When children are fast asleep, some people are hard at work keeping the city safe and clean, and when daylight comes they go home to sleep.

When her kindergarten class has Job Day, Junie B. goes through much confusion and excitement before deciding on the "bestest" job of all.

Seven clotheslines are presented with rhyming verse describing the items of clothing found, and the reader is invited to guess what kind of person and job to which the sets of clothing belong.

After meeting Herman the Treasure Hunter during a career fair at Emerson School, every second-grader is looking for treasure and finding it--except for Ivy and Bean.

When Nigel looks up at the moon, his future is bright. He imagines himself as...an astronaut, a dancer, a superhero, too! Among the stars, he twirls. With pride, his chest swells. And his eyes, they glow. Nigel is the most brilliant body in the sky. But it's Career Week at school, and Nigel can't find the courage to share his dreams. It's easy to whisper them to the moon, but not to his classmates--especially when he already feels out of place.

During a busy day at the construction site, the workers use a variety of machines to knock down a building and begin constructing a new one.

Each child in Mrs. Madoff's class brings a visitor who tells the group about his or her job.

When Annie has a career day at her school, each member of her family wonders if she will choose their career path--her grandfather the news photographer, her father the mountain climber or her mother the basketball player--until she reveals a dream that is all her own.

Late at night after children have gone to bed, people who work the night shift, like street sweepers, window dressers, newspaper printers, road workers, and donut bakers, are doing their jobs.

Observing the amazing things that animals can do, a child imagines becoming an architect, a teacher, or an Olympic athlete one day.