THE STORYBOOK STATION,
INC.
Career Awareness Lessons Plans K-6
Welcome
to The Storybook Station=s Career Awareness Program. This program is
designed to raise a child=s interest in numerous careers that exist in the
world around us. The literature-based
curriculum focuses on careers selected from a six-career pathway design:
$ Health
$ Industrial/Engineering/Technical
$ Business/Marketing/Computers
$ Natural Science
$ Social Science
$
Fine Arts & Communication
In each packet you will find the literature** and a
guide to enable you to integrate career awareness into your daily lesson
plans. It is designed in a manner that
easily adapts to different styles of teaching.
You can introduce careers, while providing simple art, math, science,
music, social studies, or language arts activities. Each teacher=s guide contains career background information, book
summary, lesson plans for simple activities, list of related literature, and
community resources when available.
**Literature subject to change based
on availability and print status.
Copyright 2006 by The Storybook
Station. Inc.
Career Awareness Packets may not be
reproduced in any form
without written permission by The
Storybook Station. Inc.
Each unit applies the National Career
Development Guidelines to the literature selections and/or the
carefully developed activities. These activities also support grade
level appropriate emphasis on the components required by School-To-Work
legislation. Those components are:
School-based learning, Work-based learning, and Connecting activities. This curriculum provides career awareness
opportunities for all students.
National Career Development Guidelines
Competencies and Indicators - Elementary School
Self-
Knowledge
Competency 1: Knowledge of the importance of a
positive self-concept.
Competency 2: Skills to interact with others.
Competency 3: Awareness of the importance of
growth and change.
Educational
and Occupational Exploration
Competency 4: Awareness of the benefits of
educational achievement.
Competency 5: Awareness of the relationship
between work and learning.
Competency 6: Skills to understand and use
career information.
Competency 7: Awareness of the importance of
personal responsibility and good work habits.
Competency 8: Awareness of how work relates to
the needs and functions of society.
Career
Planning
Competency 9: Understanding how to make
decisions.
Competency 10: Awareness of the interrelationship of life roles.
Competency 11: Awareness of different occupations and changing male/female roles.
Competency 12: Awareness of the career planning process.
The Storybook Station, Inc. has previewed all web sites listed in our Resource section of these materials for appropriateness for children in K-6th grades. We have not, however, viewed any of the links within these sites. It is our belief that children should be observed by adults whenever they are using the Internet.
* KINDERGARTEN *
(K) HEALTH
CAREER FOCUS PEDIATRICIAN
TITLE: Froggy Goes to the Doctor*
AUTHOR: Jonathan London
SUMMARY: Hurry up!@ says Froggy=s mother. AIt=s time to go to the doctor for your
check-up.@
Froggy doesn=t want to go. What if the doctor gives him a shot? Froggy is nervous. Everyone needs to go to the doctor for
check-ups, but for a child, or a AFroggy@, a visit to the doctor can be a
bewildering experience.
TITLE: What to Expect When You Go to the Doctor
AUTHOR: Heidi Murkoff
SUMMARY: Everyone needs to go to the doctor for
checkups. But for a child who doesn=t yet understand what staying
healthy means and why it=s important, a visit to the doctor
can be a bewildering experience. With
the help of Angus, the lovable Answer Dog, this experience is easily explained.
CAREER FOCUS - DIETITIAN
TITLE: Edible Pyramid
AUTHOR:
Loreen Leedy
SUMMARY: Let=s eat! Come into The Edible Pyramid, a
restaurant that serves all kinds of delicious and nutritious meals. The pyramid was adopted from The Food Guide
Pyramid: A Guide to Daily Food Choices, which was introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in1992.
Nutrition has never been this much fun!
(K) INDUSTRIAL - ENGINEERING TECHNICAL
CAREER FOCUS CARPENTER
TITLE: Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop
AUTHOR: Lisa Shulman
SUMMARY: Old MacDonald is busy building something. One by one, all the animals on the farm come
to help, except for the babies. They
hover at the door, trying to see what the project is going to be. With a rurr rurr, tap tap, chip chip, scritch
scritch, squeak squeak, and swish swash, sounds here and there, sounds are
everywhere. This is a big hit for tool
lovers and children who love to sing.
CAREER FOCUS CARPENTER
TITLE: Bling Blang*
AUTHOR: Woody Guthrie
SUMMARY: Run bring rocks and I=ll bring bricks. A nice pretty house we=ll build and fix. What fun building and fixing a house, with
this song by Wood Guthrie. Bright, bold,
colorful illustrations are very inviting for this story. Children can come along and build, fix, and
sing.
CAREER FOCUS CUSTODIAN
TITLE: Alberts Alphabet
AUTHOR: Leslie Tryon
SUMMARY: Albert is the custodian/school
carpenter at
(K) BUSINESS - MARKETING - COMPUTERS
CAREER FOCUS - FOOD PRODUCTION WORKER
TITLE: Tortilla Factory*
AUTHOR: Gary Paulsen
SUMMARY: In the spring the black earth is worked by brown
hands. The brown hands plant the yellow
seeds. From the yellow seeds, grow the
green plants. The corn comes from the
green plants. The corn is ground into
flour. This is a story of tortillas from
the planting of the corn to the consumption of the product. It is a simple and lovely story
CAREER FOCUS -DANCER
TITLE: Lettuce:
The Dancing Rabbit*
AUTHOR: Mandy
SUMMARY:
Lettuce
Rabbit wants to be a ballerina more than anything else in the world. But is being the star of the show really
better than being a rabbit?
(K) NATURAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS - FARMER
TITLE: Apple Farmer Annie*
AUTHOR: Monica Wellington
SUMMARY: Annie has an apple farm. At harvest-time, she picks plenty of sweet
crunchy apples and uses them to make many tasty treats.
CAREER
FOCUS METEOROLOGIST
TITLE: Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather
AUTHOR: Bruce Kosceklniak
SUMMARY: A humorous story about Geoffrey
Groundhog, who is well known for predicting how long winter will last, and on
each February 2nd, everyone waits to hear what he has to say when he sees his shadow.
(K)
SOCIAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS - SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER
TITLE: Moses Goes to School*
AUTHOR: Isaac Millman
SUMMARY: Moses goes to a special school, a public school for
the deaf. All his classmates are deaf or
hard of hearing; but that doesn=t mean they don=t have a lot to say to each other! They communicate
in American Sign Language.
CAREER FOCUS ELEMENTARY TEACHER
TITLE: Look Out Kindergarten, Here I
Come!
AUTHOR: Nancy Carlson
SUMMARY: Its the first day of
kindergarten and Henry is very excited and ready to go. First he eats a good
breakfast and packs his backpack.
Filled with humor and encouragement, this is a good book to help
children feel good about themselves and kindergarten.
CAREER FOCUS - ELEMENTARY TEACHER
TITLE: Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
AUTHOR: Joseph Slate
SUMMARY: Miss Bindergarten=s soon-to-be students are excitedly, anxiously getting ready
at home. Meanwhile, Miss Bindergarten is getting ready, too, gathering her gear
and preparing her classroom. This story
contains rhyming text, which also incorporates the alphabet for added interest.
(K) FINE ARTS &
COMMUNICATIONS
CAREER FOCUS - MUSICIAN
TITLE: Pigs Rock!*
AUTHOR: Melanie Davis Jones
SUMMARY: Pigs Rock and Roll!
