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Liz Perry October 8, 2013 Bibliography Arizona State University


 * TEACHER RESOURCE BOOKS **

Flanagan, Alice K. 2003. **Farmers.** Compass Point Books. 32 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book discusses several facts and roles that a farmer takes on. It talks about what exactly farmers do, what tools they use, how they help people, where they work, what they wear, and even what training it takes to become a farmer. It also discusses what a farmers day looks like, and questions that one can answer to discover if they would enjoy being a farmer or not. There are wonderful, detailed real life pictures in this book along with many interesting facts about farmers. I would use this book as a teacher resource book because I feel as though it is jam packed with information and facts about farmers. If I were to read this book aloud to my class they would be overwhelmed with all of the details. It is a great book to look back on or to look to if a question is asked that I don’t know the answer to off the top of my head. It is also a great book to read when discussing where certain foods come from, or how certain foods are made. It is very detailed and has amazing detailed photographs of real life farmers and farms. I learned a lot while reading this book and I think my class would as well. I just feel as though reading the book to the piece by piece would be better than reading the entire thing to them all at once.

Flanagan, Alice K. 2000. **Police Officers.** Compass Point Books. 32 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book lists several facts and jobs of a police officer. It talks about what they do, the tools they use, how they can help people, where they life, what they wear, and many other things. It talks about about type of cars that they drive, the neighborhoods that they work in, the kind of trouble that they might face and even some questions that you can ask yourself to find out if you might want to become a police officer some day. It shows several real life pictures of police officers completing their job. There are pictures of them helping people, arresting people, and of their uniform. It is a very informative book. I would use this book as a teacher reference book. I choose to use it this way, because there are a lot of facts and details in this book. I feel as though the children would benefit more from it if I read it to them in parts rather than all at once. Also, I would use it as an extended thinking piece. For example I would read a page and then have them write about it in their journals. Another thing I might use this book for would be to answer any questions that the children might have about police officers that I don’t know off the top of my head. This book is very detailed so it would be a good resource.

Franchino, Vicky. 2000. **Carpenters.** Compass Point Books. 32 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book discusses in detail the job of a carpenter. It discusses what carpenters do, what tools they use, how they help people, where they work, and even what they wear. It goes into detail about the tools and the clothes that they wear to keep them safe. It even has questions at the end that children can answer in order to discover if they might want to be a carpenter when they grow up. It has many detailed real life pictures and even facts in the back about carpenters. It also has a time frame as to what a carpenters day looks like. I would use this book as a teacher resource book because I do not know much about carpenters. I would want to read it in parts to the kids because it is so detailed and specific in many parts. It would be a lot for them to grasp all at once. I would use it as a tool for journal writing or even for career day or community helpers week. In the back of the book it states what a carpenters day looks like, I would use this as a tool to compare a carpenters day to a police officers day, or even to our day. It is a great tool for many different assignments. It is a very well written and resourceful book.

Goldberg, Jan. 1999. **Fire Fighter.** Capstone Press. 48 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book discusses the many jobs a fire fighter. It talks about what they do, what their job is like, the training that they have to go through, the salary that they make, and even where the job can lead. It has words to know in the book as well as ways to learn more about fire fighters. In the back of the book there is a list of useful addresses as well as internet sites that can teach more about firefighters. It is a great resource book. I would use this book as a teacher resource book because I feel as though it is written to an older audience. There are many wonderful facts in this book, but also some facts that could probably not be taught until a later time. If I use it as a teacher resource book then I could choose to read the pages that I think are relevant and leave the rest out. I would also use the book for the websites in the back. They are all so helpful and provide so much more information about fire fighters. I would use this book during community helpers week as well as career week. The pictures are small and kind of hard to make out, but the facts are wonderful. I learned a lot of new information from this book and I would be eager to teach it all to my class. Roza, Greg. 2001. **Choosing a Career in the Military.** 62 Pages. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Glendale Public Library This book discusses all of the jobs that are available in the community. It discusses how to prepare for the military as well as all of the branches of the military. It even goes on to talk about the reserves as well as the fact that the people in the military are more than just soldiers, they can have other jobs as well. Such as being a cook, or a nurse, or a computer programer. All of those jobs are needed in the military. In the back of the book it lists resources and phone numbers that you could call if you were interested in joining the military which might be good for older students. I choose this book as one of my teacher resource books because I feel as though it is important to teach children about the community helpers that they can’t see as well as the ones that they can. Even though they can’t always see the people in the military, they are still helping them, protecting them, and serving them. This book is definitely written towards an older audience than elementary school, but the basics can be brought out of this book. I would read this book myself and then summarize it into appropriate kid language. Even though they can’t read it, the information is very important so I would use this book to teach myself,and then teach them my new learned knowledge.

