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Author
Series
Books of Ember volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Children's Book Battles: 5th Grade
Children's Read Alikes: Hunger Games
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Children's Read Alikes: Hunger Games
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Description
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Author
Series
Pig Pig books volume 5
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pig Pig thinks of all the jobs he could get, from cook to auto mechanic, and is enthusiastic about performing similar tasks for his family at home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As Career Day at school approaches, Katie has great ideas for helping her friends present their future professions, but cannot think of a job that she would like to do.
4) Girls A to Z
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
From astronaut to zookeeper, young girls explore and imagine the many careers they can choose in this alphabet book.
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her kindergarten class has Job Day, Junie B. goes through much confusion and excitement before deciding on the "bestest" job of all.
7) Guess who?
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
A child is asked who delivers the mail, gives haircuts, flies an airplane, and performs other important tasks. Each question has several different answers from which to choose.
Author
Series
Mallory McDonald books volume 8
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Mallory cannot decide what to be on Career Day, it makes her feel like she is not good at anything and she ends up telling a lie that quickly gets out of control.
9) Zooman Sam
Author
Series
Sam Krupnik volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Four-year-old Sam's appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading.
10) Working mummies
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text introduce the many careers and professions of mummies, such as real estate agents selling haunted houses and dentists filing vampires' fangs.
11) Bear at work
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A bear happily spends a busy day delivering letters and packages, and the reader is invited to guess the jobs of the bears he sees around town.
12) Night shift
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Late at night after children have gone to bed, people who work the night shift, like street sweepers, window dressers, newspaper printers, road workers, and donut bakers, are doing their jobs.
13) Sally gets a job
Author
Series
Sally the dog series volume 6
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While her family is away at work and school, Sally, a black labrador retriever, dreams of all the jobs she might get, then remembers that she already has the best job of all.
14) Lice check
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
During an outbreak at school, George tries to remain lice-free while ensuring that his dad's booth at Career Day is more popular than his rival Louis Farley's dad's.
17) When I grow up
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Critter's little sister is thinking about what she will be when she grows up.
Author
Series
Curious George original adventures volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
©1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lively monkey escapes from the zoo and takes jobs as a dishwasher, window washer, painter and movie star.
Author
Series
Humphrey's tiny tales volume 5
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The students of Room 26 are doing reports about the jobs they want to have when they grow up--and Humphrey the classroom pet hamster helps aspiring magician Miranda show the class about her own dream job"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Paddington is just the kind of bear to volunteer for a tough job. Whether it's trying his paw at plumbing, cleaning the Browns' chimney, or visiting a marmalade factory, Paddington always manages to seek out the unexpected.
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