Explains how dogs, horses, and other animals are trained to help people with special needs including the handicapped and the elderly.

Profiles the career of school counselor by looking at the work school counselors do and the educational requirements needed to become one.

Profiles the career of school nurs by looking at the work school nurses do and the educational requirements needed to become one.

Little readers will learn all about what teachers do, where they work, and why they are important in our communities. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images will both inform and strengthen reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Presents the history of animals working with police forces to help fight crime, from historic horse-mounted police officers to modern drug-sniffing dogs and tracking animals.

Presents the work of search and rescue dogs, including the history of using animals for search operations, why dogs are equipped for the job, and some of the situations when search and rescue animals are required.