Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Animals and Nature [Paperback]

Diane Lindsey Reeves (Author), Nancy Heubeck (Author), Nancy Bond (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2000 | Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Career Ideas for Kids

This fun-filled series guides young readers through a multitude of career possibilities based on their specific interests and skills and links their talents to a wide variety of actual professions. Each book is filled with engaging text and playful illustrations that present a wide variety of career themes and options. Coverage begins with a set of questions designed to help kids discover who they are, what they like to do, and what they do best. Highly motivational, and just plain fun, chapters include: *Get in Gear! Kids learn how to link their interests to actual professions.
*Take a Trip! Informational interviews with professionals in the field explore a diverse mix of careers.
*Don't Stop Now! Leads to a world of direct exploration and opens the door to Future Destinations!
*and much more

Careers profiled in this new book include: Agribusiness Consultant, Animal Trainer, Arborist; Botanist, Entomologist, Farmer, Hydrologist, Land Surveyor, Marine Biologist, Merchant Mariner, Park Ranger, Pet Groomer, Recycling Entrepreneur, Veterinarian, and Zoologist.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 6-10-Reeves and Huebeck take a creative approach to their topic while offering a world of interesting careers for future job seekers. After taking an occupational-interest quiz (the authors repeatedly warn readers not to write in the book if they do not own it), students learn about 15 occupations from veterinarian to recycling entrepreneur. In each chapter, they meet a specialist (arborist, botanist, entomologist, hydrologist, marine biologist, zoologist, etc.) and learn about the person's first paying job and current position. Each chapter also features hands-on activities related to that career, suggested reading, Web sites, and related organizations. The tone is friendly and light. Several underlying messages are repeated: education is important, math is a component of many jobs, it's never too early to start planning one's future, and girls are not limited to a small menu of professions. Advice on how to interview local practitioners and set up job-shadowing experiences is valuable. Black-and-white photos and drawings appear throughout. A well-organized, creative look at exploring occupations.
Marilyn Payne Phillips, University City Public Library, MO
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"Reeves helps youngsters make their own decisions about potential future careers...Recommended." -- The Book Report, November/December 2000

"The best I've read . . . [They're] written in an engaging style that will click with kids." 3/4 -- Kendal Rautzhan, The Dallas Morning News

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 177 pages
• Publisher: Checkmark Books (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816040982
• ISBN-13: 978-0816040988
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,543,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

What do you want to be when you grow up? Answering that single question has taken me on an amazing journey as an author. Little did I know 10 years ago when I was writing the very first title, Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Science, that I would eventually fill over 50 books with ideas to help students of all ages find bright futures. And, believe it or not, there are still more books to come!

Two of my new series add some extra fun to the career exploration process. In the first, the Virtual Apprentice series, young readers find out what it's really like to be...a pop musician, a firefighter, an oceanographer and nine other exciting professions. Hot off the press in August of 2009 is the Way Out Work series, a full-color, high interest take on Goofy Jobs, Scary Jobs, Gutsy Jobs, and more.

All of my books are carefully designed to provide enough entertainment to keep kids interested and enough educational oomph for teachers to use them in their classrooms. The idea was to link learning with the real world in order to spark ideas, inspire dreams, and get kids thinking about all the things they could be.

You can find out more about my work at my website www.brightfuturespress.com.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, September 28, 2007

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This review is from: Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Animals and Nature (Paperback)

This is a really great book for kids and frankly it's better than most adult career guides in that it features a wider range of careers and interviews with people in each type of job. It's a great starting point for researching careers.