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42) Weird jobs
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"Would you like to smell people's armpits for a living? How about making fake food? Wearing a funny suit and acting like an alien? Maybe you'd like to examine other people's garbage to see what they waste. Or does designing roller coasters sound like more fun? Meet the people who lead these interesting lives."--Back cover.
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"Transportation in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities"--Provided by publisher.
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Discover fascinating facts, figures, and pictures while learning about the most interesting and extreme jobs in sports. Find out what kind of training it takes to be a pro team mascot, how much money a NASCAR pit crew member makes, and exactly what in the world a Zamboni driver does!
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"Who wants to be an app developer? In this title, prospective app developers will meet pioneers in the app development field, examine the history of app development, learn what app developers do, the software they use, where they work, and mobile devices' effects on the industry."--Amazon.com.
49) An actor
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Great actors know that acting takes work. Is acting a career for you? In this title, learn all about what it takes to be an actor and the different types of acting jobs.
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"Six decades ago, on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--a moment often revered as the culmination of this Black-led protest. But at its core, the March on Washington was not a beautiful dream of future integration; it was a mass outcry for jobs and freedom NOW--not at some undetermined point in the future. It was a revolutionary march with its...
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Introduces readers to Jade's day meeting community helpers. Discusses the concept of community helpers by showing Jade meet a police officer, a librarian, and others. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Extended Learning activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research.
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"In this full-color, nonfiction resource, profiles of twenty-five diverse individuals share how each person got interested in their field, how they studied or trained for it, how others typically study or train for it, and their experience in their career. Informative sidebars share spin-off jobs, fun facts, pro tips about how readers can try out the field, and spotlight features about children who are doing just that. The book includes a table of...
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"I Want to Be a Police Officer gives young children a realistic insight into the working day of police officers. Easy-to-read captions and color photographs of women and men from different cultures help children understand what's involved in police work. Young readers learn to respect the importance of doing a job well and appreciate the contributions these officers make to our life and the world around us."--
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"What do you want to be when you grow up? I bet you've been asked that question before. But have you ever thought about why humans work? There are almost 3.5 billion people working in the world today, and that number is growing. In 'Why Do We Work?' author Monique Polak investigates the past, present and future of jobs, including how work has also been shaped by discrimination, privilege and child labor. Meet a variety of working professionals and...
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"Cynthia Weill scores again with an early concept book that bring every kind of job to life, including the work of the dedicated palm weavers of Flavio Gallardo's workshop, whose miniature palm weavings illustrate this playful book, teaching children words for work in two languages. The weavers live in the village of Chigmecatitlán in the Mixteca part of the Mexican state of Puebla. With tremendous skill and patience, the artisans of this region...
58) Jobs
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"People are presented with different career opportunities depending on the area of the world they live in. Some regions employ farmers, while others are filled with office workers. Readers are exposed to the similarities and differences in the kinds of jobs available around the world. They are encouraged through the well-researched main text, engaging fact boxes, and full-color photographs to compare and contrast life in different countries, which...
60) Nurses
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Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of nurses.