occupations

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Pharaohs and foot soldiers

one hundred ancient Egyptian jobs you might have desired or dreaded
  • Butcher, Kristin
2009
An illustrated description of 100 jobs in ancient Egypt including reed cutters, sandal makers, embalmers, gardeners, and various other jobs within the government or temple.

Steady hands

poems about work
  • Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn
2009
An illustrated collection of free-verse poems that celebrate work and workers.

Ancient Egyptian jobs

  • Malam, John
2003
Provides information about ancient Egypt, focusing on the many different jobs people did to help the society and culture thrive.

I want to be a veterinarian

  • Grace, Catherine O'Neill
1997
Provides an overview of what is involved in veterinary medicine and related fields.

Colonial American craftspeople

  • Stevens, Bernardine S
1993
Describes the training and work of such craftspeople as carpenters, masons, silversmiths, wigmakers, and leatherworkers living in the American colonies.

Talking with adventurers

conversations with Christina M. Allen, Robert Ballard, Michael L. Blakey, Ann Bowles, David Doubilet, Jane Goodall, Dereck & Beverly Joubert, Michael Novacek, Johan Reinhard, Rick C. West and Juris Zarins
  • Allen, Christina G
1998
Twelve men and women who work in the field of science discuss and explain their occupations, including what they might do in a normal working day and the scariest thing that ever happened to them.

Astronauts

  • Bredeson, Carmen
2003
Introduces the work of astronauts, including special jobs they might have on the space shuttle and experiments they might perform in space.

People working

  • Florian, Douglas
1983
Briefly describes where and how people work.

Neighborhood helpers

  • Gillis, Jennifer Blizin
2007
Explores the jobs performed by several individuals who help others in their work, including a police officer, a firefighter, a mechanic, a librarian, and others.

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