With the help of Hattie Frog and Owen Snake, Sophie Mouse puts together the first Silverlake Art Show but when the big night comes, she finds that she is not the star of the show.
Explores twenty-one careers in the field of psychology and behavior health, including behavior therapy, coaching, experimental psychology, music, dance, and theatre therapy, sports psychology, and more.
Text and color photos introduce the natural, human, and capital resources one usually finds in cities, suburbs, rural areas, and schools, and explain how these resources are shared.
Profiles education and social services careers that can be achieved with an associate's degree, including teacher assistant, recreation worker, vocational education instructor, child care worker, and others, and provides guidance for career planning and success.
"Things get interesting at school, too. Blaire's determined to find a BIG idea for the Community Service Challenge. Her project becomes personal when she befriends a young girl at the local food pantry. With a love of cooking and a farm full of fresh ingredients, Blaire soon has a plan for making a difference. But it's going to take help from her whole class-including a mysterious new kid, Eli-to keep Blaire's creativity from becoming a catastrophe"--Amazon.
United States Marine Rye Barcott describes his friendship with a widowed nurse, Tabitha Atieno Festo, and a community organizer, Salim Mohamed, that developed into a combined effort to create the organization Carolina for Kibera, which promotes participatory development.
"Motivating text and real-world examples introduce readers to the concept of community service. Readers will discover ways that people in communities can work together to solve problems and create positive change."--Publisher.
