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The world is waiting for you

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids between the present and the future. This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest. And in so doing, it also encou...

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Main Author: Kerley, Barbara
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Geographic, c2013.
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Summary:"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids between the present and the future. This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest. And in so doing, it also encourages adventure, exploration, and discovery, three core principles of National Geographic's mission. It's a celebration of possibility--so simple and so profound.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:9781426311147 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1426311141 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781426311154 (library binding : alk. paper)
142631115X (library binding : alk. paper)
Author Notes:BARBARA KERLEY is the author of National Geographic's A Cool Drink of Water, which received a starred review from School Library Journal and was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book by the NSTA/CBC, and You and Me Together , which was named an ALA Notable Book. Her third book for National Geographic, A Little Peace , was called "powerful" by School Library Journal and "stunningly beautiful," by the Boston Globe. It was named to the Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book List and a Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2008. She has written Walt Whitman: Words for America,One World, One Day , What to Do About Alice? , and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins . The author lives in McKinleyville, California.

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