How to Get a Job—by Me, the Boss

PreS-Gr 2—The bossy narrator from How to Be a Baby—by Me the Big Sister (2007) and How to Get Married—by Me the Bride (2009, both Random) explains to her friends and baby brother how to get a job. Wearing big round glasses and striped pink and gray tights with her gray skirt and too-big heels, the Boss sits on her desk and explains that "A Job is so you can have something to do and get money for your family. And sometimes a Job is so you can get all dressed up and wear your new shoes to work." Her playroom is full of boxes containing all of the goodies needed to explore all sorts of vocations—from Cowboy to Explorer and Super-Ballerina-Soccer-Mermaid-Fairy Princess (our Boss's position of choice) to Magician. She offers sound advice as she counsels that "a good job to get is something you love" and tells her baby brother that you shouldn't be a "World-Famous Chef if you can't even cook cereal." She and her friends continue trying on trades that all kids play at as she explains what the work involves. Then the Boss goes through the steps of writing a résumé and interviewing. The illustrations are perfectly rendered in childlike acrylic paint and crayons and show the fun details of imaginative play on a rainy day. Fans of the previous titles will not be disappointed.—Kristine M. Casper, Huntington Public Library, NY