skin. Fortunately for all of us, Ashley listened to good advice from his parents. They told him to not let anyone or anything ever stop him from doing what he loves. Ashley persevered. He attended the Cooper Union School of Art and Engineering and Columbia University. He studied art in France and Germany too.

Ashley has taught art, written and illustrated books and created countless beautiful things that you can see in this book: stained glass windows, paintings, sculptures, puppets and more. There is one picture in this book that shows Ashley at home in a room full of his creations. It’s like looking at an I Spy picture of wonderful things. I would love to wonder through his studio, pull up a stool and begin creating something. When you read this book written in his own words, you’ll realize that if you did walk into his studio, that is exactly what he would want you to do. Author: Ashley Bryan

More by Ashley Bryan:
Let It Shine Ashley Bryan's African Tales Ashley Bryan's ABC of African-American Poetry The Story of Lightning and Thunder
All Things Bright and Beautiful Who Built the Stable?
More books about African American artists and the history of African American art:
Art From Her Heart Dave the Potter The Harlem Renaissance Wake Up Our Souls: a celebration of Black American artists
It Jes Happened

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