Our neighborhood

Provides a basic introduction to the workings of a dairy farm, describing the feeding, cleaning, milking, and taking care of the cows.

Simple text and photographs describe the duties and responsibilities of a public librarian who helps people access information.

Describes the activities of a real estate developer and a master carpenter who plan and build new houses in a community.

Follows a letter carrier for a day at his job from the time he arrives at the post office to pick up and sort the mail until the last item is delivered.

Describes the work done throughout the year by a couple who raises foods to sell at stores and roadside stands.

Text and photographs follow Mrs. Kramer, a safe and careful bus driver, as she gets the children to school on time and brings them home again at the end of the day.

Introduces a female deputy chief of the Hartford, Connecticut police and discusses the things she is expected to do in her job.

Follows the different kinds of work that the Zieglers do in their apple orchard beginning with fall pruning and ending with picking and selling the ripened fruit.

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

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