Pigs sing with heart and soul! Hop
on the bus and join the fun as the pig rock band takes off on tour. Young fans will squeal with delight as they
get to experience everything from jamming on stage to signing autographs to
driving off to the next gig.
CAREER
FOCUS DANCER
TITLE: Ten
Go Tango
AUTHOR:
Arthur Dorros
SUMMARY: In this counting book, ten groups of
animals participate in ten different dances.
Read along from 1 osprey dancing ballet to 10 flamingos dancing the
tango. The dance floor expands to a special
fold out with 55 animals rocking away.
CAREER
FOCUS ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
TITLE: The Maestro Plays
AUTHOR: Bill Martin, Jr.
SUMMARY:
The Maestro plays.
He plays proudly. He plays loudly. He plays slowly. He plays oh-ly. The lively and
spirited Maestro plays an assortment of instruments in a variety of ways.
* FIRST *
(1) HEALTH
CAREER FOCUS DIETITIAN
TITLE: Good Enough To Eat*
AUTHOR: Lizzy Rockwell
SUMMARY: Eating is the most important thing you do each day,
and this book explains why. The book is
filled with many eating and nutrition facts.
This book includes the food pyramid, a calorie section, and recipes for
kids and adults to cook together.
CAREER FOCUS - VETERINARIAN
TITLE: Gumbrella*
AUTHOR: Barry Root
SUMMARY: Gumbrella
loves cute little animals. She=s also a take-charge kind of
girl. So when her brother, Trumbull,
comes home with a hurt mouse, naturally she starts an animal hospital. Gumbrella announces that she will be both the
doctor and the nurse and that
CAREER FOCUS SURGEON
TITLE: Paddington Bear Goes to the Hospital*
AUTHOR: Michael Bond
and Karen Jankel
SUMMARY: Oh No! Paddington Bear has hurt his arm, and he=s having trouble remembering just
how it happened. When Paddington has to
go to the hospital the kind nurses and doctors and even the patients themselves
help Paddington see that the hospital isn=t as scary as it first seems.
CAREER
FOCUS OPTOMETRIST
TITLE: All the Better to See You With
AUTHOR: Margaret Wild
SUMMARY: Kate is a quiet child in a busy
family with four noisy brothers and sisters, and her parents are slow to notice
that she is experiencing some difficulty with her vision, until Kate has a
problem seeing and finding her parents on the beach. Kate is nearsighted and
needs glasses.
CAREER
FOCUS PEDIATRICIAN
TITLE:
Arthurs Chicken Pox
AUTHOR:
Marc Brown
SUMMARY: Arthur is in school and he is
feeling sick. First, he has a temperature and then red spots that itch like
crazy. He has the chicken pox, a typical childhood disease. Only special cherry
cough drops, and Grandma Thoras soothing baths manage to make the days stuck
at home more bearable. To top it all, the circus is coming to town, and Arthur
may not be well in time to see the circus.
(1) INDUSTRIAL -
ENGINEERING TECHNICAL
CAREER FOCUS CUSTODIAN
TITLE: The Feet in the Gym*
AUTHOR: Teri Daniels
SUMMARY: Handy Bob needs to keep on his toes at the lively
CAREER
FOCUS CONSTRUCTION LABORERS
TITLE:
The Night Worker
AUTHOR:
Kate Banks
SUMMARY: Night falls. Bedtime comes. Papa
kisses Alex good night. Then he puts on his hard hat. He is an engineer. And he
is a night worker. One night Papa has a hard hat for Alex. They go out together
to be night workers. Alex sees all the workers that work together as a team to
complete the building.
(1) BUSINESS - MARKETING
COMPUTERS
CAREER FOCUS - MANUFACTURING SALES REPRESENTATIVE
TITLE: Dan=s Pants
AUTHOR: Merle Good
SUMMARY: Dan's got
more than 30 pairs of funny pants in his closet. Every day is dress-up day for Dan! Dan's a tall guy and he covers those
mile-high legs of his with the wildest pants you've ever seen. Every week he sells bolts of fabric to fabric
stores, dragging suitcases full of samples from one buyer to the next. Every season, Dan's wife makes him a pair of
pants from his favorite fabric. Fun,
imaginative, and colorfully visual.
CAREER FOCUS - CHEF
TITLE: Hamburger Heaven*
AUTHOR: Wong Herbert Lee
SUMMARY: Pinky Pig's clarinet has met with an unfortunate
accident. Lucky for Pinky, she works at
Hamburger Heaven and she can save her money for a new one. Pinky overhears that she might be losing her
job! It seems that the customers have
grown tired of a menu that serves the same cheeseburgers day after day prepared
by Chef Rhino. Maybe Pinky's new menu
can save the restaurant and her job.
CAREER
FOCUS - TRUCK DRIVER
TITLE: Peters Trucks
AUTHOR:
Sallie Wolf
SUMMARY: Peter sees many different types of trucks and
learns what each one carries. There are trucks carrying milk, gasoline, pianos,
garbage, ice cream, money, concrete, and cows. Peter sees all the people who
work with the trucks and what is inside the trucks! The story is told in
wonderful rhyme.
CAREER FOCUS - COOK/CHEF
TITLE: Two for Stew*
AUTHOR: Laura Numeroff
SUMMARY: Because the restaurant is out of stew,
and the grandmother who makes it is out for the evening, two friends find a
different way to enjoy themselves.
(1) NATURAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS BEEKEEPER
TITLE: The Beeman*
AUTHOR: Laurie Krebs
SUMMARY: With rhyming
text and warm, expressive paintings, this picture book takes the reader through
a year of beekeeping from the point of view of a little girl helping her
beloved grandpa, known as the Beeman. The book touches on all aspects of
beekeeping, from how the keeper dresses, to how to care for the hive and
harvest the honey. There is a lot of
information in this fun story.
CAREER FOCUS - SEISMOLOGIST
TITLE: Earthquakes*
AUTHOR: Ellen J. Prager
SUMMARY: Earthquakes happen all the
time all over the world, but they are usually too small for us the feel. This book answers many questions about
earthquakes and provides some information on the people who research them.
CAREER FOCUS ZOOKEEPER
TITLE: If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo*
AUTHOR: Mary Jane Hendricks
SUMMARY: After a young girl tells the zoo keepers to
send the animals to her house should anything go wrong at the zoo, a series of
zoo emergencies result in some unusual house-guests for the girl and her
family.
CAREER
FOCUS FORESTER
TITLE: Sugarbush Springs*
AUTHOR: Marsha Wilson Chall
SUMMARY: In the month of the Maple Sugar Moon, the snow=s too wet for angel making. Icicles are raining from Grandpa=s roof, and something special is
stirring in the woods. It=s sugarbush spring; time to tap the
trees, collect the sap, and gather round the cook fire awaiting the arrival of
syrup. The beautiful paintings that
illustrate the story are an invitation to join in the making of maple
syrup. The process is the same today as
it was two hundred years ago.
TITLE: Sugaring
AUTHOR: Jessie Haas
SUMMARY: Nora wants to find a way to give the horses a special treat
for helping her grandfather gather sap to make maple syrup.
(1) SOCIAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
OPERATOR
TITLE: Axle Annie*
AUTHOR: Robin Pulver
SUMMARY: Axle Annie is the best school bus driver in
Burskyville - especially when it comes to driving her bus on snow-covered Tiger
Hill, the toughest slope in town.
Because of Annie, the superintendent never has to declare a snow
day. And thats just why grouchy bus
driver Shifty Rhodes hatches a plot to stop Axle Annie in her tracks.