**NON FICTION** Bagley, Katie. 2001. **Cashiers.** Capstone Press. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book is full of details about what a cashier does. Children see cashiers on almost a daily basis, but do they really know all that they do? This book discusses not only what they do, but also where they work, what they need, the tools that they use, the uniforms they wear, and even how they help people. The chapters are all very short, about a page and they discuss all of these topics in detail. There is also a very detailed, real life picture on each page for the children to look at and relate to. I would use this book during community helper week to help children understand more about a cashier. I would also use it as a tool for their journal writing. They could write about a cashier that they have seen at the store, or even about what store they would want to be a cashier at and why. I could also use this book to discuss how many people are cashiers at all different types of stores. For example at the gas station, at the grocery story, at the department stores, and even at the toy store. Every store needs a cashier. I could also talk about cashiers during math and have the children pretend to be cashiers and practice giving back the right about of change. This would be a fun activity that would review what cashiers do as well as incorporate math into the lesson.

Boraas, Tracey. 1999. **Auto Mechanics.** Capstone Press. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book discusses everything that there is to know about being an auto mechanic. It talks about what they do, what they wear, what tools they use, what schools they go to and even how they help people. It is full of detailed real life photographs for the children to look at and learn from as well. At the end of this book there are internet sites that are listed that will provide the reader with more information on becoming an auto mechanic or on what auto mechanic’s do. It is full of details and interesting facts on what it means to be an auto mechanic. I would use this book during community helpers week to teach the children what it means to be an auto mechanic. I could also use the book as a resource for journal writing. The children all have been inside of some type of motor vehicle so they will all be able to connect to what they are reading. Another idea for the book is to create a career table where I will have several books laid out for the children to look at, read and write about. This will allow them time to hold the book and explore it by themselves.

Boraas, Tracey. 2001. **Cosmetologist.** Capstone Press. 48 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book is about what it means to be a cosmetologist. It states the day to day activities of a cosmetologist, what they do, the tools they use, and how to begin a career in cosmetology. It shows pictures of them at work, pictures of them at school, and pictures of their uniforms. It also has a chapter that asks questions to the reader to prove whether or not they have any interest or desire to become a cosmetologist in the future. It is full of wonderful details and facts about cosmetology. I will use this book in my classroom to help the children see and learn what a cosmetologist does. I will use it during career day as well as during community helpers week. All of the students have gotten a hair cut at one time or another, but do they know that they person cutting it is a cosmetologist? I will use this book to teach them that even the people that cut their hair are community helpers. They matter. I will also be able to relate to children who might not be interested in being a police officer or a fire fighter, however they might want to be a cosmetologist.

Boraas, Tracey. 2001. **Police Detective.** Capstone Press. 48 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book discusses the life of a police detective. It talks about a police detectives day to day activities, his uniform, and even how he prepared to become a police detective. It goes into detail about how much work, school, and studying that it takes in order to become a police detective. It also discusses how serious of a job it is and how much work it is. It has detailed real life photographs as well as internet sites that have more information on what a police detective is and the sites that you can go to in order to become one. I will use this book in my classroom during group reading times. I will also have it out and available for the children to look at and read when they are given time to do so. It can be used during community helper week, career week, and many others as well. It is a great reference book if children have any questions about the profession and it is something that almost all of them can relate too. It would be a great resource for journal writing also.

Boraas, Tracey. 1999. **School Principals.** Capstone Press. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book discusses everything that you need to know about school principals. It discusses how to become one, what they do, what they wear and even who they help. It also has an activity in the back for the children to work hands on and discover more about what it means to be a principal. In the back of the book there are also questions that the reader can ask themselves to decide whether or not they might want to be a principal one day. I will use this book in my classroom by reading it on the first day of school to teach the children that the principal is not someone that they should fear but just an ordinary person with a job. I can also use this book during community helper week as well as during career week. It is also a wonderful book to have available for the children to look at and read whenever them might want to. It is very informational and easy for them to relate to.

Bryan, Nichol. 2003. **Police Officers.** ABDO Publishing Company. 32 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book is a non-fiction book that is full of detailed, real life photographs as well as sentences for the children to learn everything they need or want to know about police officers. This book tells them who the police are, about their duties, their departments, the skills, their education, and even their equipment. It teaches children that police officers are good people that are there to help you. They are not someone to be feared, and should always be respected. There is so much to learn about police officers from this book. I would use this book during community helper week along with during career week. It is a book that I would read aloud to them as well as have it available for them to read and look at on their own time. It could be used for journal writing, all children can connect in some way to a police officer. I could also use the book in the classroom to review safety rules or to teach the children who to call when something bad happens or when they need help. There are so many uses for this book, it is a great book.

