Inspire career ideas for students in grades 4 - 7!

Middle Grade Career

Exploration Starts Here!

DISCOVER interests, skills & abilities EXPLORE the options EXPERIMENT with success

DISCOVER interests, skills & abilities EXPLORE the options EXPERIMENT with success

Bright Futures Press is your go-to place when it’s time to intoduce your students or child to real world career opportunities — whether it’s at school, in the library, or at home. Our resources spark curiosity and encourage active exploration of all the ways students can grow up to change the world.

8 Series, 67 Titles…

Pick one title, a complete series,
or the entire collection!

This way to bright futures…

EDUCATORS

Teachers and career and techical education professionals use these books for Perkins V programming, CTE courses, career exploratories, CTSOs, Title 1 literacy efforts, Gear Up, PLTW, Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work events, and afterschool programs. 

For a free Career Day in a Book activity guide, sign up here:

MEDIA SPECIALISTS

School and public libraries use our middle grade career exploration collection to introduce young readers to real world opportunities and round out library career book offerings with high-interest, age-appropriate books geared for students in grades 4 - 8.

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PARENTS

The tween years, starting at age 9 or 10, are ideal for initiating “what can I be” discussions. It is a unique developmental stage, between early childhood and the teen years, when “everything that is in us shows up for the first time,” says social scientist Bruce Grierson.

For a free What Can I Be parent/child activity guide, click here:

Free Resources

Download free activities to sneak in some
extra career exploration

  • Career Idea of the Week

    Career-aware one career at a time

    Explore Here
    Career Idea of the week | Free Resource

  • Classroom Activity Guides

    Available for all eight series

    Explore Here
    Classroom Activity Guides | Free Resource

  • Career Cluster Challenges

    Explore ideas in all 16 clusters

    Explore Here
    .Career Cluster Ideas | Free Resource
Diane Lindsey Reeves Author and Producer of Bright Futures Press

Careers,

She Wrote

Author and book producer Diane Lindsey Reeves has spent many years and a lot of ink creating resources that open a world of opportunity for students of all ages. She is convinced that early career exploration keeps kids in school, motivates academic achievement, and builds confidence. Her goal is to |inspire students to do more with their lives than they ever dared imagine.

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