vocational guidance

Describes potential aspects of the life of a professional basketball player, including practice, slam dunks, play-offs, endorsements, and meeting fans.

Describes several aspects of the life of a NASCAR driver, including different types of races, the inside of a race car, pit stops, safety gear, and meeting fans.

Describes several potential aspects of the life of a professional baseball player, including spring training, home runs, the World Series, fans, and team management.

Offers students an overview of what it means to be a marine biologist, discussing the training requirements, day-to-day responsibilities, and possible fields of study.

Looks at the lives of professionals who have followed their dreams to make movies, explains how people learn about movies, examines aspects of the motion picture industry, and offers advice on how to get into the field.

Looks at the lives of professionals who have followed their dreams to become performers in musicals, explains how people learn about musical theater, examines aspects of the theater world, and offers advice on how to get into the field.

Looks at the lives of professionals who have followed their dreams to become fashion designers, explains how people learn about fashion and fashion designing, examines aspects of the fashion industry, and offers advice on how to get into the field.

Looks at the lives of professionals who have followed their dreams to become chefs, explains how people learn about food and cooking, examines aspects of the food industry, and offers advice on how to get into the field.

Looks at the lives of professionals who have followed their dreams to become ballet dancers, explains how people learn about dance and dancing, examines aspects of the ballet world, and offers advice on how to get into the field.

A comprehensive guide to paleontology for young readers, which explains how to dig for fossils, clean them, keep records, and develop and test theories and describes projects from the authors' experience, including the excavation of the Tyrannosaurus rex known as Sue.