When I Grow Up: A Young Person's Guide to Interesting and Unusual Occupations [Hardcover]

Jessica Loy (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 2008 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up

What do you want to be when you grow up? Consider all your options. How about being a game designer and creating computer action games similar to the ones you play? Or, if you like chocolate, you could become a chocolatier and make delectable treats. There’s even the possibility of studying fascinating bugs for a living—as an entomologist. The choices are endless. So come read about fourteen professionals and the unusual and satisfying work that they do. Maybe some of these career paths will inspire ideas of your own.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4–6—Children in search of a unique answer to the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" will appreciate this book. Unusual occupations such as lobsterman, chocolatier, kite designer, and pet photographer are described. Each spread introduces someone in the trade (most are Caucasian), includes "on the job" photographs, and provides a brief, introductory description of what it is like to be an alpaca farmer, robotics engineer, etc. This title may spark some readers' interest with its quirky careers, but it includes very little detail. The contact information for special-interest summer camps might be its most helpful part. The "Virtual Apprentice" series (Ferguson) is a better resource for more in-depth information.—Christine Lindsey, Lake Superior Primary School, Ashland, WI
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About the Author

JESSICA LOY is the creator of Follow the Trail: A Young Person’s Guide to the Great Outdoors. An accomplished graphic designer and painter, Ms. Loy is an associate professor at the Center for Art and Design at the College of Saint Rose where she teaches graphic design. She lives in Delmar, New York, with her family.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; 1st edition (September 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805077170
• ISBN-13: 978-0805077179
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,444,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children, September 5, 2009

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This review is from: When I Grow Up: A Young Person's Guide to Interesting and Unusual Occupations (Hardcover)

It seems like a dream, to get paid for playing Legos, hugging a dog, flying a kite, going fishing, and sampling chocolates. Yet these dreams have come true for those adults who work as game designers, pet photographers, kite designers, lobstermen, and chocolatiers. With this informative book, Jessica Loy describes fourteen unusual occupations that involve not only the stuff of childhood dreams, but also extensive training, long hours, and hard work. As the book points out, thinking about careers can be fun and inspiring given the array of professional options, including those that children may perceive to be more play than work.