Deedrick, Tami. 1998. **Garbage Collectors.** Capstone Press. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book contains everything that you would ever want to know about about a garbage collector. It discusses what garbage collectors do, where they work, what they drive, what they wear, and even what tools they use. It discusses how people help garbage collectors by placing their garbage hands outside of their how to make the garbage collectors job easier. Also in this book it lists a hands on activity for children to do. It says that they can walk around their neighborhood and pick up litter. This helps the community as well as the the garbage collector. I would use this book to in my classroom as an educational tool during community helper week as well as during career week. I would also use this book for the internet sites in the back that could further the learning about garbage collectors. I would read sections of this book aloud for the kids occasionally and I will even have the book available for the children to look at and read when they have time to do so. I will also use the sites in the back as a reference to learn even more facts and information about garbage collectors.

Deedrick, Tami. 1998. **Teachers.** Capstone Press. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book discusses the job and duties of a teacher on a daily basis. It talks about what teachers do, all of the different kinds of teachers that their are, where they work, when they work, and even the tools that they use. It discusses that there are different kinds of teachers, there are teachers in the classroom, there are PE teachers, there are music teachers, and there are even teachers who teach children who might need extra help. It discusses that teachers work during the day and get to go home at night and on the weekends. It discusses that they se computers, books, maps, and many other materials to help students learn. Teachers have many roles, they have many jobs, that they have to fulfill all at once. I would use this book to help students understand more about what teachers do and how difficult their job is. I would read the book to the children and also give them a chance to look at it and read it themselves. I can use it as a tool to for journal writing and even as a book that all of the children can connect to because they all have a teacher. I would also use the hands on activity in the back that discusses that an activity for the children to do is to have them teach a friend in their class. This will teach them how hard it is to be a teacher, but also how fulfilling it is to teach someone something.

DeGezelle, Terri. 2002. **School Crossing Guards.** Capstone Press. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book is very relatable to children because it discusses someone that they see every day, the school crossing guard. It talks about what he/she does, where they work, when they work, what tools they use, and what they wear. It talks about how not all crossing guards work at schools, some work at railroad crossings or at construction sites. It talks about the fact that they have tools that they use to help them do their job, they have a stop sign, flags, and sometimes even a whistle. It tells kids that they need to wear bright colors so that they can be seen by everyone, since they are often standing in the street. They need to stand out, and their job is very serious, and very needed. I would use this book as a learning tool for children to learn more about the person that they pass everyday in the crosswalk. I would read it aloud to them and also have it available for them to read to themselves. Another thing that I would use the book for is the hands on activity in the back of the book that gives the children step by step instructions on how to cross the street safely. I would also use if for community helper week along with career week. It is full of wonderful information about crossing guards that could help kids to learn more about the person that they see everyday.

Ermitage, Kathleen. 2000. **Veterinarian.** Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers.32 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book begins by telling the story of a little girl who got a new puppy and realizes that she needs to take him to the vet. It talks about everything that goes on while she is there. It discusses the many jobs of a veterinarian. It states that vet’s do their best to help animals stay healthy. They listen to their hearts, look at their eyes, check them for fleas, look in their ears, and even weigh them. They give people advice on how to best care for their animals. They sometimes give dogs shots and medicine, and they even give x-rays if it is needed. It talks about how veterinarians have a passion for keeping animals safe, healthy and happy. I would use this book in my classroom as a read aloud to teach the children more about veterinarians. It can do so much more than teach them about veterinarians though, it can teach them about how to take care of animals and how to do what is best for them. I can have it out and available for the students to look at and read throughout community helpers week, career week, and even during animal units. It has so many uses and it is a book that the children would truly enjoy. Young children love animals and many of them say they want to be a vet when they grow up. Therefore this book would be a wonderful resource to have in the classroom to help them learn as much as they can about being a veterinarian.

