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Find an exciting, fulfilling career in a field where opportunities never stop growing!
If you find peace and satisfaction in growing plants and flowers, you should consider making it your profession. It might surprise you to learn just how many different opportunities exist within the horticulture and botany industry.
Careers in Horticulture and Botany gives you invaluable tips for finding a job in one of the many areas that make up this diverse field. Whether you like to plant new seedlings or study flora and fauna, this updated edition will help you:
- Develop a clear understanding of the various career options
- Key in on the specialty most suited for you--from landscaper to floral designer to botanist
- Understand what to expect in an entry-level job
- Find the education and training you'll need to stay one step ahead of the competition
- Familiarize yourself with current salaries, benefits, and the best job prospects
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The inspiring Careers for You series shows career explorers how to examine the job market through the unique lens of their own interests--and find new happiness in the workplace. Vital information on each job includes:
- The latest data on training and education
- Stories of success from each field
- Advice on assessing job skills and marketing them well in an interview
- Expert advice on finding and getting the job
- Resources for further career exploration in each specific field
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The inspiring Careers for You series shows career explorers how to examine the job market through the unique lens of their own interests--and find new happiness in the workplace. Vital information on each job includes: The latest data on training and education Stories of success from each field Advice on assessing job skills and marketing them well in an interview Expert advice on finding and getting the job Resources for further career exploration in each specific field
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Careers for Plant Lovers & Other Green Thumb Types.......2005-09-28
Timely delivery. Was in the condition as promised. Could not ask for better service.
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Cool Careers Without College for People Who Love to Make Things Grow (Cool Careers Without College)
Monique Burns
Manufacturer: Rosen Publishing Group
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- Wisdom and warmth for all ages
- Only one written prose comes close to Kelsey's book
- This book is a must
- An American Classic
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Plants
Jane Kelsey
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Wisdom and warmth for all ages.......2000-04-06
Sarah Anderson and Jane Kelsey provide an insightful and engrossing overview of the world of careers with plants. The breadth and depth of the various career portraits are impressive, and speak to readers of all ages. The authors' non-patronizing and earnest tone makes the book an enjoyable read. This book is a must-have for young scientists and plant enthusiasts!
Only one written prose comes close to Kelsey's book.......2000-04-06
I concur with the vivid enthusiam being shared in these reviews for Ms. Kelsey's book and the loss to the world of plant-literature of Ms. Kelsey's retirement from the written word. If there could ever be written prose that comes close to the perfection of Ms. Kelsey in Plants, however, it is undoubtedly the review of Plants written by a brillant New York Critic, Ms. Amy Listerman (see review below). Ms. Listerman, in her poignant and moving critique of Plants, touches to the very soul of Kelsey's style and influene. Ms. Listerman is not swayed by the pulls of the masses, like the blossoming seedling Herb from Alaska or our mystery readers from NYC and Oxford. Ms. Listerman, by referring to her own wasted-by-non-plant-pursuits youth, is a critic not to be overlooked in the rush to, quite deservingly, praise Ms. Kelsey. Ms. Kelsey is, after all, a peach (or so we hear from various sources).
This book is a must.......2000-03-29
A lot of career information was packed into just 96 pages. Written in an easy-to-read style, "Plants" gives young people a chance to review many career choices for those who enjoy working with plants. The reader is offered a variety of choices of careers requiring PHD, MS, BS, or little education. The authors interviewed culturally diverse people with a variety of life stories to tell. They included information on salary, getting started, and education required. This book is a must for high school career centers and junior high libraries.
An American Classic.......2000-03-25
This book is a true American classic. Plants demonstrates the tremendous maturation process Ms. Kelsey has experienced since her original work, Science. Written in lucid prose, Plants demonstrates Ms. Kelsey's masterful grasp of English language and ability to express complex concepts with the uptmost clarity. Through her heartwarming tales examining the lives of several complex characters, Ms. Kelsey has guarenteed Plants' position among the most beloved of American novels. Memories of Patrick Elvander's enduring love of Botany, and Justus von Liebig's life-long sacrifice and struggle culminating in the invention of Liebig's Extract will remain with Plants' readers and shape their lives. Ms. Kelsey's work is truly a masterpiece to be shelved alongside Faulkner, Austen, and Dickens, and will be a valuauble tool in classrooms for decades to come. It is a tragic loss to the English language that Ms. Kelsey has discarded her pen for other pursuits, but fortunately she has blessed us with a glimpse her brilliance. Ms. Kelsey's brief career will remain an enigma for years to come as literary historians debate what masterpieces she could have produced had the obvious talent manifested in Plants been cultivated in other works.
Plants.......2000-03-24
Miss Anderson and Miss Kelsey's book on careers in botany is a wonderful snapshot of a variety of avenues people working with plants have taken. Both informative and captivating, interviews with men and women working in the field of botany bring children and adults a first-hand glimpse of the character of their work. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in plants or gardening. Two green thumbs up!
