occupations

Discusses what it is like to be a professional athlete, describing the necessary training, coaching, and practicing.

Defines dance terms and explores training and career options for dancers.

Discusses the job of a circus performer, describing schooling, living arrangements, and life on the road.

Discusses what a horse trainer does and how horses are trained.

Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of veterinarians.

Text and photographs show what is involved in running a pet store: caring for the animals, helping customers, ordering supplies, and more.

Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of farmers.

Describes, in simple text, the work of a farmer.

Follows an auto mechanic as he checks cars, finds out what is wrong with them, and fixes the problems.

Looks at the job duties of commercial and military pilots, as well as of air traffic controllers and airplane mechanics. Includes glossary of related terms.