Books about Jobs/Careers for Younger Kids

Books all about different types of jobs, careers, occupations, and vocations. For children approximately 0-8 years old

Updated October 24, 2024
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Greater Victoria Public Library
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Doctors and what they do
Slegers, Liesbet
Paper Book
A new entry in Liesbet Sleger's bestselling professions series! The doctor knows a lot about the body. Wearing her doctor's coat and using her doctor's tools, she examines her patients. Fevers, all kinds of pain, wounds and fractures - the doctor knows them all. Isn't it nice that...

Primary non-fiction

World's coolest jobs
Brett, Anna
Paper Book
How does a Black kid from North Philly wind up playing polo? The much-anticipated sequel to Ghetto Cowboy, now a major motion picture starring Idris Elba and Stranger Things's Caleb McLaughlin. When Cole moves in with his dad, Harp, he thinks life will be sweet-...

Primary non-fiction

Work : an occupational ABC
Hatanaka, Kellen
Paper Book
An alphabetical tour through the coolest jobs you can imagine--and some you might never have heard of! With a sophisticated, minimalist design and visual jokes to interpret on every page, Work: An Occupational ABC introduces children both to the alphabet and to a range of alternative careers. ...

Alphabet picturebook

Bear at work
Blackstone, Stella.
Paper Book
Head off to work with Bear as he delivers mail and learns about other professions. Rhythm and rhyme drive the clever text, and a full-spread illustration of the professions at the end reinforces the learning and invites readers to go back through the story to spot the different working bears.

Board book


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