The Career Ideas for Kids series links young readers' specific interests, talents, and skills to a wide variety of actual professions. Each lighthearted volume is filled with delightful text and playful illustrations.

Coverage begins with a set of questions designed to help kids discover who they are, what they like to do, and what they do best. Highly motivational, and just plain fun, additional chapters include:
-- Get in Gear! Kids begin to learn how to link their interests to actual professions.
-- Take a Trip! Informational interviews with professionals in the field explore a diverse mix of careers.
-- Don't Stop Now! Leads to a world of direct exploration and makes for an open road to Future Destinations!
-- and much more.

Careers profiled:
-- Agent
-- Athlete
-- Coach
-- Facilities Manager
-- Fitness Instructor
-- Official
-- Recreational Director
-- Sports Attorney
-- Sports Equipment Manufacturer
-- Sports Event Coordinator
-- Sports Information Director
-- Sports Professional
-- Sportscaster
-- Sportswriter
-- Trainer.

 

There are 167 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 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.