Jump into Jobs: Working with Nature
Published on 28. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-5263-2756-7 (ISBN)
Description
A fun and magical tour of the world of working with nature, with Billie and their very silly pet cat, Mia!
Do you love nature and being outdoors? Do you think that you might want to work with nature one day? Find out about all sorts of nature-related jobs that people do.
Billie has a very special dressing up box. When they choose an outfit from the box, they are whisked away to meet all sorts of people doing all kinds of amazing jobs. In Working in Nature, Billie and Mia meet an arborist, an environmental engineer, a rewilder, a mountain guide and many more. Together, they find out lots of interesting things about these jobs these people do and how they work with nature. (And be sure to take a close look to see what naughty and silly things Mia gets up to in the funny illustrations.)
Jump into Jobs is no ordinary careers series. It's designed to help young children to think not only about the job that they might want to do in the future, but to be inspired by the world of work that is happening all around them. Each book concludes with a spread to encourage children to research the topic further through fun activities. The series is perfect for children aged 5 and up who are interested in what adults do all day and as part of a well rounded PSHE and Science curriculum.
Contents:
Meet Billie ... and Mia!
Naturalists ... study nature
Botanists ... are plant scientists
Organic farmers ... are kind to the planet
Rewilders ... bring back nature
Park rangers ... care for special places
Seed-bank curators ... save plants for the future
Environmental engineers ... protect nature
Arborists ... are tree experts
Wildlife biologists ... are animal scientists
Marine conservationists ... keep oceans healthy
Mountain guides ... show people the top of the world
Now it's your turn to work with nature!
Glossary
Further information
Index
Title in the series:
Working with Animals
Working with Food
Working with Nature
Working in Space
Working in Sport
Working with Technology
Working Underwater
Working with Weather
Do you love nature and being outdoors? Do you think that you might want to work with nature one day? Find out about all sorts of nature-related jobs that people do.
Billie has a very special dressing up box. When they choose an outfit from the box, they are whisked away to meet all sorts of people doing all kinds of amazing jobs. In Working in Nature, Billie and Mia meet an arborist, an environmental engineer, a rewilder, a mountain guide and many more. Together, they find out lots of interesting things about these jobs these people do and how they work with nature. (And be sure to take a close look to see what naughty and silly things Mia gets up to in the funny illustrations.)
Jump into Jobs is no ordinary careers series. It's designed to help young children to think not only about the job that they might want to do in the future, but to be inspired by the world of work that is happening all around them. Each book concludes with a spread to encourage children to research the topic further through fun activities. The series is perfect for children aged 5 and up who are interested in what adults do all day and as part of a well rounded PSHE and Science curriculum.
Contents:
Meet Billie ... and Mia!
Naturalists ... study nature
Botanists ... are plant scientists
Organic farmers ... are kind to the planet
Rewilders ... bring back nature
Park rangers ... care for special places
Seed-bank curators ... save plants for the future
Environmental engineers ... protect nature
Arborists ... are tree experts
Wildlife biologists ... are animal scientists
Marine conservationists ... keep oceans healthy
Mountain guides ... show people the top of the world
Now it's your turn to work with nature!
Glossary
Further information
Index
Title in the series:
Working with Animals
Working with Food
Working with Nature
Working in Space
Working in Sport
Working with Technology
Working Underwater
Working with Weather
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 to 7 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 244 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
160 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5263-2756-7 (9781526327567)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Kay Barnham was born in Barrow-in-Furness, grew up in Carlisle, went to college in Brighton, and lived in Hove for a while, before sailing for Kinsale, Co Cork, popping back to Hove and then moving to the New Forest with her husband and daughter. And never at any point has she lived more than ten miles from the sea. She began working in children's publishing in 1992. She was an editor first of all, working on illustrated non-fiction and learning fun facts like how long it would take to walk to the moon - nine years - and how to spell palaeontology. Next, she commissioned fiction titles, editing picture books, storybooks and novels. And then she got the chance to write her own books, which she thinks is quite the best job ever. Except possibly being a chocolatier. She writes non-fiction as Kay Barnham. Her specialist subjects include ice-skating, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightning, fairies, Roald Dahl, Sir Isaac Newton, Christmas, dolphins, Florence Nightingale and very bad cracker jokes. And chocolate. She also writes fiction as Kay Woodward, including the Skate School series for Usborne and the novels Jane Airhead and Wuthering Hearts for Andersen Press. Altogether, she's written about a hundred books. Her favourite colour is navy blue. Her favourite chocolate is 85% cocoa solids. Jennifer Naalchigar is a British - Japanese illustrator based in Hertfordshire, England. She has a love for quirky characters and enjoys experimenting with digital brushes. Jen's client list includes HarperCollins, Hachette, Oxford University Press, Pearson, Random House Children's Books, Reycraft books and Scholastic.
Content
1: Meet Billie ... and Mia!
2: Naturalists ... study nature
3: Botanists ... are plant scientists
4: Organic farmers ... are kind to the planet
5: Rewilders ... bring back nature
6: Park rangers ... care for special places
7: Seed-bank curators ... save plants for the future
8: Environmental engineers ... protect nature
9: Arborists ... are tree experts
10: Wildlife biologists ... are animal scientists
11: Marine conservationists ... keep oceans healthy
12: Mountain guides ... show people the top of the world
13: Now it's your turn to work with nature!
14: Glossary
15: Further information
16: Index
2: Naturalists ... study nature
3: Botanists ... are plant scientists
4: Organic farmers ... are kind to the planet
5: Rewilders ... bring back nature
6: Park rangers ... care for special places
7: Seed-bank curators ... save plants for the future
8: Environmental engineers ... protect nature
9: Arborists ... are tree experts
10: Wildlife biologists ... are animal scientists
11: Marine conservationists ... keep oceans healthy
12: Mountain guides ... show people the top of the world
13: Now it's your turn to work with nature!
14: Glossary
15: Further information
16: Index