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- Great Information for all working mothers
- Great practical, thoughtful advice for working parents
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The Working Parents Handbook
June Solnit Sale ,
Ellen Melinkoff , and
Kit Kollenberg
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From the editors of the UCLA Working Parents Newsletter comes this comprehensive manual for making it all work: career, kids and time for yourself. Starting with being the topic of pregnant in the work place, it includes issues many first-time parents have not considered, like sending your nanny to CPR class and making lunches your kids won't hate. With concrete suggestions from other parents, you'll find more information than you ever knew you needed.
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Great Information for all working mothers.......1999-05-21
This book has great information about all aspects of being a working mother, from when to tell the boss you're pregnant to how to deal with "latch-key kids". Covers all of the most important elements in a sympathetic, realistic manner. Very highly recommended for everyone who is a working mother or thinking about becoming one.
Great practical, thoughtful advice for working parents.......1997-03-15
Since 1989 the authors of the UCLA Working Parents Newsletter have offered practical advice, solutions and ideas to working parents. The book expands their work and adds personal vignettes from real parents. Emotional issues are discussed, including separation anxiety -- both the child's and the parents' -- in such a way that you realize there are no simple solutions and many parents feel the same way you do. All working parents can benefit from the years of research and parental wisdom that have gone into this book
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One of the most difficult decisions a parent must make is who is going to watch his or her child while they are at work. Childcare can be a tricky decision.
€ Do you work with an au pair agency? € Do you select an in-home sitter? € Do you drop your child off at a well-known daycare center? € How do you know the child care provider is trustworthy?
This book covers everything from background checks to creating contracts with the daycare provider. It also covers precautions such as checking the safety of the building in which the child care is provided (fire codes, smoke alarms, insurance, liability, etc.). Checklists for comparison of facilities and other types of childcare are also included for easy use.
Additional appendices are included with valuable resources and websites to assist the reader in finding the information he or she needs.
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Good read.......2007-06-01
This is an easy to understand book with lots of helpful information. I give it 2 thumbs up.
A straightforward, easy-to-use guide written especially for parents confronting a wide array of childcare choices.......2006-03-07
The Childcare Answer Book is a straightforward, easy-to-use guide written especially for parents confronting a wide array of childcare choices. Chapters discuss how to calculate a cost/benefit analysis, various childcare alternatives from preschools and day care centers to nannies, au pairs and babysitters, how to evaluate out-of-home care, employment issues for hiring childcare professionals, helping one's child adjust, how to handle difficulties in childcare relationships including harmful or abusive situations, specific issues for special needs children or work-at-home parents, and much more. Appendices provide lists of references concerning state childcare licensing offices, child care resource and referral agencies, websites, and sample forms. An index for quick and easy reference rounds out this plain-terms practical guide, highly recommended for parents everywhere.
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Useful resource for working parents.......1999-03-31
Whether it's how to organize one's home, help create a family-friendly workplace or deal with the stress of working and rearing children, this book is an invaluable resource for employed parents. Human resource directors and parent educators may also use this handy volume as a supplement to their information and training sessions. Underlying the many useful tips and how-to's are some positive principles for individual and family life. Among these are: the value of knowing your own strengths, challenges and beliefs; the joy of accepting self and others; the usefulness of employing what Diana Baumrind first charcterized as authoritative parenting, which maintains a balance of warmth and control. Gearing parenting strategies to the developmental stage of the child is another plus in Murray's approach. The book itself is "user-friendly" in format featuring graphics and narratives with notes, sidebars and checklists. Topics covered include current family configurations, family priorities and mission statements, childcare options, employment issues, organization and delegation of tasks, stress management and flexible workplace policy ideas. One of the most appealing features is the use of stories from other working parents and their worst and best moments. Murray's concluding words capture the essence of her joining attitude: ". . . knowing we're not alone in this balancing act is a comforting thought. People before us and people after us will face the same impossible schedules, the same runny noses, the same mad morning rushes to the car, and the same startled faces when we pull baby bibs from our briefcases. Parents all over the world will worry about the care their children are receiving, fret over the issue of quantity versus quality time, pray that the educational system is doing its job, and hope that someday--down the road--they'll know they made the right choices" (p. 258). Reading Murray's book, in my opinion, will be one of those right choices. Phyllis Michael, Associate Professor of Human Development Warner Pacific College Portland, Oregon
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Childcare has always been a concern for parents. There are more than 20 million U.S. households with young children, more than half of whom receive care from someone other than the parents. So how exactly is a mother and/or a father to wade through the options to determine what's right for their family? The Unofficial Guide to Childcare can help set minds at ease with its unbiased, street-smart style and practical tools to help parents interview caregivers and evaluate childcare facilities. From assessing a particular child's needs to finding a caregiver, assessing health and safety practices to noticing warning signs in daycare facilities, to transitioning a child into daycare, this guide will aid parents as they make one of the biggest decisions of their lives.
