books about: occupation

books about: occupation

books:

Occupation

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

Bantam, 1993

Diary of Anne Frank
I knew that the Diary of Anne Frank was the second most purchased book in the world, the Bible being the first, but I still wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. In our eighth grade class, our teacher is big on the Holocaust. And when she first mentioned that we would ...

Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day

Richard Scarry

Random House Books for Young Readers, 1968

A GEM!!! MY ALL TIME FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOK (moooooore stars!!!!)
I got this one as a child, back in the sixties. My copy is in Dutch and although a little weathered it's not falling apart yet. The copy I'm reviewing here is a reprint that misses several spreads, but sad though it may be, if you don't know about it you won't miss ...

Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Do

Shoya Zichy, Ann Bidou

AMACOM, 2007

Oddly Reassuring, Highly Recommended
I have read a number of books of this type, and this is one of the most helpful I've found. The initial test is very quick and, for me, very accurate. Many of my preferences for how, where, and why I like to work are listed for my type. Seeing them written here ...

Lawn Boy

Gary Paulsen

Wendy Lamb Books, 2007

Cool!
the end is the best part!!!!!!! 2nd best book I've ever read.#1 is dairy of a whimpy kid series. This book looks boring to us kids if you just read the name of the chapters,but read them and they are funny. The chapters look like the teach you and make you ...

Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type

Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron

Little, Brown and Company, 2007

very useful help
After learning how to type people using Rod Novichkov's method in his book How to Find Yourself and Your Best Match Socionics, I looked up my bosses and saw that one was ISTJ - perfectly suited for a career as a Veterinarian, the other was ESFJ - also great as a ...

The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It's Not About the Money...It's About Being the Best You Can Be!

Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, ...

McGraw-Hill, 2004

How to be the best in Real Estate
Gary Keller tells it like it should be. If you have a true servant's heart and want to help people with the skill and knowledge you have as a Realtor, this is the book to read. He gives a number of techniques but ultimately, he makes it clear that you need to want to ...

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September ...

Steve Coll

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004

bordering on fraudulent
well, not this book actually, but a related book by Coll's colleague Parag Khanna titled The Second World. Some of the various, and numerous, factual errors that riddle the book are relatively trivial, but suggest serious sloppiness and disregard for getting facts ...

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

The Dial Press, 2008

What a pleasant surprise!
I received this book free of charge through the Amazon Vine Program. To be honest, it is a book I never would have bought on my own. The title is certainly a bit strange and I'd never read a book in the epistolary style. Much to my great surprise, I ended up loving ...

Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters (Bright Ideas for ...

MaryAnn F. Kohl, Kim Solga

Bright Ring Publishing, 1997

Great book
I have taught elementary art for over 20 years... I wouldn't be without this book. It is a fantastic resource on some of the more famous artists. I highly recommend this book

Suite Francaise

Irene Nemirovsky

Vintage, 2007

Put this at the top of your "To Read" list
"Suite Française" is one of the most amazing books I've read this year. The first part of the book, "Storm in June," depicts the lives of various characters as they struggle with the beginning of the Great War and the German invasion/occupation of Paris. All of the ...

Oliver (I Can Read Book 1)

HarperTrophy, 2000

A treat for the adults too...
I have a 1960 edition of Oliver and love to read it with my kids. Oliver the elephant has a simple and friendly conversation with everyone he meets throughout his day. This is one polite elephant. Mr. Hoff's unique use of colors and the light-hearted story will ...

Paperboy (Orchard Paperbacks)

Dav Pilkey

Scholastic Inc., 1999

Deliverance
It's a bad sign when a book published in 1996 already conjures up feelings of nostalgia. Remember paperboys? How kids could earn a little extra money by getting that crack-of-dawn delivery job that put a few more coffers in their pockets? Nowadays, many paperboys ...

If I Ran For President

Catherine Stier

Albert Whitman & Company, 2008

A great primer for children about our country's election process
Yes, we have been checking out a lot of books about elections and voting since we are right in the middle of a presidential election year, and I have alot of opinions about the quality of books that are out there for children. I really liked "Grace for President" (I ...

Richard Scarry's A Day at the Fire Station (Pictureback(R))

Richard Scarry

Random House Books for Young Readers, 2003

Great book
This is a great little busy book for kids. So many things to look at on all the pages, it will keep their imagination going. I have always liked Richard Scarry books and this is another great one of his.

What Do Authors Do?

Eileen Christelow

Clarion Books, 1997

What Do Authors Do?
This is an excellent book for teaching children how books are created by an author and then published. It is a humorous account of the ways authors find their ideas and the rewriting necessary to create their stories. I plan to use it as an inspiration for my third ...