Suggested Reading For Labor
Day
Carefully selected books to
enhance your homeschooling adventure.
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I
Want to Be a Veterinarian Filled
with full-color photographs and fascinating
information about veterinary medicine, this edition
covers the history of veterinary science, educational
requirements, vocabulary, unusual facts, and other
facts about being a veterinarian.
What
Do Authors Do A humorous but
very informative look at the various ways that
authors work distills the whole process and presents
it in a lively format that will attract and intrigue.
Two authors witness the same event, and while one is
turning that event into a chapter book, the other
prepares a picture book. The cartoon illustrations
provide just the right expressions, tension, and
attitude to further the story.
Working
With Wildlife - A Guide to Careers in the Animal
World (Science, College and Career Guidance) When
young people begin to explore careers in the world of
wildlife, this might be the best primer available. In
Maynard's first step into exploring an exciting
career working with wildlife, he has provided a
comprehensive picture of just what that means.
Through examples of researchers in Africa to wildlife
rehabilitators in Ohio, Maynard gives young readers a
glimpse into the diversity of opportunities out there.
Working with Wildlife is a great addition to career
guides for young people and should be on the shelf in
every school library. It is exciting to read because
of the numerous real world examples of
conservationists, researchers, zoo professionals, and
educators and the dramatic color photographs.
Maynard's writing style is passionate and positive,
generating enthusiasm for wildlife careers and
encouraging readers to pursue their interests.
I
Want to Be a Chef An engaging
text, a dynamic design, and photographs featuring
chefs and would-be chefs of many ethnicities and both
genders characterize this exploration of what it
takes to become a master cook; however, the random
organization of the material makes it less valuable
than it could have been. Other sources of information
on schools, magazines, and culinary organizations are
appended.
The
Totally Awesome Business Book for Kids - With Twenty
Super Businesses You Can Start Right Now! This
fun and fact-filled guide for ten- to seventeen-year-olds
includes quizzes, games, cartoons, stories and all
the information a young person needs to know about
starting up a business, how much money can be made
from it, and the steps to do the work--all in an easy-to-understand
style. The book includes 10 business skills you need
to know: speaking up for what you want, working with
others--even parents, business budgets, record
keeping, research and filing, telephoning,
negotiating, using the telephone book, putting it in
writing, marketing, advertising, publicity, and
networking.
When
I Grow Up When you grow
up do you want to be adventurous? Maybe generous? How
about confident? Or fair? In brightly colored collage
illustrations filled with imaginative detail, artist
Charise Mericle Harper celebrates some of the
qualities most admired in people of all ages. A
perfect gift, as well as a useful discussion starter
on how we define ourselves and how we treat others,
When I Grow Up gives readers a fresh perspective on
an age-old question.
Community
Helpers from A to Z...
Reviewer: A Teacher
Community Helpers is an extremely reasonably priced
book that is packed with interesting information
about many careers. The photographs of workers,
enhance the details given about each occupation. As a
teacher I was pleased to read the clear descriptions
of so many jobs packed into one book! I recommend
this book for all children thinking about their
future and for the adults that are helping them to do
this.
The
Berenstain Bears on the Job (First Time Readers) Dr.
Gert Grizzly, Firebear Bob and Police Officer
Marguerite are just a few of the workers Brother and
Sister Bear meet in their informative and funny
search to find out what they'll be when they grow up.
Full-color illustrations.
Fireman Small After a long
night's work, Fireman Small "closes the
curtains, gets in bed / And pulls the covers over his
head." But a series of disasters keeps him from
getting his sleep. First, Farmer Pig's cat becomes
caught in a magnolia tree; then, Little Bunny falls
down a well; and finally, there's a fire at the
bakery. Each time something happens, Fireman Small
saves the day. This short, simple story will delight
children with its action, rhyme, and sprightly
illustrations. Yee's colorful watercolors depict the
animal inhabitants of the cozy town as warm,
friendly, and concerned for one another's welfare,
and an illustration of the inside of the firehouse is
beautifully rendered to show all the little details
on the fire truck. The charming, colorful little book
will be a good means of introducing the fire fighting
profession: it shows firefighters doing other things
besides putting out blazes. That may be a big
surprise for some children.
How
to Get a Job If You're a Teenager A
basic job skills guide for teenagers with appendices
of additional resources and web sites for job
searches.
Odd
Jobs Ellen Weiss
has written an amazing book. The photographs are
great too. This book teaches a lesson. You need not
decide early in life what you want to do for the rest
of your life. You can have an interesting, rewarding
and enjoyable career if you follow your heart, your
interests, your dreams.
Fire
in Their Eyes - Wildfires and the People Who Fight
Them In a
profession that catches workers somewhere between
daredevil and do-gooder, smokejumpers risk their
lives to protect the wilderness. Beil profiles a
handful of men and women, capturing the drama,
excitement, and danger of their job, and describing
the tools, methods, and training that help them do
their work. Beil's own photographs reflect the roller
coaster pace of the work--from the burly man sitting
at a sewing machine, repairing his parachute, to a
tree exploding in a column of fire.
I
Want to Be an Astronaut Blast
off into outer space with Byron Barton! Sleep in zero
gravity, put on a space suit, help fix a satellite,
and then come back to Earth. With lyrical text and
glowing illustrations, this very satisfying story is
sure to spark the imaginations of astronauts-to-be.
Harvey
Hare, Postman Extraordinaire Like
our own mail carriers, Harvey Hare delivers his
letters and packages "no matter what the season,
no matter what the weather." He brings letters
from the town mouse to the country mouse, twigs to
the sparrows, and spectacles to Mole, and he makes
all his rounds despite soaking, freezing, and
sweating, until his grateful animal friends agree to
make him a wonderful present that will solve his
weather problems. Next to today's glitzy picture
books, Harvey--with his pink-lined floppy ears--and
friends are sweetly old-fashioned. Watts evokes a
pastoral world of charm and grace with a satisfying
story that preschoolers will love.
A Police Officer That's What I'll Be!
This is a story of a little boy
who continues to need help after he climbs up a tree
and wonders what he would be. The boy later realizes
what he wants to be after being helped throughout the
day by police officers Garcia, Roper and Smith.
A
Teen's Guide to Finding a Job "This is a very
well researched and easy to use tool that I feel will
be of great assistance to any young person who is
serious about success. The illustrations, format,
guides, and exercises come together to make the book
attractive as well as functional. This book should be
in every school, library, and home.
Career
Ideas for Kids Who Like Art The
lack of money in the arts makes finding full-time art-related
work tough; this book helps readers apply their
skills to occupations that really exist by examining
15 different jobs in detail, among them, museum
curator, chef, fashion designer, and industrial
designer. The book opens with a lengthy 84-question
quiz intended to help readers ascertain their field
of interest. Each career entry contains interviews
with people working in the field along with addresses.
Readers are encouraged to go to the library and the
Internet to continue their research, and there are
also tips on setting up informational interviews with
people working in artistic fields. A helpful browsing
tool for students who want to think ahead to their
post-school years.