Reading Level: Grades 4-5 Interest Level: Grades 3 – 6
The word is full of wild and wacky careers. Explore some of the coolest jobs on the edge, with fascinating facts, quick qualifications, and some of the grossest, creepiest, and most extreme jobs around. The fun, quirky tone and unusual jobs highlighted throughout makes this more than your average career series!
This series presents quick 2-page profiles of 11 careers per book, in eight categories of jobs “on the edge” and therefore attention-grabbing. Each career is given a 4-6 sentence description and a short list of requirements (such as problem-solving skills, an eye for detail, or degrees or licensure) with well-captioned and posed photographs related to the career. Creepy Careers includes: forensic pathologist; crime scene cleaner; cryonics technician; entomologist; exterminator; criminal psychologist; graveyard caretaker; mortician; paranormal investigator; police diver; and taxidermist. Entertainment Careers includes: choreographer; circus performer; historical reenactor; special effects makeup artist; professional wrestler; pyrotechnician; set designer; stunt performer; amusement park designer; visual effects artist; and voice actor. Each title includes glossary, index, and online resources accessible (and updated) through a publisher page. THOUGHTS: A brief introduction to careers readers may have wondered about, or may have never heard of. Suitable for upper elementary. This reviewer saw Creepy Careers and Entertainment Careers.
