Why Humans Work: How Jobs Shape Our Lives and Our World

by Monique Polak, Suharu Ogawa (Illustrator)

Overview

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I bet you've been asked that question before. But have you ever thought about why humans work? There are almost 3.5 billion people working in the world today, and that number is growing. In Why Do We Work? author Monique Polak investigates the past, present and future of jobs, including how work has also been shaped by discrimination, privilege and child labor. Meet a variety of working professionals and explore why we have careers, vocations and professions. How is the way we work changing, and what will it look like in the future?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459827950
Publisher:	Orca Book Publishers
Publication date:	05/17/2022
Series:	Orca Think , #6
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1020L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Monique Polak is the author of more than thirty books for young people. She is the three-time winner of the Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Children's and YA Literature for her novels Hate Mail, What World is Left and Room for One More. In addition to teaching at Marianopolis College in Montreal, Monique is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Maclean's Magazine, the Montreal Gazette and other Postmedia newspapers. She is also a columnist on ICI Radio-Canada's Plus on est de fous, plus on lit! In 2016, Monique was the CBC/Quebec Writers' Federation inaugural writer-in-residence. Monique lives in Montreal.

Suharu Ogawa is a Toronto-based illustrator. Her love for drawing started in a kindergarten art school after being kicked out of calligraphy class for refusing to convert to right-handedness. Formally trained in art history and cultural anthropology, she worked for several years as a university librarian until her passion for illustration called her out of that career and into the pursuit of a lifelong dream. Since then, Suharu has created illustrations for magazines, public art projects and children's books, including Why Humans Work: How Jobs Shape Our Lives and Our World in the Orca Think line. She also teaches illustration at OCAD University in Toronto.

Editorial Reviews

A realistic, trustworthy narration...Elementary and middle school librarians would find this to be an easy fit for their collections. Recommended.

School Library Connection

Situates work squarely within our wondering, playful, and imaginative worlds...There are many reasons to like and welcome this book. Recommended.

CM: Canadian Review of Materials