Library Media Connection - Mary Northrup
For a behind-the-scenes look at interesting careers, this series presents an introduction to a wide variety of jobs and the people who do them. The text reads easily and includes kid-friendly facts and statistics. Words that may be unfamiliar to young readers include pronunciation help. There are color photographs of the people, places, and action involved in each field. A final chapter explains what interests, training, and first jobs might be advantageous for those who aspire to this work. From the variety of subjects in the series, students should be able to find at least one, if not more, that are of interest for independent reading. This set could also be used for a unit on occupations. Bibliography. Glossary. Websites. Index. –Mary Northrup, Reference Librarian, Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods, Kansas City Missouri <i> Library Media Connection</i> March/April 2011
November 14, 2011School Library Journal - Susan Shaver
This high-interest series delivers an abundance of informative photos and large-font writing that’s full of action. Even the titles pique one’s curiosity by first posing the kind of question kids want to ask and then stating how to explore some very interesting work. Fact boxes provide fun detail to keep readers engaged, and ballooned photo captions identify things in the pictures. Each spread explains one of the many jobs people do in a zoo, a museum, a construction job in the Antarctic, etc., and every one of them sounds exciting. Susan Shaver, Hemingford Public Schools, NE <i>School Library Journal</i> November 2010
November 14, 2011