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Answers every possible childcare question.......2004-06-18
I agree with other reviewers. This is a very helpful guide to choosing childcare, whether you are looking for childcare for a baby, a toddler, a preschooler, or a grade schooler. The author covers both in-home and out-of-home childcare options -- everything from family daycare to childcare centers to nannies and babysitters. I also thoroughly recommend Choosing Childcare for Dummies, another book by Ann Douglas (the author of The Unofficial Guide to Childcare) as well as The Nanny Book by Susan Carlton and Coco Myers (for parents who are considering hiring a nanny).
Very comprehensive guide to selecting daycare.......2002-02-06
There is not a whole lot of helpful information out there when evaluating childcare choices. I found this book to be a wonderful source of information about all daycare options. It really tells the pros and cons and was very comprehensive. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for childcare!
A smart person's guide to choosing childcare.......1999-10-27
If you're the kind of person who likes to research things thoroughly, this is the book for you. It's far more comprehensive than any other childcare book on the market, covering important issues that most other books ignore, like how to prevent problems in your relationship with your childcare provider (whether a nanny or a member of the daycare center staff) and how to troubleshoot any difficulties that happen to arise. There are also tons of great checklists and valuable resources (e.g. a list of caregiver-child ratios for various ages and for each state; lists of the most useful childcare web sites; the inside scoop on what to pay your childcare provider; and more). I think this book should be required reading for every working parent in America!
A big disappointment.......1999-10-25
Why is it so difficult to find a book that is succinct and gets to the point quickly? I could not believe how much useless information was in this book, burying the information I was really looking for.
I am an intelligent working mother. I want answers quickly. I don't have time to wade through so much stuff that is irrelevant to me. Who has time to read all this stuff? It seemed like the author kept adding more "stuff" so the book would be longer. Some chapters... like returning to work while breastfeeding... were completely irrelevant to the topic of locating childcare.
What I did like about this book was that it made me feel "normal" about the feelings I am having. However, there was way too much of that kind of stuff in a book that I hoped would be a more hands-on guide that would help me understand all my childcare options and guide me through the minefield of locating somebody I could trust.
I'm still waiting for the "official" guide to childcare!
A terrific, comprehensive book that tells it like it is........1999-05-21
Having this book on hand is like having a sympathetic, understanding friend who knows everything there is to know about finding and keeping the best care for your child, how you and your child feel about all the childcare issues, and what you need to do to prevent trouble -- and to fix it all those times you can't prevent it! The appendixes are especially helpful, with their lists of organizations, books, websites, important documents and relevant statistics. I would recommend it highly for parents, caregivers and childcare professionals.
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Transform teacher-parent relationships into a strategy for children’s success!
While most parents strive to support their children with the best parenting practices, both teachers and parents often find themselves struggling to reconcile conflicts that can result in hostility, defensiveness, and communication breakdowns. In addition, negative public constructions of parents perpetuate this dilemma, particularly for those parents who are already marginalized through poverty or language barriers.
Working from research in three key areas-parent development and skills, social and historical family influences, and parent-school relationships-educator (and parent) Gwen L. Rudney offers teachers:
- Useful interpretations of parent beliefs and actions
- Compelling insight into what parents expect from teachers
- Key ideas that characterize the struggles that parents face while raising children
- Practical strategies designed to lead to community, trust-building, collaboration, gratitude, and friendship with parents
Straightforward chapters offer teachers everything from theory to commonsense strategies for working with parents to improve life and learning for all children.
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Great. It is a real help!.......1999-04-22
I read this book, and immediatly I started seeing some of the deficiencies that the author was telling about in my child's school. The book helped me talk to the principle and teachers to get him better off!
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This publication is a gold mine of developmentally based ideas for early childhood and K-2 general and special educators. This publication includes hundreds of child-focused strategies and activities. Communication, large and small motor development, prereading, writing and math are only a few of the topics covered.. Reproducible activities help children learn about feelings, empathy, resolving conflicts peacefully and problem solving. Practical and easy-to-use.
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A Practical Handbook for Community Health Nurses: Working with Children and Their Parents
Katie, Ed. Booth
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- Cherishing Our Daughters: How Parents Can Raise Girls to Become Confident Women
- Chicago Apartments: A Century of Lakefront Luxury (Urban Domestic Architecture Series)
- Chicken Soup for Soul To Mom, with Love (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
- Child Safe: A Practical Guide for Preventing Childhood Injuries
- David Plowden: The American Barn
- Designing With Light
- Domestic Interiors: The British Tradition 1500-1850
- Down to earth gardening: Monthly tips and year-round notes (The Scribner library)
- Eat Well, Lose Weight While Breastfeeding: The Complete Nutrition Book for Nursing Mothers, Including a Healthy Guide to the Weight Loss Your Doctor Promised
- English Gardens of the Twentieth Century: From the Archives of Country Life
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