CAREER
FOCUS - FIREFIGHTER
TITLE: Firefighters A to Z*
AUTHOR: Chris L. Demarest
SUMMARY: This book is a presentation
of a day in the life of firefighters whose job it is to put out fires, save
property and lives. The book=s alphabetical format is grade level
appropriate for the young reader.
CAREER FOCUS - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TEACHER
TITLE: My Teachers Secret Life
AUTHOR: Stephen Krensky
SUMMARY: Where do teachers go when the school
day ends? After observing his teacher at
the supermarket, at the mall, and even in a park, a young child begins to think
that the teacher has a secret life.
Story includes school personnel, custodian, kitchen staff, librarian,
principal, and special subjects teachers.
CAREER FOCUS - FIREFIGHTING
TITLE: Fire Fighters
AUTHOR: Norma Simon
SUMMARY: What are these busy and daring
Dalmatians doing? They are diligent fire
fighters. This story describes the
vehicles, the care and use of equipment, and emergency procedures used by fire
fighters. This information is used in
fighting fires, but also in investigating the causes of fires.
(1) FINE ARTS &
COMMUNICATIONS
CAREER FOCUS ARTIST
TITLE: A Bird or Two*
AUTHOR: Bijou Le Tord
SUMMARY: In the brilliant sun of 
CAREER FOCUS ARTIST
TITLE: A Blue Butterfly: A Story About
Claude Monet
AUTHOR:
Bijou Le Tord
SUMMARY: In a garden of spectacular beauty
in
CAREER
FOCUS - MUSICIAN/ORCHESTRA MEMBER
TITLE: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
AUTHOR: Lloyd Moss
SUMMARY: When this book begins, the trombone
is playing all by itself. But soon a trumpet makes it a duet, a French horn
makes it a trio, and so on until 10 instruments have assembled on stage to make
an orchestra. This story is written in elegant and rhythmic verse.
CAREER FOCUS - ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
TITLE: Bravo, Livingstone Mouse*
AUTHOR: Pamela Duncan Edwards
SUMMARY: Livingstone Mouse puts on
his explorer hat and takes off to explore the world. He comes to the Wild Wood and all its
creatures preparing for a musical performance to showcase their talents.
(2)
HEALTH
CAREER
FOCUS - PHYSICAL THERAPIST
TITLE:
Rolling Along*
AUTHOR:
Jamie Riggio Heelan
SUMMARY: Taylor and Tyler are twin brothers and best friends. But the twins are different in one
significant way:
CAREER
FOCUS - SURGEON
TITLE:
Good-Bye Tonsils
AUTHOR:
Juliana Lee Hatkoff
SUMMARY: Juliana=s
sick of nonstop sore throats. So when
Dr. Ward tells her that the only way to make her throat better is to take out her
tonsils, Juliana is ready to say AGood-bye
tonsils!@ Dr. Ward, her parents, and her friends tell
Juliana all about what to expect at the hospital.
CAREER
FOCUS DENTIST
TITLE: Open Wide
AUTHOR: Laurie Keller
SUMMARY: It=s
time for tooth school, and Dr. Flossman is excited to meet the incoming class
of 32 teeth. There are 8 incisors, 4
canines, 8 premolars, and 12 molars, including 4 wisdom teeth. There=s
just so much to learn, from brushing and flossing to dentin and pulp to every
student=s
nightmare - tooth decay!
This is a funny book full of interesting facts, with a special guest
appearance from the Tooth Fairy.
CAREER FOCUS -
ASSISTANT DOG TRAINER
TITLE: My Buddy
AUTHOR: Audrey Osofsky
SUMMARY: Buddy is the best dog a boy could have. He and his
master are always together. They play ball, and go for walks, and take good
care of each other. Nothing can separate
them. They are a team. My Buddy is an easy-to-read, first person,
narrative of an unusual friendship between a handicapped child and a working
dog.
CAREER FOCUS - X-RAY TECHNOLOGIST
TITLE: Dem Bones
AUTHOR: Bob Barner
SUMMARY: Sing along with a
colorful skeleton band in this exuberant rendition of a traditional African
American Spiritual. Children will enjoy connecting the bones, as they learn
interesting bone facts. The text combines with vibrant paper collage
illustrations to create a perfect introduction to the human anatomy that is a
rollicking read-a-loud text.
(2)
INDUSTRIAL - ENGINEERING TECHNICAL
CAREER
FOCUS - ASTRONAUT
TITLE:
One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong*
AUTHOR: Don Brown
SUMMARY:
This is an inspiring story of Neil Armstrong, who as a young boy, had a
recurring dream in which he held his
breath and floated high above the people, houses, and cars. He spent his free time reading stacks of
flying magazines, building model airplanes, and staring through the home-made
telescope mounted on the roof of his neighbor=s
garage. On July 20, 1969, he became the
first man to set foot on the moon. This
story of Neil Armstrong reminds the reader that all heroes were once small
children.
CAREER FOCUS
ARCHITECT
TITLE: Roberto the Insect
Architect
AUTHOR:
Nina Laden
SUMMARY: Roberto has always wanted to be an
architect. He follows his dream to the
big, buzzing city, where he meets some not-so-creepy crawlers that lend Roberto
encouragement to build a community for them all. The story is very cleverly illustrated with
detailed collages and humorously written to inspire readers of any age to build
their dreams.
CAREER FOCUS - PILOT
TITLE: Flight
AUTHOR: Robert Burleigh
SUMMARY: Charles
Lindbergh didn=t
know if he would ever see
CAREER FOCUS -
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
TITLE: Next Stop Grand
Central
AUTHOR: Maira Kalman
SUMMARY: Its just another day at Grand Central, the busiest
train station on earth. While there is a lost dog, a giant
chicken blocking the tracks, there are twelve lost children on a trip to
the
CAREER FOCUS TOY INDUSTRY WORKER
TITLE: Leo
Cockroach...Toy Tester
AUTHOR:
Kevin O=Malley
SUMMARY: Leo Cockroach secretly tests toys for Mildred
Splatt, the bug hating president and CEO of Whaddatoy Toys. Leo knows how to pick the hottest toys each
season. But, Leo=s
existence is both unknown and unappreciated by Mildred Splatt. She hates cockroaches. What would she do if she knew her top toy
tester was a cockroach? Leo seeks
employment and happiness across the street at another toy company. Leo finds himself worse off than before and
Whaddatoy misses their top toy tester.
Leo writes Mrs. Splatt a letter divulging his identity. Things work out quite well for Leo, once he and
Mrs. Splatt understood each other.
CAREER FOCUS - MECHANICAL ENGINEER
TITLE: Meet
Me in the
AUTHOR: Kathy Jakobsen
SUMMARY: Kate and her family
live in
(2)
BUSINESS - MARKETING - COMPUTERS
CAREER FOCUS
PHOTOGRAPHER
TITLE: School Picture Day*
AUTHOR:
Lynn Plourde
SUMMARY: It=s
school picture day, and everyone, except Josephine Caroleena Wattasheena, is
clean, shiny, and all dressed up. Josephina is too busy trying to figure out
how things work, and she has to touch everything.
CAREER FOCUS -
RETAIL STORE MANAGER
TITLE: Paper Lanterns*
AUTHOR:
Stefan Czernecki
SUMMARY: Old Chen is without a
suitable apprentice to carry on his legacy of crafting beautiful paper
lanterns. Little Mouse is, well....
little. This story is a testament to the
power of patience, perseverance, and friendship.