Flanagan, Alice K. 2001. **Librarians.** Compass Point Books. 32 Pages. Glendale Public Library. This book discusses what it is like to be a librarian. It talks about how librarians can work in many different places. They can work in schools, in libraries, in book stores, and many more places. It talks about how they do more than tell people about books, they help people learn how to use the library, the computer, the book system and even how to navigate around the library. It also discusses that people need to work hard and go to school for a long time and get a degree in library science in order to one day become a librarian. It discusses the many tools that librarians use along with the skills that they need to have in order to use these schools. It really enlightens the reader on just how hard librarians work on a daily basis. I would use this book in my classroom during community helper week as well as during career day. I might also read this book to my class before the go to library so that they can have more respect for the librarian as well as for the library. It is very informational and full of wonderful facts and details that children should know about the librarian and what she does. Another way that I could use this book is for a prompt for journal writing. They could read the book and the write about one of the many things that they learned librarians do. They will all be able to connect to the book, because they will all have at one time or another been to a library, even if it is only the school library.

Hayward, Linda. 2001. **A Day in the Life of a Doctor.** DK Publishing, Inc.32 Pages. Glendale Public Library This written about a little boy’s mother whose job is a doctor. This book uses key vocabulary words such as stethoscope, x-ray, splint, tongue depressor, medicine, scale, medical chart, and many more. Children have probably seen all of these things at one point of another but they don’t necessarily know what they are, this book teaches them what they look like and what they are used for. In this book the doctor talks about her patients and her procedures for the day it goes into detail about what she does to care for her patients. It discusses that doctors are nice and only want to help you. I would use this book in my classroom during community helpers week along with during career week. I would also have it available for children to look at and read when they get a chance to do so. It wold be a great book to read if a child is ever in need of medical attention in my classroom. This book will remind them that they will be taken care of and that the doctor will be their friend and try their best to make them feel better. It has wonderful real life pictures for the kids to learn from as well as pictures of all of the vocabulary words. All in all it is a wonderful book for many different reasons.

Ready, Dee. 1997. **Nurses.** Capstone Press. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book discusses the many duties and jobs of a nurse. It talks about how there are many different kinds of nurses, there are school nurses, doctor’s office nurses, emergency room nurses, and so many more. It talks about what they wear, what they do to help people, what tools they use and even what kind of schooling they have to go through in order to become a nurse. It talks about how people have to study and practice for a long time before they can become a nurse. It states how important of a job it is and how nurses should be respected and thanked for all of their hard work. I would use this book during community helpers week as well as during career week. I would read it aloud to them and have it available for them to look at and read to themselves whenever they have time to do so. I would also use this book when talking about the school nurse. This way the children can see how hard she worked, how long she had to go to school, and how smart and kind she is. I would want the children to know that it is not scary to go to the nurse or to the doctors office. Nurses are only there to help, they want to be your friend.

Ready, Dee. 1998. **School Bus Drivers.** Capstone Press. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book is full of information about another person that many children see on a daily basis, the bus driver. It talks about what they do, what they wear, what tools they use, what they drive, where they work, and even where they learned to become a bus driver at. It discusses how the bus driver is there to get children to and from school safely, and sometimes to and from field trips safely. It talks about how they have a lot of practice driving a bus before they can become a school bus driver. This book teaches children about all of the hard work that bus drivers do everyday. Therefore they should be respected and thanked on a daily basis. I would read this book in my classroom during community helpers week. I might also read it before a field trip or anytime that the entire class will be on the bus. It will help them to understand the rules of a bus as well as the job that the bus driver has while driving the bus. I would also have this book available for the children to look at and read when they have time to do so. Another thing I would do with this book is use the hands on activity in the back of the book. It is a wonderful activity that teachers children that they must stop when they see a stop sign, especially if it is on a bus. There is so much to learn from this book.

Yanuck, Debbie L. 2002. **Custodians.** Capstone Press. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book discusses the life of a custodian and all of the hard work that they do everyday to keep a school a safe and enjoyable place. It talks about what exactly a custodian does, where they work, what they wear, what tools they use, and even how they help people. It talks about how custodians don’t just work in schools, they work at businesses, in hospitals, in movie theaters, and in so many other places as well. It discusses that they sometimes have to wear rubber gloves or special shoes to keep them safe while they work. It also talks about how custodians keep people safe by cleaning up messes and disposing of dangers or infected things. It talks about how they work very hard and they deserve to be respected and thanked for all that they do. I would read this book during community helper week. I would also read it towards the beginning of the school year so that children can learn what the custodian at their school does. I would want them to realize just how hard they work and how much they should be respected. I would also have it available for the children to read on their own time. It is something that all of the children could relate to because they have all seen a custodian before so it would be a great source for journal writing. I would also use it for the hands on activity in the back. This activity states that the teacher should assign each child to clean something in order to help the custodian out. This will help them to realize how much work it is and how they should try their best to be clean and tidy so that they don’t cause more work for the custodian.

