"In 2018, novelist Jami Attenberg, faced with a looming deadline, needed motivation. Using a boot camp model, she and a friend set out to write one thousand words every day for two weeks. They opened this practice to Attenberg's online community, and soon hundreds--then thousands--of people started using #1000WordsofSummer to track their work and support one another. What began as a simple challenge between two friends has become a literary movement--write...

"Early readers will learn how mechanics fix cars and other machines. This title highlights what mechanics do, where they work, and how they help the community."--

"Do you love to bake and decorate? Do you enjoy making treats for friends and family? Perhaps you dream of a career as a baker. This book can help you get started! Read about the history of pastry. Learn about the ingredients, tools, and techniques you'll need for succeess in the kitchen. Then try a few fun and challenging recipes to learn basic skills and develop your own twists on traditional recipes. You'll be amazed at the many ways you can express...

This book provides information needed to get started on a career in baking. Includes the history and cultural significance of breads; baking tools, terms, and techniques; and career paths in baking. Step-by-step recipes help readers practice and apply what they've learned. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.

Have you ever tried counting how many occupations there are? Impossible, isn't it? These endless choices are wonderful, though, since they allow everyone to find the right job for them. Whether your interests lie in computers, dance, music, history, math, transportation, space, or the ocean deep, you can find a use for them in adulthood-by building your work around what you love! Come with us to learn about the little-known occupations that move...

"Voice Overs for Podcasting is exactly what podcasters of all levels need : an essential handbook to create, build, improve, and connect with audiences around the globe. Written by veteran voice over coach and author, Elaine A. Clark, this book delivers the nuts and bolts of podcasting and elevates it to a new creative level where the voice is the star and the listener is the happy recipient. Clark shows the reader how, in addition to developing knowledge...

"A beautifully designed book (packed with photos) full of wise words and encouragement from successful dyslexics working in comedy, architecture, law, fashion and many other amazing (and achievable!) careers. Honest about the challenges of dyslexia (like problems or embarrassment at school), while showing how its strengths can be used to your advantage (for example how visualising and big picture thinking can make you shine at work), this is a book...

"Early readers will learn how some police officers use dogs to help them. This title highlights what police officers do, where they work, and how they help the community."--

"A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always inspirational stories of three teachers as they navigate a year in the classroom. She follows Penny, a southern middle school math teacher who...