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Now, by creating your own virtual day on the job, you can find out firsthand what it is like to have these exciting careers and many others. Combining behind-the-scenes information, a variety of fun activities, and interviews with working professionals, each book in this lively, colorful series can help you understand what it really takes to land your dream job. Take a tour through a day in the life of each career; spend a day trying it on for size; then decide if the work you have always imagined yourself doing is right for you.

About the Author:
Gail Karlitz is an author and editor of nonfiction materials for young people and holds Master's degrees in education and finance. She has taught pre-K through high school, published Careers and Colleges magazine for high school students, and led parenting workshops. She has coauthored several books in the Career Ideas for Teens series for Ferguson Publishing

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Now, by creating your own virtual day on the job, you can find out firsthand what it is like to have these exciting careers and many others. Combining behind-the-scenes information, a variety of fun activities, and interviews with working professionals, each book in this lively, colorful series can help you understand what it really takes to land your dream job. Take a tour through a day in the life of each career; spend a day trying it on for size; then decide if the work you have always imagined yourself doing is right for you.

About the Author:
Gail Karlitz is an author and editor of nonfiction materials for young people and holds Master's degrees in education and finance. She has taught pre-K through high school, published Careers and Colleges magazine for high school students, and led parenting workshops. She has coauthored several books in the Career Ideas for Teens series for Ferguson Publishing

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Now, by creating your own virtual day on the job, you can find out firsthand what it is like to have these exciting careers and many others. Combining behind-the-scenes information, a variety of fun activities, and interviews with working professionals, each book in this lively, colorful series can help you understand what it really takes to land your dream job. Take a tour through a day in the life of each career; spend a day trying it on for size; then decide if the work you have always imagined yourself doing is right for you.

About the Author:
Gail Karlitz is an author and editor of nonfiction materials for young people and holds Master's degrees in education and finance. She has taught pre-K through high school, published Careers and Colleges magazine for high school students, and led parenting workshops. She has coauthored several books in the Career Ideas for Teens series for Ferguson Publishing


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780816075485
Publisher: Checkmark Books
Publication date: 02/15/2008
Series: Virtual Apprentice Series
Pages: 64
Product dimensions: 7.34(w) x 7.25(h) x 0.16(d)
Age Range: 10 - 14 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction: Welcome to the World of Authors     4
A Way with Words     6
Author at Work     14
Writing Tech and Trends     22
Author in Training     30
Book Work     38
Kids Ask, Authors Answer     46
Author for a Day     56
More Resources for Young Authors     62
Index     64

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