Community Workers
Series of 16 titles
It takes many people to make a community run well! This series for students just starting to read independently explores how different workers contribute to the community. Carefully leveled text and crisp images combine to describe what each worker does and why they are important. Picture glossaries provide reinforcement for the text, and a fact page highlights the tools and duties of each worker.
| Interest Level | Preschool - Grade 2 |
|---|---|
| Reading Level | Kindergarten |
| Category | Beginning Readers, Nonfiction |
| Copyright | 2025 |
| Publisher | Bellwether Media |
| Imprint | Blastoff! Beginners |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 24 |
| Publication Date | 2024-08-01 |
| BISACS | JNF024000 |
|---|---|
| Dewey | 331.7-696 |
| Dimensions | 7.75 x 7.75 |
| Lexile | 220-370 |
| Guided Reading Level | F-G |
Reviews
Educator Review of Community Workers
In this series, the reader learns about community helpers, or jobs, in our communities. Each book begins with a table of contents with subjects of why communities need this job, what the community helper does, and facts about his/her job.
To support the emerging reader, the print on each page is large and the author limits the page to 1-2 sentences. The photographs in these books are extremely useful in understanding the community helpers’ duties.
Near the end of each book, are facts detailing the job with small photographs and labels to support the reader. My students love these books because of the engaging photographs and large text!
These non-fiction books include numerous non-fiction text features to support the reader in understanding the important facts in the book. Some non-fiction text features included in each book are engaging photographs, a table of contents, labels, headings, bold-faced words, a picture glossary, and an index.
These books also use common sight words and these sight words are listed at the beginning of each book. These books are a dream come true for research projects in classrooms! Also, because they are all aligned the same way, a teacher can teach non-fiction text features while students use these books to find those non-fiction text features. Check out these books to learn all about the helpers in your community!
SLJ Review of Community Workers
This early beginner series introduces students to the world of work, emphasize that these professionals work hard and are essential to their communities.
Each volume opens with an alphabetical list of included sight words. The brief texts, comprising one to three sentences per page, allow for fast-paced, confident reading. New vocabulary is boldfaced and defined in a picture glossary.
Pronunciation guides are not included and would have helped for some words. Full-page and spot photos portray gender and racially diverse workers in action, high-lighting their vehicles, uniforms, and the equipment they use.
White women and women of color are depicted in usually male-dominated fields—pilots, plumbers, garbage collectors—and a male is shown as a children’s librarian. Visual summaries are included after the body of the text, reinforcing learning and vocabulary.
VERDICT: Recommended for schools and public libraries.