The new Career Ideas for Kids series, publications of the new Facts on File imprint, Checkmark Books, should prove very helpful in this self-discovery process. They make the logical leap from what children like to career possibilities. With an underlying approach of motivation and reward, Reeves, who teaches career-planning skills to students, organizes the books well. Each offers a wide array of occupations related to the book's theme, general content about careers in the field as a whole, help in narrowing the choices, and additional resources including more books and places to practice job skills. The style is friendly, bright, and breezy with kid-friendly drawings and photos.
Some sections call for reader responses.
Who Like Art introduces occupations such as animator, architect, interior designer, museum curator, photojournalist, and others. The featured individuals tell kids specifics, such as how they started, where their ideas come from, the good and the bad about what they do, and what they would do if they were kids with that interest. Fascinating reading, here. Who Like Talking follow the same outline. The science occupations include several new careers such as avian veterinarian, limnologist, and hydrogeologist, but most are well known.