CAREER FOCUS ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
TITLE: Lyle at the Office
AUTHOR: Bernard Weber
SUMMARY: POP!
CRUNCH! CRACKLE! CRACKLE!
CRUNCH! When Lyle the Crocodile
visits Mr. Primm=s
advertising office, his explosive cereal-crunching and toothy smile inspire Mr.
Bigg to recruit him as the Krispie Krunchie Krackles spokesperson. But the Primm family and Lyle don=t
think that Lyle is right for the job. While Lyle is at Mr. Primm=s
office, he sees the office manager, the day-care, the accountant, and lots of
office support help.
CAREER
FOCUS SHOPPING CENTER MANAGER
TITLE: The Animal Mall
AUTHOR: Cooper Edens and
SUMMARY: It=s
Mom=s birthday, and her family has taken
her to the mall to pick out a present.
But this isn=t
just any mall. At the Animal Mall,
exotic animals offer every gift and gadget a mom could possibly want, from the
Polar Bear=s
leisure wear to the argyle socks sold by proud Peacocks. Inspired by the folk song AThe
Animal Fair,@
this hilarious send-up on mall culture is a treat for the eyes, ears, and funny
bone.
CAREER
FOCUS - MODEL
TITLE: The Artists Model
AUTHOR: Allison Barrow
SUMMARY: What would it be like to
be the model for a work of art? A little
girl discovers the fun and hard work involved in being the model for a
painting. When her artist father asks
her to pose for his latest illustration - a book cover - the girl gets an
insider=s
view of how art is created.
(2) NATURAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS -
ASTRONOMER
TITLE: Sun*
AUTHOR:
Steve Tomecek
SUMMARY: Without the sun, there would be no sunburn,
no blazing hot summer days, and no need for sunglasses. There would also be no life on Earth. There is physics behind the science of the
sun. Join two kids and a lavender cat
for many questions and answers about our remarkable sun.
TITLE: Stargazers
AUTHOR: Gail Gibbons
SUMMARY: There are billions and billions of stars. Some are
brighter than others; some twinkle; some are different colors; some are in
groups called constellations
people who gaze at stars and planets are called
astronomers.
CAREER
FOCUS - FARMER
TITLE: A Farm of Her Own*
AUTHOR:
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
SUMMARY: When Emma was ten, she went
to spend the summer with her aunt and uncle on their farm. Emma lived in an apartment in the city, and
she was not sure she would like farm life.
CAREER FOCUS - AGRICULTURAL
ENGINEER
TITLE: Tops and Bottoms
AUTHOR: Janet Stevens
SUMMARY: Bear has lots of money and lots of land, but he is
lazy. Hare has nothing but a hungry family, but hes smart. He makes a deal
with Bear to farm his land and share the harvest. Hare will do all the work. Bear
just tells him if he wants the top or bottom of the crop harvested. Then Bear
takes a nap. Over and over again, Bear gets nothing
Hare is very tricky, and
Bear learns a big lesson. This is an incredibly humorous story
that teaches a good lesson about lazy verses hard work.
(2)
SOCIAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS - POLICE
OFFICER
TITLE: Aero and Officer Mike -
Police Partners*
AUTHOR: Joan Plummer Russell
SUMMARY: The text and pictures of
this book reveal the daily demands of the jobs performed by Officer Mike and
Aero, as well as the friendship between man and dog. This
story is the result of the author=s
experience riding along on duty shifts with Officer Mike and Aero over a two
year period. There are dramatic,
action-filled photographs that capture this special dedicated team.
TITLE: In My Neighborhood
AUTHOR: Paulette Bourgeois
SUMMARY: This book is both engaging and informative. It
provides the perfect starting point for children to explore their own
neighborhood and become familiar with the community workers. This book blends
intriguing facts into an entertaining story.
TITLE: Police
Patrol
AUTHOR: Katherine K. Winkelman
SUMMARY: Police Patrol
describes the activities that take place at a police station and the
duties of different types of
officers. It=s
packed with information and brimming with humor.
CAREER FOCUS -
ADOPTION COUNSELOR
TITLE: Jin Woo*
AUTHOR:
Eve Bunting
SUMMARY: Davey likes his family just the way it
is. He certainly never asked to be a big
brother, nor did he invite Jin Woo to become a part of his family. Eve Bunting writes a deeply emotional tale of
Davey learning to understand that being a big brother can mean being surrounded
with more love than ever.
CAREER
FOCUS CITY PLANNER
TITLE: Me
on the Map
AUTHOR: Joan
Sweeney
SUMMARY: This
is a childs description of how her room, her house, her town, her state and
her country became part f a map of her worked
Its packed with information and brimming with humor.
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FINE ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS
CAREER FOCUS -
EXHIBIT DESIGNER
TITLE: Katie and the Sunflowers*
AUTHOR: James Mayhew
SUMMARY: When the rain comes, Katie and her grandma
must find an alternative to gardening.
What do they decide upon? Why the
museum, of course. Katie is so
enthralled by Van Gogh=s
enchanting Sunflowers that she must have a sample of them for her
own garden. When Katie reaches inside
the painting for a fistful of seeds, she begins an adventure.
CAREER FOCUS -
AUTHOR
TITLE: Visiting Langston*
AUTHOR:
Willie Perdomo
SUMMARY: It=s
a special day when a little girl, who is a poet, and her father go to visit the house where
the great poet Langston Hughes lived. The
rhythmic tale and beautiful illustrations are a wonderful introduction to the
work of an American cultural hero.
CAREER FOCUS -
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR
TITLE: From Pictures to
Words
AUTHOR: Janet Stevens
SUMMARY: Author/Illustrator Janet Stevens walks into her
studio with a cloud of imaginary characters trailing along behind her. Her book
characters want her to write a book about them. So with their help, Janet
creates a problem for her characters to solve. She takes you through sketches,
text writing, and sending a book to the publisher, etc.
CAREER FOCUS -
POTTERY/PORCELAIN WORKER
TITLE: Josefina
AUTHOR: Jeanette Winter
SUMMARY: Josefina, an artist. works in her sunny patio in
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HEALTH
CAREER FOCUS
AUDIOLOGIST
TITLE: Can You Hear a Rainbow?*
AUTHOR: Jamee Riggio Heelan
SUMMARY: Chris is deaf. When he was a baby, his parents noticed that
he did not respond to the things and people around him the same way that his
older brother and sister had when they were babies. In the story, Chris tells how sign language,
hearing aids, his other senses and his friends help him.
TITLE: Im Deaf and its OK*
AUTHOR:
SUMMARY: A young boy describes the frustrations caused
by his deafness and the encouragement he receives from a deaf teenager to help
him lead an active life.
CAREER FOCUS -
NEUROLOGIST
TITLE: Becky the Brave - A Story
About Epilepsy*
AUTHOR: Laurie Lears
SUMMARY: Nothing seems to scare
Sarah=s
big sister Becky, until having an epileptic seizure makes her reluctant to
return to school, and so Sarah summons her own courage.
CAREER FOCUS REGISTERED NURSE
TITLE: Picture Book of
AUTHOR: David Adler
SUMMARY: The story traces the life of the
nineteenth-century Englishwoman who followed her calling to work in hospitals
and improve the conditions under which the sick were treated.
