Synopsis
A simple introduction to the work food service workers do, discussing where they work and how they are important to the communities they serve.
Susan Hepler - Children's Literature
Each entry in the "Community Helpers" series discusses what people do in specific occupations while the pictures show aspects of the job. This one emphasizes the numerous ways food service workers meet people and help make their lives more pleasant. Contemporary photographs show a variety of settings in which the job is performed by a variously multicultural staff and options within the career, such as managerial or supervisory roles. Specialized vocabulary words appear in blue type with a short definition below the text on the page and each book ends with a short glossary of those words, a "Hands On" section of something to try at home or in the classroom (making a menu and serving your family), and an index. Each also includes mention of the skills and education a person might need to become fully trained in that occupation, whether it's trade school, on-the-job training, or higher education. With the many occupations represented in the series, children can certainly increase their knowledge of the many options available in the world of work. Other nonfiction references and related websites included. 2002, Capstone Press,
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Children's Literature
Each entry in the "Community Helpers" series discusses what people do in specific occupations while the pictures show aspects of the job. This one emphasizes the numerous ways food service workers meet people and help make their lives more pleasant. Contemporary photographs show a variety of settings in which the job is performed by a variously multicultural staff and options within the career, such as managerial or supervisory roles. Specialized vocabulary words appear in blue type with a short definition below the text on the page and each book ends with a short glossary of those words, a "Hands On" section of something to try at home or in the classroom (making a menu and serving your family), and an index. Each also includes mention of the skills and education a person might need to become fully trained in that occupation, whether it's trade school, on-the-job training, or higher education. With the many occupations represented in the series, children can certainly increase their knowledge of the many options available in the world of work. Other nonfiction references and related websites included. 2002, Capstone Press,— Susan Hepler