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Dentists

Ready, Dee.


Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of dentists.
Date Published:1998

Fire fighters

Ready, Dee.


Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of fire fighters.
Date Published:1997

Click here : (to find out how I survived seventh grade) : /

Vega, Denise.


"A novel." Seventh-grader Erin Swift writes about her friends and classmates in her private blog, but when it accidentally gets posted on the school Intranet site, she learns some important lessons about friendship.
Date Published:2005

Piggins

Yolen, Jane.


During a dinner party, the lights go out and Mrs. Reynard's beautiful diamond necklace is stolen, but Piggins the butler quickly discovers the real thief.
Date Published:1987

Robert Oppenheimer : dark prince /

Rummel, Jack.


School Library Journal. Booklist. Book Report. Traces the life and work of the physicist who headed the Manhattan Project which developed the first atomic bomb.
Date Published:1992

Farmers

Ready, Dee.


Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of farmers.
Date Published:1997

Garbage collectors

Deedrick, Tami.


Explains the work of garbage collectors, including their functions, tools, and training.
Date Published:1998

Construction workers

Deedrick, Tami.


L.A. Recommended Foreign Language. An introduction to construction workers that examines their tasks, clothing, tools, and education.
Date Published:1998

Astronauts

Deedrick, Tami.


An introduction to astronauts that examines their tasks, clothing, tools, and education.
Date Published:1998

From grass to butter

Mitgutsch, Ali.


Rev. English text of: Vom Gras zur Butter. Briefly explains how grass is used by cows to produce milk which is made into butter.
Date Published:1981

Librarians

Ready, Dee.


Explains the tools, schooling, and work of librarians.
Date Published:1998

Hurry! Hurry! Have you heard?

Melmed, Laura Krauss.


A small bird, her heart filled with love, hurries from her perch above the manger to spread the news to creatures of the field and forest that a child, to whom all are precious, has been born.
Date Published:2008

The happy day

Krauss, Ruth.


Caldecott Medal/Honor. The animals share their happiness at the coming of spring.
Date Published:1949

Stephen Hawking

Henderson, Harry, 1951-



Date Published:1995

Firefighters to the rescue!

Kalman, Bobbie, 1947-


Includes index. Resource Links. Explains what firefighters are, looks at the fire station, trucks, firefighting tools and equipment, and safety apparel, and discusses the work of firefighters in different emergency situations.
Date Published:2005

Hospital workers in the emergency room

Kalman, Bobbie, 1947-


Includes index. Provides an introduction to hospital emergency room workers, presents a tour of a hospital emergency room, looks at medical instruments and worker apparel, and examines the tasks of doctors, nurses, and other personnel in response to medical emergencies.
Date Published:2005

The arts

Durrie, Karen.


What are arts? -- Artist -- Filmmaker -- Curator -- Actor -- Writer -- Dancer -- Musician -- Photographer -- Arts facts -- Word list. Meet the visual, literary, and performing artists in the community.
Date Published:2012

Buildings

McGill, Jordan.


Architect -- Forman -- Construction worker -- Crane operator -- Welder -- Plumber -- Electrician -- Decorator -- Building facts. Learn about the workers in our community that build buildings.
Date Published:2012

Cam Jansen and the scary snake mystery

Adler, David A.


Cam investigates when a thief steals her mother's video camera and a tape containing footage of a big scary snake.
Date Published:1999

Michael Faraday

Fullick, Ann, 1956-


A biography of the nineteenth-century English scientist who explored electricity and magnetism.
Date Published:2001