occupations

Professional chefs make some of the most innovative dishes in the world. What's it like to spend a day in the life of a chef at a busy restaurant? What kind of work goes into making our favorite foods? This book follows a chef from the very beginning of her day, when she chops and prepares food, to creating delicious dishes she serves to hungry restaurant goers.

Illustrations and simple text describe one hundred different jobs that were common in the nineteenth century, including gold-rush prospector, cowboy, coffin maker, Civil War doughboy, coal miners, and more.

Explores how Americans sought and fought for change from the 1880s to the present time, adding new coverage of Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, and Black Lives Matter.

Photographs and simple text describe the work done by school principals.

Photographs and simple text describe the work done by park rangers.

Simple text and photographs explore the job of a bus driver and how he or she serves a community.

Photographs and simple text describe the work done by sports coaches.

Join the pups of PAW Patrol to meet the different kinds of people working to make your community a great, safe place to be.

An introduction to weather that describes why weather is different in climates around the world, what the major weather patterns are, and how people study weather.

"Explore how volcanologists study volcanoes and predict eruptions. Discover the special tools volcanologists use."--Back cover.