"Come along with Dr. Jill Pruetz as she heads to the wilds of Africa to study chimpanzees and other primates. Through simple, accessible text in question-and-answer format and bright, friendly photography, young scientists will learn all about this exciting science career. Do all primates live in the jungle? Do primatologists live there with them? What's a primatologist's day like? Explore these questions and more!"--

An introduction to zookeepers and what they do.

"A group of kids imagine all the duties and responsibilities of U.S. National Park Rangers"--

Describes some of the things that veterinarians do to help animals stay healthy.

Describes the career of a pediatrician including educational requirements, duties, workplace, salary, employment outlook, and possible future positions.

Education & Training in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Education & Training career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Provides brief profiles of unususal occupations and describes the personality types they require, the working conditions they offer, and what sort of work people in each field do.

"This beginning reader about careers could only have been written by Dr. Seuss! Featuring a mix of real jobs (like firefighter, doctor, teacher, farmer, etc.) and Seussian ones (including perfume smeller, fishbone boner, bass-drum banger, and roller coaster owner), it will incite plenty of giggles while planting the seed of a serious idea: that everyone needs to do something in life, and there are lots of choices!"--Publisher marketing.