“YES I CAN” Series of Illustrated Books for Children
Genre: Children non-fiction Age Group: 6 thru 12
Proposed Titles “YES I CAN Become A Business Owner”“YES I CAN Become A Chef”“YES I CAN Become A Doctor”“YES I CAN Become A Firefighter”“YES I CAN Become A Lawyer”“YES I CAN Become A Nurse”“YES I CAN Become A Police Officer”“YES I CAN Become President of The United States“YES I CAN Become A Teacher”“YES I CAN Become A Writer”“YES I CAN Become Anything that I Want” Brief Synopsis Usually around age 6, when they enter first grade, children are often asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most respond, ‘I don’t know.” That’s not unusual because some of them still won’t know when they graduate from high school or enter their first year of college. Then there are many others who have determined what they want to be even though they may, too, change their mind many times over the next 15 years or longer. But they have some sense of what it is they want to be doing as an adult. The “YES WE CAN” series of illustrated books for children begins the process of cultivating the minds of young people to begin to think about what they want to do when they grow up. This series of books provide a realistic look at what it really takes to excel in some of today’s most common professions. Each book in the series well documents and explores how much college education, if any, is required to go into that field, what are the primary duties and responsibilities of the profession, what one can expect as far as salary, and much more.
Genre: Children non-fiction Age Group: 6 thru 12
Proposed Titles “YES I CAN Become A Business Owner”“YES I CAN Become A Chef”“YES I CAN Become A Doctor”“YES I CAN Become A Firefighter”“YES I CAN Become A Lawyer”“YES I CAN Become A Nurse”“YES I CAN Become A Police Officer”“YES I CAN Become President of The United States“YES I CAN Become A Teacher”“YES I CAN Become A Writer”“YES I CAN Become Anything that I Want” Brief Synopsis Usually around age 6, when they enter first grade, children are often asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most respond, ‘I don’t know.” That’s not unusual because some of them still won’t know when they graduate from high school or enter their first year of college. Then there are many others who have determined what they want to be even though they may, too, change their mind many times over the next 15 years or longer. But they have some sense of what it is they want to be doing as an adult. The “YES WE CAN” series of illustrated books for children begins the process of cultivating the minds of young people to begin to think about what they want to do when they grow up. This series of books provide a realistic look at what it really takes to excel in some of today’s most common professions. Each book in the series well documents and explores how much college education, if any, is required to go into that field, what are the primary duties and responsibilities of the profession, what one can expect as far as salary, and much more.