**FICTION** Hamilton, Kersten. 2009. **Police Officers on Patrol.** Penguin Group. 30 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book focuses on a few of the emergencies that an officer might respond to. It starts out by saying that when people need help, a police officer is who they will call. It then talks about broken street lights, and how a police officer on traffic control will handle that situation. After that, it discusses a lost boy who needs help. The book states that the officer on mounted patrol will come help the boy find his mother. After that, the situation changes to a robbery. It states that the officer on crime patrol will handle that situation. It says that he will catch the robbers and return the money. At the end of the book it shows all of the officers together to show that even though they look different or have different modes of transportation, they are all police officers. I would use this book in my classroom for a quick read aloud during community helpers week. I also might use it while talking about careers or even while talking about emergencies or how to keep ourselves safe. It is a great book to have on hand to remind students that police officers are their friends and are there to help. i might also use it as a reading tool for them to read along with me since it is very repetitive. This book has several uses for the classroom. Winters, Kay. 2004. **My Teacher for President.** Dutton Children’s Books. 30 Pages. Glendale Public Library In this book, Oliver, an elementary school student, is writing a letter to a TV channel to elect his teacher for president. Throughout this book, Oliver states the many jobs that his teacher has that would make her be a wonderful president. Some of the things listed were that she signs important papers, sits through a lot of meetings, wants to save the Earth, people follow her around, and many others. At the end of the book Oliver signs his name to the letter and requests that they please don’t take his teacher from him until after the school year is finished. I would use this book for many things in my classroom. I could use it for social studies when we discuss the government and the jobs of the president. I could also use it for language arts as a resource for the children to look back to on how to write a proper letter. I could also simply use it for a read aloud or for community helpers week in the classroom. It is a basic book, so the children could read it to themselves as well. It is very enjoyable and I would enjoy reading it again and again.

Yankovic, Al. 2011. **When I Grow Up.** Harper Collins Publishers. 24 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book is about a little boy who is so excited to share what he is going to be when he grows up with his class during show and tell. He quickly realizes that maybe he isn’t so sure as to what he wants to be, because he jumps from job to job. He starts out by saying he wants to be a chef. Following that he decides he wants to be a snail trainer, then a space ship builder, then a giraffe milker, then a gorilla masseus. The list goes on and on with all of the things that he might want to be. His teacher tells him to please choose one and he states that he is only eight, he can’t choose now, who knows maybe he will be all of those things by the time he is grown up. This is a wonderful book! I really enjoyed reading it and I would love to read it again and again. I would have so many uses for this book, I could use it during community helper week, during career week, or even just for a fun book. It also rhymes and has several descriptive words all throughout it so it is a wonderful book to read to young children to have them predict the next words or simply follow the rhythm. It is full of so many new words and vocabulary, it really could teach so many lessons all on its own.

Yee, Wong Herbert. 2001. **Fireman Small Fire Down Below!** Houghton Mifflin Company. 28 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book is about Fireman Small and a hotel fire. Small’s firehouse has leaks in the roof so he had to go sleep at a hotel for the night. While he is sleeping the hotel catches on fire and he has to get everyone out. This book highlights many of the safety rules to do during a fire. For example don’t use the elevator, always use the stairs, and stop drop and roll if you catch on fire. At the end of the book Fireman Small saves the day and gets all of the guests out of the house. They then come to his firehouse because they have nowhere to sleep and they all sleep in his room with him under umbrellas. I would use this book in my classroom when I was talking about Fire Fighters. It is a good reference book and it goes over many safety rules while doing it in a fun and kid friendly way. I also might use this book when talking about rhyming or descriptive words. It is also a good book to use to have the kids practice predicting what might happen next and to have the recall what just happened because there are many details in this book. This book could be used for so many purposes in the classroom!

Zimmerman, Andrea. 2003. **Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry!** Green Willow Books. 29 Pages. Glendale Public Library This book is written about the life of a fire fighter. It starts out by talking about how all of the fire fighters are eating dinner together when the bell rings and they have to stop eating and run to the truck. The first place they go is to a flower shop and they put a fire out there. They then return to the station with the hope to finish eating, but the bell rings again, this time they were off to the toy shop to put out a fire. This happens several more times while they are trying to eat their dinner. At the end of the night they are finally able to finish eating and then go to sleep. It was a long day for the fire fighters. I would use this book during community helpers week or even career week when I would talk about fire fighters. It is a fun book that talks about just how hard fire fighters work to keep us all safe. It is also a repetitive book which is great to read to younger readers. By the third page they will be able to read it themselves. This is something that I might use during circle time to help the kids gain confidence in reading. It is simply an enjoyable book and I would love to read it again and again.