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INDUSTRIAL - ENGINEERING TECHNICAL
CAREER FOCUS -
LUTHIER
TITLE: Made in
AUTHOR:
Peter Laufer
SUMMARY: High in the mountains of
CAREER FOCUS -
PILOT
TITLE: Fly High: The Story of Bessie
Coleman*
AUTHOR: Louise Borden and Mary Kay
Kroeger
SUMMARY: Bessie Coleman was born in
rural
CAREER FOCUS ASSEMBLER
TITLE: Fire Truck Nuts
& Bolts
AUTHOR: Jerry Boucher
SUMMARY:
Fire trucks are the result of
many hours of detailed planning, design, and hands-on building. Follow the
steps involved in building a pumper fire engine, from choosing the cab and
chassis through adding special features and painting, to testing and delivery.
CAREER FOCUS - CIVIL ENGINEER
TITLE: The Great
AUTHOR: Gail Gibbons
SUMMARY: The earliest explorers dreamed of an Orient
passage. This book tells the story of this inland waterway from those dreams to
todays vast computer-operated system of canals, locks, and gates, and the
ships that traverse them.
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BUSINESS - MARKETING - COMPUTERS
CAREER FOCUS -
DEPARTMENT STORE MANAGER
TITLE: Milly and The Macy=s
Parade*
AUTHOR: Shana Corey
SUMMARY: When a spirited little girl named Milly
imagines a way to combine her family=s
old country traditions with their new American heritage, the result is a
holiday season filled with mirth and magic.
Inspired by the true story behind the first Macy=s
Parade in 1924, this heart-warming tale celebrates a treasured American
pastime.
CAREER
FOCUS - ASSISTED LIVING CENTER ADMINISTRATOR
TITLE: Oma=s
Quilt*
AUTHOR: Paulette Bourgeois
SUMMARY:
Emily=s
grandmother, Oma, is moving into the Forest View Retirement Home . Leaving her house and neighbors on
CAREER FOCUS BARBER SHOP OWNER
TITLE: Uncle Neds Barbershop*
AUTHOR: Margaree King Mitchell
SUMMARY: Sarah Jean=s
Uncle Jed was the only black barber in the
county. He had a kind heart and a
warm smile. And he had a dream. His dream was to save enough money to open
his own barbershop. It was a long time
and many set-backs to a dream finally realized.
CAREER
FOCUS SUPERMARKET MANAGER
TITLE: Supermarket*
AUTHOR: Kathleen Krull
SUMMARY: Shiny apples, a frosted
birthday cake, crunchy taco shell, and creamy yogurts! You can find all of this and more at the
supermarket. This is a fun-filled book
that tells what makes a supermarket so
super.
CAREER FOCUS - RETAIL STORE OWNER/MANAGER
TITLE: The Candystore Man
AUTHOR: Jonathan London
SUMMARY: The
hip, hot Candystore Man dispenses a variety of treats, from ice cream and
lollipops to jellybeans and jawbreakers. He is a jazzy proprietor of the corner
store who takes a lonely young boy under his wing and teaches him, by example,
what it means to be a part of a community.
CAREER
FOCUS - COMMERCIAL ARTIST
TITLE: Signmaker=s
Assistant
AUTHOR: Tedd
Arnold
SUMMARY: Everyday after school
Norman works at the signmaker=s
shop, doing simple chores.
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NATURAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS -
FISHER
TITLE: Fishing*
AUTHOR: Ann Love
SUMMARY: Fishing explores a way of life and a
kind of work that is undergoing major change.
Readers find out how salmon and halibut are grown at an east-coast fish
farm, and visit the northwest coast to learn about wild salmon. The book shows methods and equipment used to
catch fish. This story is part of a
series of books called America At Work.
It introduces people, machines, work, and environmental concerns
involved in bringing to market the products from important American natural
resources.
CAREER FOCUS -
ZOOLOGIST
TITLE: Little Panda*
AUTHOR:
Joanne Ryder
SUMMARY: Meet Hua Mei.
She=s
the first giant panda cub ever to survive in captivity in the
CAREER FOCUS - MARINE
BIOLOGIST
TITLE: Into the Sea
AUTHOR: Brenda Z. Guiberson
SUMMARY: One moonlit night, a newly hatched sea turtle
crawls over the sand to begin life in the ocean. Tiny and fragile, she pulls
herself across an empty beach, avoiding the hungry birds and claw-cracking
crabs of daylight to make her way to the sea.
As the turtle grows, she encounters many other creature of the sea. When
the time comes, she instinctively returns to the shady shores to lay her own
eggs.
CAREER FOCUS - ECOLOGIST
TITLE: Welcome to the
Green House
AUTHOR: Jane Yolen
PUB DATE: 1993
SUMMARY: Here is the mysterious world of the tropical rainforest,
brought to life in skillfully chosen words and rich, evocative pictures. This
is a house where giant forest trees form the walls, and vines frame the
views, and there is no roof overhead, only a canopy of leaves. Welcome to the
green house.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS -
LOBBYIST
TITLE: A Voice from the
Wilderness, The Story of Anna Howard Shaw*
AUTHOR: Don Brown
SUMMARY: By the time Anna Howard
Shaw was barely twelve years old, she had crossed the stormy Atlantic, survived
a grueling journey from
CAREER FOCUS -
JUDGE
TITLE:
AUTHOR:
Peter W. Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes
SUMMARY: Marshall J. Mouse, the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United Mice of America, must lead his fellow justices in settling
a difficult case. They must decide
whether to uphold a law requiring all mice to eat the same cheese on certain
days, or to strike the law down, giving the mice the freedom to eat any cheese
they want.
CAEER FOCUS - LIBRARIAN
TITLE: Aunt Chip & the Triple Creek
Dam Affair
AUTHOR: Patricia Polacco
SUMMARY: Everyone in Triple Creek loves TV. Everyone, that
is, except for Elis Aunt Chip, who doesnt even own a TV. Aunt Chip, the former librarian of Triple
Creek, has taken to her bed. There is nothing for her to do. Until, that is, there is a need to get up and
get busy teaching all the young citizens of Triple Creek to read.
CAREER FOCUS - POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDER
TITLE : Mr.
Lincolns Whiskers
AUTHOR: Karen B. Winnick
SUMMARY: Abraham Lincoln was the 1st president to
wear a beard. What gave him the idea to grow those whiskers may have been a
real letter that he received from eleven-year-old Grace Bedell.
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FINE ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS
CAREER FOCUS -
MUSIC TEACHER
TITLE: The Magnificent Piano
Recital*
AUTHOR: Marilynn Reynolds
SUMMARY: Arabella and her mother are having trouble
fitting into their new little town.
Arabella=s new
teacher disapproves of her frills and curls.
Arabella=s
mother is the new piano teacher. The
little girl is lonely and finds solace in her music. The much awaited piano recital showcases the
talents of all the students and gives everyone a chance to see Arabella=s
true worth.
CAREER FOCUS -
SPORTS WRITER
TITLE: Casey at the Bat*
AUTHOR: Ernest Lawrence Thayer
SUMMARY: AThe outlook wasn=t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day. The score stood four to two with but one
inning more to play....@ Those lines have echoed through the decades, the first stanza of
a poem published in the June 3, 1888 issue of the San Francisco Examiner. Instead, Ernest L. Thayer=s poem has taken a well-deserved place as an enduring icon of
CAREER FOCUS -
ARTIST/MUSEUM CURATOR
TITLE: Bonjour, Mr. Satie
AUTHOR: Tomie DePaola
SUMMARY: Mr. Satie is a traveling cat. Upon returning from
CAREER
FOCUS - DANCER
TITLE: Tanya and Emily in
a Dance for Two
AUTHOR: Patricia Lee Gauch
SUMMARY: Tanya was the smallest and wiggliest girl in the ballet class. She was
dancing all the time, even to the dinner table and under the covers at night.
