See What You Can Be: Explore Careers That Could Be for You! (American Girl Library) [Spiral-bound]

Diane Heiman (Author), Liz Suneby (Author), Tracey Wood (Illustrator)

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Product Description

Get a glimpse of nearly fifty careers, from clothing designer and coach, to animator and aerospace engineer. Read over a dozen interviews with real career women from a wide range of professions. Then "try out" each career at home with fun activities. After filling out the quizzes, puzzles, and journal pages, you will have a book that's all about you--who you are now and all that you could become.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Spiral-bound: 108 pages
• Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc (August 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593692773
• ISBN-13: 978-1593692773
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #403,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hip career book for girls a hit!, August 26, 2007

By	Nancy (Northborough, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: See What You Can Be: Explore Careers That Could Be for You! (American Girl Library) (Spiral-bound)

It's never to early to start thinking about "what you want to be when you grow up". For girls 8-12, See What You Can Be, is a great find. Unlike traditional books about careers, this title features activities to help girls determine what kind of job is the right fit, profiles of successful women in careers both traditional and untraditional (white water rafting guide, dialect coach, and transit planner to name a few) and mini job descriptions of jobs based on an "If you like..." distribution. For example, if you like math and puzzles you might want to become a cryptographer; if you like food and cooking you might consider becoming a food scientist.

The authors have put together a hip, colorful guide that will appeal to middle grade girls.
Quizzes, suggested activities and journal prompts result in an interactive experience, one that girls should find irresistible.

As an elementary school librarian, I highly recommend this title. It encourages girls to think outside the box about their futures in an age-appropriate, enjoyable way.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for pre-teens, teens and maybe even adults!, October 3, 2007

By	Vera (westport, ct United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: See What You Can Be: Explore Careers That Could Be for You! (American Girl Library) (Spiral-bound)

The layout is systematic and organized, yet has a light fun feel. It asks a series of questions - a modified "personality test" - to help you find some sample careers you might be well suited for, then gives you examples of women in those fields. This should be a manditory handout item for all "Take your daughters to work day" participants. It's great to see a book that gives girls concrete examples of careers they will have a good chance of sucess in, rather than the standby cliche "you can be anything you want to be, dear." This book is now my defacto birthday gift for young girls. It makes a great birthday party or sleepover game too!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for girls' programs!, February 14, 2008

By	L. Hyde - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: See What You Can Be: Explore Careers That Could Be for You! (American Girl Library) (Spiral-bound)

As the Executive Director of a mentoring program for elementary school girls, Strong Women, Strong Girls, I made the decision to utilize this book with all of our program participants. See What You Can Be offers girls the opportunity to identify their skills and interests and use those to imagine new possibilities for themselves and their futures. In addition to the girls loving the book, their adult mentors are also realizing that there are a lot of career possibilities that they had never imagined! This is a great book for programs designed to support girls and programs looking for mentor-mentee activities.