Orem Library

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Children dress up and imagine what they could be when they grow up--from astronaut to dentist to mathematician to Zumba instructor.

After graduating from college, Sean Aiken struggled with the question: 'What should I do with my life?' So he created the One-Week Job Project. His goal: to work fifty-two jobs in fifty-two weeks in search of his passion. He traveled across Canada and the United States, reinventing himself as a firefighter, a stock trader, a radio DJ, a martial arts instructor, an NHL mascot, a snowshoe guide, and more.

"Describes in detail several of history's most dangerous jobs"--Provided by publisher.

Mike Rowe introduces an elite assortment of men and women who make their living doing the most unthinkable jobs that have to be done to keep the world fed and cleaned. Lobstermen, seaweed harvester & snake researcher: Mike Rowe wrangles some water snakes, steps into the shoes of hard working bait and lobster fishermen in Maine, and opens the viewer mail bag which results in some seaweed trimming. Concrete stamper, penguin keeper & bloodworm digger:...

Offers the reader the opportunity to guess which occupations correspond to a variety of uniforms and profiles each occupation.

A young child wants to be an astronaut and goes on a mission into space.

Silly Lilly tries out a new job every day of the week, from acrobat to vampire.

Ellie Mae's mind swirls with ideas when her teacher asks, What do you want to be when you grow up?