For kids who display a knack for turning a phrase, the written word can offer many satisfying career choices in a number of fields, such as book publishing, journalism, and library science. "Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Writing, Second Edition" offers an updated hands-on tour of the many career options available in a number of eclectic fields. Providing step-by-step self-assessment followed by a series of job profiles, this freshly updated guide covers all the basics and provides resources for further research. Extensive photographs and illuminating interviews are also included to help kids find ways to explore their options as potential professionals in the writing field. Career profiles include: Author, Book producer, Editor, Freelance writer, Journalist, Librarian, Literary agent, and, Publicist.

 

This book is part of a book series called Career Ideas For Kids .

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Facts On File Inc .

Nancy Bond is the author of a number of books for young readers, including The Voyage Begun, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book; A Place to Come Back To, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and a Booklist Editor's Choice; and Truth to Tell. She wrote after attending library school in a Welsh town outside of Aberstwyth, the book's setting. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts. Diane Lindsey Reeves holds an undergraduate degree in elementary education and a master's-level certification in applied communications. She is the author of the Career Ideas for Teens series for Facts On File and Checkmark Books. She currently resides in Raleigh, NC. Lindsey Clasen is an editorial assistant and researcher for Bright Futures Press. She lives in Asheville, NC.