Emily was new to the ballet class. The two make friends. When they meet at the zoo one
day, they both learn something.
* FOURTH *
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HEALTH
CAREER FOCUS -
CARDIAC SURGEON
TITLE: The Heart*
AUTHOR:
SUMMARY: Scientists are using
fantastic new machines that peer inside the human body to picture the invisible
and help doctors save lives. The
Heart describes the heart, blood, and other parts of the body=s
circulatory system and explains how each component functions.
CAREER FOCUS -
GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN
TITLE: Singing With Momma Lou*
AUTHOR:
Linda Jacobs Altman
SUMMARY: Nine-year-old Tamika Jordan
dreads visiting her grandmother at the nursing home. Momma Lou has Alzheimer=s
Disease and never recognizes Tamika.
Tamika gets an idea to jog her grandmother=s
memory from looking at Momma Lou=s
scrap book.
TITLE:
The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins*
AUTHOR: Lester L. Laminack
SUMMARY: Young
TITLE: The
Memory Box
AUTHOR: Mary Bahr
SUMMARY: Zach is going to the
lake with Gramps and Gram. He=s
been there many times before, but something is different this time. Gramps is different. The doctor has told Gram and Gramps that
Gramps has Alzheimer=s
disease. Gramps starts a memory box with
Zach, to keep the memories of all the times that they have shared.
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INDUSTRIAL - ENGINEERING - TECHNICAL
CAREER FOCUS - DIVER
TITLE: Hidden Under the Sea
AUTHOR:
Peter Kent
SUMMARY: Dive into the wondrous
world beneath the waves, where sunken ships lie forgotten, giant squid spread
their tentacles, and amazing coral reefs grow.
Learn about legends inspired by the ocean=s
mysterious depths, such as the lost city of
CAREER FOCUS -
PLASTERER
TITLE: Angelo*
AUTHOR: David Macaulay
SUMMARY: High above the rooftops of
CAREER
FOCUS ENGRAVER
TITLE: Money, Money, Money*
AUTHOR: Nancy Winsow Parker
SUMMARY:
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BUSINESS - MARKETING - COMPUTERS
CAREER FOCUS -
FASHION DESIGNER
TITLE: Zat Cat*
AUTHOR:
Chesley McLaren
SUMMARY: This is the tale of a scruffy stray cat,
tossed into a world where he knew not of hats, nor frilly pink dresses, nor fanciful
tresses. He became quite a star in the
wink of an eye. Who would=ve
thought he could climb so high? Now
ladies are screaming and clamoring to see Monsieur E=Toile
- The Hit of
CAREER FOCUS -
PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION CLERK
TITLE: The House in the Mail*
AUTHOR: Rosemary and Tom Wells
SUMMARY: In 1927 Emily=s
pa brings home a catalog that will change their lives forever. Inside are pictures of houses - wonderful
houses that feature all the latest appliances, including an electric
refrigerator, a gas stove, and indoor plumbing.
But most exciting is that the house will arrive on a freight train, all
ready to be assembled. Emily and her
family just have to pick out the one they want.
CAREER
FOCUS LABOR UNION BUSINESS AGENT
TITLE: The Bobbin Girl*
AUTHOR: Emily Arnold McCully
SUMMARY: Ten-year old bobbin girl,
Rebecca Putney, worked in a textile mill in
CAREER FOCUS FOOD SERVICE WORKER
TITLE: In Enzos Splendid Garden
AUTHOR: Patricia Polacco
SUMMARY: This is the bee that
stopped on a tree in Enzo=s
splendid garden.....is the beginning of this rollicking, cumulative story about
a restaurant full of workers, customers, and a bee on the loose. The story goes from a bee to a boy, from a
waiter to the ladies with their tea.
Chef Enzo chases his cat, the dishes hit the floor, and there is just so
much more.
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NATURAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS -
PALEONTOLOGIST
TITLE: The Great Unknown*
AUTHOR:
Taylor Morrison
SUMMARY: 200 years ago, farmers discovered giant
bones buried deep in the peat bogs of the
CAREER FOCUS SOIL CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN
TITLE: Angels in the Dust
AUTHOR: Margot Theis Raven
SUMMARY:
Great Grandma Annie reminisces about her life on her family=s
CAREER FOCUS
GEOLOGIST
TITLE: The Best Book of
Volcanoes*
AUTHOR: Nicholas Harris
SUMMARY: Explore the earth=s
core, climb the world=s
highest peaks, and go where few people have gone - into the world of
volcanoes. This book is an enthralling
introduction to one of Earth=s
mightiest forces, showing how they are formed, where they are found, and how
they have changed the face of the Earth.
Readers can explore volcanoes through the spectacular illustrations and
informative text.
TITLE: Journey to the Center of the Earth
AUTHOR: Nicholas Harris
SUMMARY: Come take a trip like no other. You can=t
get there by plane, train, boat, or car - and you don=t
even have to pack. Open this book and
you are on your way on a journey through the different layers of the Earth, all
the way to its very core. This 4,000
mile trip is based on the latest scientific evidence. The book is vividly illustrated and enhanced
through die-cut and overlay pages.
TITLE: Planet
Earth/Inside Out
AUTHOR:
Gail Gibbons
SUMMARY: Earth is special. It=s
the only planet we know of that is home to living things. Everybody knows about the earth=s
surface; it=s
where we live. But what about what=s
inside. Take a look at how earth has
changed over a billions years and the people who study it.
(4) SOCIAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS -
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
TITLE: Mr. Lincoln=s
Way*
AUTHOR: Patricia Polacco
SUMMARY: Patricia Polacco=s
warm words and illustrations depict the powerful story of a boy who needs a way
out of trouble, and the principal who guides him. Mr. Lincoln is the coolest principal
ever! He wears cool clothes and he has a
cool smile. But what makes Mr. Lincoln
the coolest is that he shows AMean
Gene@
that differences in people are what make each one special.
CAREER FOCUS -
POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDER
TITLE: So You Want to be
President?*
AUTHOR: Judith St. George
SUMMARY: Being president is a big job and getting
bigger. Presidents have varied from
generals to actors, small to large, humble beginnings to mansion born. So why not you? The author shares many facts, comments, and
comical anecdotes that have been part of
CAREER FOCUS -
LOBBYIST
TITLE: The Ballot Box
AUTHOR: Emily Arnold McCully
SUMMARY: In 1880, in
CAREER
FOCUS ARCHAEOLOGIST
TITLE: Tutankhamens
Gift
AUTHOR: Robert Sabuda
SUMMARY: Small and frail, Tutankhamen was an all but ignored
member of the royal family of the great Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. At the
school of the menoi, or tutors, he did not excel at physical activities with
the other royal princes. He observed and admired the work of his fathers
craftsmen. After the death of Tutankhamens father and the short reign of his brother,
Tutankhamen became pharaoh at the age of ten.
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FINE ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS
CAREER FOCUS -
SINGER
TITLE: Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa*
AUTHOR: Andrea Davis Pinkney
SUMMARY: Ella Fitzgerald was an
orphan who began her life as a singer on the stage of the famous Apollo Theatre
when she was just seventeen years old.
Her voice and vocal innovations brought her international fame. Her career as a singer lasted for more than
fifty years. She was referred to as the
Queen of Scat and the First Lady of Song, because of her unique voice and style
of singing.
