Overview
Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, with photographs and illustrations throughout. This book explores why we work and why people around the world end up in the jobs, careers and professions they do. What do you want to be when you grow up? There are almost 3.5 billion people working in the world today, and that number is growing. In Why Do We Work? author Monique Polak explores why we have the jobs, careers and professions that we do and how work can be shaped by discrimination, privilege and child labor.
Full Product Details
Author: Monique Polak ,
Suharu Ogawa
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers,Canada
Imprint: Orca Book Publishers,Canada
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 17.80cm
Weight: 0.481kg
ISBN: 9781459827950
ISBN 10: 1459827953
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 05 December 2022
Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""" A realistic, trustworthy narration...Elementary and middle school librarians would find this to be an easy fit for their collections. Recommended.""-- ""School Library Connection"" ""Situates work squarely within our wondering, playful, and imaginative worlds...There are many reasons to like and welcome this book. Recommended.""-- ""CM: Canadian Review of Materials"""
A realistic, trustworthy narration...Elementary and middle school librarians would find this to be an easy fit for their collections. Recommended. -- School Library Connection Situates work squarely within our wondering, playful, and imaginative worlds...There are many reasons to like and welcome this book. Recommended. -- CM: Canadian Review of Materials
Situates work squarely within our wondering, playful, and imaginative worlds...There are many reasons to like and welcome this book. Recommended. -- CM: Canadian Review of Materials
"" A realistic, trustworthy narration...Elementary and middle school librarians would find this to be an easy fit for their collections. Recommended.""-- ""School Library Connection"" ""Situates work squarely within our wondering, playful, and imaginative worlds...There are many reasons to like and welcome this book. Recommended.""-- ""CM: Canadian Review of Materials""
Author Information
Monique Polak is the author of more than 30 books for young people. She is a three-time winner of the Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Children's and YA Literature for her novels Hate Mail, What World is Left and Room for One More. In addition to teaching at Marianopolis College in Montreal, Monique is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Maclean's Magazine, the Montreal Gazette and other Postmedia newspapers. She is also a columnist on ICI Radio-Canada's Plus on est de fous, plus on lit! In 2016 Monique was the CBC/Quebec Writers' Federation inaugural writer-inresidence. Monique lives in Montreal.
