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

When children are fast asleep, some people are hard at work keeping the city safe and clean, and when daylight comes, they go home to sleep.

On Career Day, third-grader Abby Baxter is unsure of what she wants to do when she grows up, and when she accidentally makes a mistake that causes the space station's systems to go haywire, Abby must untangle the mess.

This non-fiction career resource features twenty-five diverse jobs and people. Using full-color photos, these profiles explore how each individual was able to achieve their dream job, and what their dream job entails. This includes their areas of study, relevant job experience, and more. Spin-off jobs, fun facts, pro tips round out this career guide, as well as spotlight features on children currently working toward their dream jobs. Also included...

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to see an old acquaintance is one of her coworkers. Bailey met Charlie a year ago on the long flight to Omaha, where she moved after her parents' divorce. Charlie's cynicism didn't mix well with Bailey's carefully well-behaved temperament, and his endless commentary was the irritating cherry on top of an already emotionally fraught trip. Now, Bailey and...

Six decades ago, on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--a moment often revered as the culmination of this Black-led protest. But at its core, the March on Washington was not a beautiful dream of future integration; it was a mass outcry for jobs and freedom NOW--not at some undetermined point in the future. It was a revolutionary march with its...

Gladiators fought for glory. Ice harvesters chopped up lakes. In the USA, human computers, called rocket women, calculated the paths of spaceships with pen and paper. All these jobs really existed. Now they are gone. This is a book of extraordinary periods in history on six continents. It spans the centuries of the professional fartists and the walking toilets, of the brave riders of the Pony Express, and the lazy ornamental hermits. Marvel at Germany's...

It's Parents Week for Mrs. Connor's first graders. Every day a different parent visits to show the class what they do. But Ayanna's dad isn't like the other parents. Will her classmates like him anyway?

In "You can be a teacher," Malibu and Brooklyn help teach children. In "You can be a firefighter," Malibu and Brookly are helping firefighters

Double the fun with two Barbie: You Can Be Step into Reading leveled readers in one--featuring two popular sports careers: gymnast and ballerina! This deluxe Step into Reading book features two leveled careers readers in one! Children ages 4 to 6 can read about two popular sports careers! First, Barbie learns to be a gymnast in the Step 2 You Can Be A Gymnast. Then flip the book over and Barbie trains to become a ballerina in the Step 2 You Can Be...