CAREER FOCUS -
AUTHOR
TITLE: Henry David=s
House*
AUTHOR: Henry David Thoreau
SUMMARY: In 1845, Henry David
Thoreau began to build a small house on the shores of Walden Pond in
CAREER FOCUS COMPOSER
TITLE: Tchaikovsky Discovers
AUTHOR:
Esther Kalman
SUMMARY: Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family
came from
CAREER FOCUS STAGE PRODUCTION
WORKER
TITLE: Lili Backstage
AUTHOR: Rachel Isadora
SUMMARY:
Lili loves the ballet and has even danced in The Nutcracker. Now Lili goes backstage and we can tour
backstage and see studios, props, scenery,
make-up, costumes, and rehearsals of all kinds.
There is also a surprise waiting backstage for Lili.
CAREER
FOCUS: DIRECTOR
TITLE: Tree
of Hope
AUTHOR: Amy Littlesugar
SUMMARY: Florrie=s
daddy was once an actor, and still remembers
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HEALTH
CAREER FOCUS -
VETERINARIAN
TITLE: I Want to be a Veterinarian*
AUTHOR:
Stephanie Maze
SUMMARY: I Want to be a Veterinarian provides
an overview of what is involved in veterinary medicine and related fields. This
book has excellent photographs of current veterinary procedures and
equipment.
CAREER FOCUS -
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
TITLE: Lou Gehrig - The Luckiest
Man*
AUTHOR: David Adler
SUMMARY: Throughout eight years of grade school, he
never missed a single day. During
fourteen years as first baseman for the New York Yankees, he didn=t
miss a single game. This book traces the
life of Yankee=s
star ballplayer, Lou Gehrig, focusing on his character and his struggle with
the terminal disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig=s
Disease.
(5) INDUSTRIAL - ENGINEERING - TECHNICAL
CAREER FOCUS -
CIVIL ENGINEER
TITLE: The
AUTHOR:
Lynn Curlee
SUMMARY: The
CAREER FOCUS -
PILOT
TITLE: Amelia and Eleanor Go For
A Ride*
AUTHOR:
Pam Munoz Ryan
SUMMARY: Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt were two
of the most admired and respected women of all time. They were good friends, who happened to share
an exciting flight one night in April, 1933.
This book celebrates the pioneering spirit of these two women.
TITLE: Sky Pioneer
AUTHOR: Corinne Szabo
SUMMARY: In the early days of aviation, Amelia Earhart was
the first woman to fly across the
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BUSINESS - MARKETING - COMPUTERS
CAREER FOCUS -
TRAVEL AGENT
TITLE: Good Times Travel Agency, Adventures
with the Vikings*
AUTHOR: Linda Bailey
SUMMARY: What happens when three modern kids flash
back in time and land on ancient Norse shores?
The answer is in this book of adventures mixed with fascinating facts. The colorful comic-book format, exciting
story, and humorous illustrations will delight kids of all ages.
CAREER FOCUS -
COSMETOLOGIST
TITLE: Vision of Beauty: The
Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker*
AUTHOR: Kathryn Lasky
SUMMARY: Born just after slavery
ended, and orphaned when she was seven years old, Sarah Breedlove Walker
nevertheless had her dreams. She longed
for confidence and pride in herself and also desired it for others.
CAREER FOCUS - PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR
TITLE: Detective Donut and the Wild
Goose Chase
AUTHOR: Bruce Whatley and Rosie Smith
SUMMARY: It had been a long night. Detective Donuts last
case had gotten the better of him. Nobody had remembered his birthday. Worst of
all, Detective Donut was out of donuts. Then came a knock on his door. And with
that knock came the beginning of another intriguing case, filled with mystery
and puns, for the detective and his partner.
CAREER FOCUS - DAIRY OPERATOR
TITLE: The Milkmans Boy
AUTHOR: Donald
Hall
SUMMARY: This is the story of the Graves Family Dairy, whose
three horses, Dolly, Polly, and Fred pulled the wagons delivering milk to
families in the years before trucks and shopping centers replaced them. Paul
Graves is coming of age during a time when new technology is beginning to
change the old ways of doing things.
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NATURAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS -
MARINE BIOLOGIST
TITLE: Swimming With the
Hammerhead Sharks*
AUTHOR: Kenneth Mallory
SUMMARY: Pete Klimley is a marine
biologist at the Bodega Bay Marine Lab in
CAREER FOCUS -
RANGE MANAGER
TITLE: Amazing Grazing*
AUTHOR: Cris Peterson
SUMMARY: Countless acres of
grassland stretch across the American West.
Centuries ago, bison roamed the range freely and lived off the
grass. Author Cris Peterson has visited
three ranches in
CAREER
FOCUS ASTRONOMER
TITLE: Starry Messenger
AUTHOR: Peter Sis
SUMMARY: Galileo Galilei was a
famous mathematician, astronomer,
philosopher, and physicist. He
was a courageous person who had to break with tradition to explore new ideas
and challenge accepted truths. Starry Messenger is a beautiful and thoughtful depiction of his life.
CAREER
FOCUS METEROLOGIST
TITLE: Eye
of the Storm*
AUTHOR: Stephen Kramer
SUMMARY: Fasten your seat belt and head
down the road with storm-chaser, Warren Faidley, as he discusses the
techniques, dangers, and difficulties of photographing lightning, tornadoes,
and hurricanes. The magnificent photos
show the beauty, danger, and power of violent weather.
(5) SOCIAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS -
ARCHAEOLOGIST
TITLE: Hatshepsut His Majesty,
Herself*
AUTHOR: Catherine M. Andronik
SUMMARY This is an engaging and informative picture
book biography of
CAREER FOCUS - MILITARY CAREER
TITLE: The Picture Book of Dwight
David Eisenhower*
AUTHOR: David A. Adler
SUMMARY: Dwight David Eisenhower was both a soldier
and a man of peace. Raised in a small
TITLE: The Unbreakable Code
AUTHOR: Sara Hoagland Hunter
SUMMARY: In
the days that followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans from all
walks of life enlisted in the Armed Forces to defend the
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FINE ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS
CAREER FOCUS -
DANCER
TITLE: Tallchief:
AUTHOR: Maria Tallchief with
Rosemary Wells
SUMMARY: Music flowed through young
Maria Tallchief as naturally as the wind in her hair. She had only to hear a melody and out it came
through her fingers on the piano or through
her body in dance.
CAREER FOCUS -
SCULPTOR
TITLE: Leonardo=s
Horse*
AUTHOR: Jean Fritz
SUMMARY: Leonardo de Vinci always
dreamed of capturing the power and beauty of a horse in motion. It would be sculpted in bronze, three times
larger than any living horse, and it would stand before the palace of the Duke
of Milan. Leonardo studied real horses,
sketched plans, and even built a clay model, but the model was destroyed and he
was never able to finish his horse. Five
hundred years after his death an enterprising American, Charles Dent, read
about Leonardo=s
dream, and resolved to make it a reality.
Today, in
CAREER FOCUS
NEWSPAPER JOURNALIST
TITLE; The Greek News The Greatest Newspaper in
Civilization*
AUTHOR: Anton Powell and Phillip Steele
SUMMARY: History as you=ve
never read it before. If the ancient
Greeks had published a daily newspaper, it would have been The Greek News. It=s
packed with major news stories from home and abroad. There are fascinating feature stories on
everyday life.
