Description
Book SynopsisA fun and magical tour of the world of working with animals, with Billie and their very silly pet cat, Mia!
Does your child love the ocean? Do they think that they might want to work with animals one day when they are grown up? Help your child to find out about all sorts of jobs that people do when they work in, on or under water.
Billie has a very special dressing up box. When they choose an outfit from the box, they are whisked away to meet all sorts of people doing all kinds of amazing job. In Working Underwater, Billie and Mia meet a diving instructor, an oceanographer, a marine scientist, an aquatic vet, an aquanaut and many more. Together, they find out lots of interesting things about these jobs these people do in water. (And be sure to take a close look to see what naughty and silly things Mia gets up to in the funny illustrations.)
Jump into Jobs is no ordinary science careers series. It's designed to help young children to think not only about the job that they might want to do in the future, but to be inspired by the world of work that is happening all around them. Each book concludes with a spread to encourage children to research the topic further through fun activities. The series is perfect for children aged 5 and up who are interested in what adults do all day and as part of a well rounded PSHE and Science curriculum.
Title in the series:
Working with Animals
Working in Space
Working Underwater
Working with Weather
Table of Contents
- 1: Meet Billie ... and Mia!
- 1: Diving instructors ... teach people how to dive
- 1: Dive guides ... show divers the sights
- 1: Aquanauts ... train underwater
- 1: Marine scientists ... experiment in the deep
- 1: Aquatic veterinarians ... treat marine animals
- 1: Underwater photographers ... capture amazing images
- 1: Underwater archaeologists ... find shipwrecks
- 1: Marine contractors ... do dangerous jobs
- 1: Submariners ... live on submarines
- 1: Deep-sea explorers ... travel to the ocean floor
- 1: Oceanographers ... are ocean experts
- 1: Now it's your turn to work with water!
- 1: Glossary
- 1: Further information
- 1: Index
