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Non-Fiction > Careers and Occupations

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Fashion Careers: Finding the Right Fit (The World of Fashion) by Jen Jones

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Take a behind-the-scenes look at the glamorous world of fashion. From fashion design to modeling, from trends to fashion jobs, these books have it covered.

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Fashion Modeling: Being Beautiful, Selling Clothes (The World of Fashion) by Jen Jones

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Take a behind-the-scenes look at the glamorous world of fashion. From fashion design to modeling, from trends to fashion jobs, these books have it covered.

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How To Be A Fashion Designer by Lesley Ware

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Draw and colour creations, choose materials, and learn to design through drawing your own fashion. Packed with practical tips and inspiration, How to be a Fashion Designer helps children enjoy experimenting with new ideas. Bright illustrations mixed with fun photography show kids how to choose gorgeous colours, design dress shapes, customise t-shirts, and add sparkle to their accessories in simple, easy-to-follow design tasks and simple practical projects. Using inspiration from the natural world, everyday life, and their own imagination, children can design outfits from scratch and learn how to put together the clothes and accessories they already own in fun, stylish ways. How to be a Fashion Designer is perfect for 7-9 year olds and brings a unique approach to STEAM learning by combining art and design with practical, hands-on making. ...Show more

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Vet Academy: Are You Ready for the Challenge? by Steve Martin; Angela Keoghan

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Category: Careers and Occupations | Series: Are You Ready for the Challenge?

So you really love animals... what would it really be like to be a vet and work with animals every day? Let's find out if you have what it takes...

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Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do by Kathryn Heling

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Through lively, accessible verse, readers identify recognizable careers that are fundamental to most communities. Look on and below seven clotheslines and spot colorful items, including the mail carrier's uniform, the artist's brushes, and the chef's apron. Then turn the page to learn which professional s wear and use the special gear in the jobs they do. Clever illustrations show the workers helping one another, and in the end, everyone joins together for a celebration that is out of this world. ...Show more

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National Theatre: All About Theatre by National Theatre

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Described by Benedict Cumberbatch as "a brilliant introduction to theatre", this fascinating book by the National Theatre shows how plays like War Horse and many others are made. Described by Benedict Cumberbatch as "a brilliant introduction to theatre", this fascinating book by the National Theatre sho ws how plays like War Horse and many others are made. The book is packed with interviews with famous directors and actors, like Lenny Henry, Meera Syal, Julie Walters and Ben Whishaw, and productions like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and One Man, Two Guvnors. Hear from experts at the world-famous National Theatre about every aspect of stagecraft, including prop-making, set building and lighting design, and discover, from first idea to final curtain, how plays are made. ...Show more

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Back to School & Dream Jobs (Usborne Sticker Dolly Dressing: Bind-Up) by Fiona Watt

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Category: Colouring & Sticker Books | Series: Usborne Sticker Dolly Dressing

Girls of all ages will love dressing the dolls in this collection of two exciting titles from the "Sticker Dolly Dressing" series. You can choose the uniforms and outfits for the dolls as they prepare to go back to school. You can help them select their clothes as they go shopping for new school equipme nt. You can dress them for choir practice, for drama club and going on a school trip, plus lots more. Dream jobs features all kinds of occupations that the dolls have been thinking about, such as caring for animals on a wildlife sanctuary, investigating a crime scene as a forensic scientist, working out dance routines as a choreographer and being a racing car engineer. With over 600 stickers to choose from, girls will love creating outfits and adding accessories for the dolls in the scenes. ...Show more

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Engineer Academy: Are You Ready for the Challenge? by Steve Martin

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Category: Careers and Occupations | Series: Are You Ready for the Challenge?

Are You Ready for the Challenge? There are so many different types of engineer you could be, whether you'd love to work with jet engines, robots, racing cars, or even space stations! What's it really like, and do you have what it takes? Learn the essential skills to start your own engineering journey wi th this fun and engaging title. Packed full of great illustrations, fun facts, and absorbing activities, this book guides readers through each strand of engineering science - Mechanics, Aerospace, Robotics, Energy, and Materials. Practical projects, each carefully designed to introduce skills of the sort required by real-life engineers, help kids pick up the basics in a fun, hands-on way. Design a robot, learn how to construct a simple car, create your own levers and pulleys, and build paper planes, plus many other educational and inspirational activities - the sky's the limit! ...Show more

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Pilot Academy: Are you ready for the challenge? by Steve Martin

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Category: Careers and Occupations | Series: Academy

The sky's the limit at Pilot Academy, where kids learn the skills needed to fly helicopters, jets and commercial airplanes. Packed full of great illustrations, fun facts, and absorbing activities, kids will go on a fascinating journey in which they take off, navigate and land in an airplane. Practical p rojects from making a rotocopter, a string radio, and a kite, to getting to know a flight deck and working out a flight itinerary help readers pick up the basics in a fun, hands-on way. ...Show more

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Make a Film! (Find Your Talent) by Jim Pipe

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Category: Film, Media & Gaming | Series: Find Your Talent

Have you got the talent to make a film? Find out what it takes to make a film with this brilliant book. Packed with hints, skills and tips to get you noticed, this book will help you to focus all of that creative energy! Guiding you from first concept through to finished film, the insider knowledge is i nvaluable. Part of the Find Your Talent series. Books to help young people get a head start in aspirational careers in some of the toughest industries to crack. ...Show more

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What Will I Do When I Grow Up? by Margherita Borin

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Let's take a walk down High Street and discover the variety of jobs that grown-ups do. We will pop into each building to see what they wear, what tools they use and what they make and do. What Will I Do When I Grow Up? by Margherita Borin uses detailed and elegant water colour artwork that invites child ren to discover the diversity of occupations including teachers, chefs, builders and scientists. ...Show more

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Flight School: How to Fly a Plane - Step by Step by Nick Barnard

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Here is a flying class for children who relish the details of dials, widgets, and flight panels. Filled with facts and statistics, it covers flying hardware, gadgets, and pilot know-how, and will delight all turbo-charged girls and boys who want to learn how aviation works.An introductory “Ground School ” section looks at the science and technology of planes and what keeps them up in the air. “Airborne” takes to the sky with the child sitting in the pilot’s seat, learning how to take off, land, dive, and zoom. The concluding section identifies various types of planes, including historical models. ...Show more

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