CAREER
FOCUS AUTHOR
TITLE: Coming Home from the Life of Langston
Hughes
AUTHOR: Floyd Cooper
SUMMARY:
Young Langston Hughes was a dreamer. He
lived with his Gramma Mary Langston. She
was a great story teller and gave him heroes like Booker T. Washington. Langston loved the library in
* SIXTH *
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HEALTH
CAREER FOCUS - EEG
TECHNICIAN
TITLE: The Brain*
AUTHOR:
SUMMARY: Award-winning author
Seymour Simon explores the brain and nervous system and shows readers the
wonders of this magnificent organ in crisp, detailed text and spectacular
photographs.
CAREER FOCUS -
FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIAN
TITLE: House Calls: The True
Story of a Pioneer Doctor*
AUTHOR: Ainslie Manson
SUMMARY: Through the voice of a
fictional girl, the author tells the story of her great-great-grandfather, who
was a pioneer doctor on the Canadian frontier.
The story is set in the mid-1800's.
CAREER FOCUS
PHARACIST
TITLE: Pharmacy in the
AUTHOR: Fred Powledge
SUMMARY: Where do medicines come from? Most of us living in the developed countries of the world are used to
getting our medicines in the form of
capsules, syrups, or pills that were made by pharmaceutical companies. So it might come as a surprise to know that
many medicines started out as chemicals in the stems and roots and leaves of
leafy plants. And most of these plants
are found in the world=s
rain forests. This book offers a first
look into how many of our medicines are found in the natural world, in the rain
forests, and arrive at the counter of your pharmacy.
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INDUSTRIAL - ENGINEERING - TECHNICAL
CAREER FOCUS -
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY WORKER
TITLE: Model T: How Henry Ford
Built a Legend
AUTHOR: David Weitzman
SUMMARY: With an understanding of
the restless American spirit and a passion for all things mechanical, Henry
Ford decided to build a car. Most people
said it couldn=t
be done. The Model T proved them
wrong.
CAREER FOCUS - TRAFFIC
ENGINEER
TITLE: The Big Dig: Reshaping An
AUTHOR: Peter Vanderwarker
SUMMARY: Since 1991,
CAREER
FOCUS AUDIO CONTROL TECHNICIAN
TITLE: Johnny
on the Spot
AUTHOR: Edward Sorel
SUMMARY: Every day, Johnny listens
to his favorite radio adventure program, ADon
Winslow of the Navy.@ But now his radio has gone dead and his
parents can not afford to get it repaired.
Johnny turns to Mr. Zaga in the basement apartment for help. Mr. Zaga is an inventor who is always trying
to invent something for time travel.
Surely he can repair a radio!
When Johnny=s
radio begins to broadcast the news from tomorrow, he begins a series of heroic
and lucrative adventures.
CAREER FOCUS CARTOGRAPHER
TITLE: The
Scrambled States of
AUTHOR:
Laurie Keller
SUMMARY: This
is a clever story starring all 50 states.
It is filled with introductory
facts and information about each state.
The states become bored with
their position on the map, and are soon in search of new neighbors. This creates a lot of chaos on the map when
the states begin to trade places with each other. Will the states ever
unscramble and return to their proper places?
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BUSINESS - MARKETING - COMPUTERS
CAREER FOCUS -
SPORTING GOODS PRODUCTION WORKER
TITLE: Shoeless Joe and Black
Betsy*
AUTHOR: Phil Bildner
SUMMARY: Some say Shoeless Joe
Jackson was the greatest hitter ever.
But Shoeless Joe had a partner - his bat, Black Betsy. If not for the faithful Black Betsy, Joe
might never even have made it to the major leagues.
CAREER FOCUS -
COMMERCIAL ARTIST
TITLE: Signs for
AUTHOR: Michele Benoit Slawson
SUMMARY: There was a time in
CAREER FOCUS WHOLESE SALES WORKER
TITLE: Once Upon a Company*
AUTHOR: Wendy Anderson Halperin
SUMMARY: There was nothing to do that fall-until Mom
suggested making Christmas wreaths to sell.
AYou
could start a college fund with the money you earn,@
said Grandfather. So that is what
seven-year old Joel and his two sisters did.
They started a business, which, over the course of six years, grew to
net more than $16,000.
CAREER FOCUS MOTION PICTURE &
TELEVISION FILM PRODUCER
TITLE: Max in
AUTHOR: Maira Kalman
SUMMARY: In this rollicking madcap tale, Max the
millionaire poet dog and his Parisian dalmatian friend Crepes Suzette leave
(6)
NATURAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS - PARK
RANGER
TITLE:
AUTHOR:
Wendell Minor
SUMMARY: One of the most beautiful
places on Earth is the
CAREER FOCUS -
HORSE TRAINER
TITLE: Mrs. Mack*
AUTHOR: Patricia Polacco
SUMMARY: Patricia Polacco shares an
unforgettable story of her childhood hero, from the summer she was ten. Mrs. Mack taught many young people how to
ride a horse and helped many grow up.
She became a hero to them all.
(6)SOCIAL SCIENCE
CAREER FOCUS -
HISTORIAN
TITLE: Attack on
AUTHOR: Shelley Tanaka
SUMMARY: Early on the morning of
December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a massive surprise attack on the
TITLE: On Board the
Titanic
AUTHOR: Shelley Tanaka
SUMMARY: As Jack Thayer steps aboard the Titanic his heart
begins to beat faster. The brand-new ship is the largest and most magnificent
the world has ever seen. Jack Thayer was a survivor. Stunning full-color
illustrations of the Titanic include a full-length cutaway and detailed
diagrams and rare photographs convey a wealth of information to complement this
gripping true story.
CAREER FOCUS -
SOCIAL WORKER
TITLE: Our Gracie Aunt*
AUTHOR: Jacqueline Woodson
SUMMARY: Johnson and his sister,
Beebee, are skeptical of their new living situation. A social worker has taken them to live with
their aunt Gracie. This story reflects
the child=s-eye
view of children entering foster care.
TITLE: Train to Somewhere*
AUTHOR: Eve Bunting
SUMMARY:
This heartfelt story is based on the actual Orphan Trains that rattled westward
across the
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FINE ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS
CAREER FOCUS -
SINGER
TITLE: When Marian Sang: The
Recital of Marian Anderson*
AUTHOR: Pam Munoz Ryan
SUMMARY: This is an introduction to
the life of one of our country=s
greatest singers. Marian Anderson is
best known for her historic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in
1939.
CAREER FOCUS -
ARTIST
TITLE: Norman Rockwell: Storyteller With a
Brush*
AUTHOR: Beverly Gherman
SUMMARY: He was a pale skinny boy with
thick glasses, but Norman Perceval Rockwell knew that he could draw. This is a story about an awkward boy who grew
up to be a famous illustrator.
CAREER FOCUS -
ARTIST
TITLE: Artist in Overalls the Life of Grant Wood
AUTHOR: John Duggleby
SUMMRY: Grant Wood=s
painting American Gothic is known throughout the world. It is the painting of the farm woman and man
standing with a pitchfork in front of their farmhouse. Lively and informative, this is the first biography
of Grant Wood published specifically for children.
CAREER FOCUS ACTOR
TITLE: Bard of
AUTHOR: Dianne Stanley and Peter Vennema
SUMMARY:
William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a
grammar school education. Yet he grew up
to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. This is both his story and that of his great
art.
*Accelerated
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belief that children should be observed by adults whenever they are using the
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