With endearing illustrations and mindful concepts, the ABC for Me series pairs each letter of the alphabet with a word that promotes big dreams and healthy living.


“A fantastic example of how we can be showing kids a myriad of career options and the array of humans who already do these jobs.”
–The Tiny Activists

Pairing a career with each letter of the alphabet, ABC What Can I Be? features colorful illustrations and fascinating careers to get kids thinking about all the possibilities for their future. These 26 careers—which include Dentist, Floral Designer, Meteorologist, Robotics Engineer, Train Conductor, and Wildlife Conservationist—are just some of the things a kid can become!


“Presents a colorful world of possibilities.”
A Mighty Girl

ABC What Can She Be? explores 26 different career paths, including engineer, writer, neurosurgeon, software engineer, and pilot. Each page introduces a letter of the alphabet with bright artwork and highlights a career that is fun, challenging, and makes a big impact in its own way. Representing all kinds of girls, ABC What Can She Be? depicts girls with different colors, sizes, shapes, and abilities in both traditional and nontraditional occupations.


“This positive compendium of possibilities should encourage children to embrace their paths, wherever they lead.”

Whether they’re fascinated by construction sites, vehicles, teaching, dancing, music, books, or any other thing, boys can grow up to be whatever they want! ABC What Can He Be? presents a whole alphabet full of exciting, thoughtful, and wonderful things boys can do, including environmental engineering, fashion design, carpentry, quantum physics, and yoga instruction, highlighting careers that are fun, challenging, and impactful.


“An excellent addition to classroom and library collections for alphabet practice and discussions about the environment.”

ABC Earth-Friendly Me is perfect for teaching young children their ABCs and creating awareness of their impact on the environment! The content empowers young children, showing them that even their small choices make a big difference, and engaging illustrations and simple concepts introduce children to an eco-friendly lifestyle including planting flowers for pollinating bees, eating more fruits and vegetables, and learning about animals and their habitats.


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Meet the creators:

Jessie Ford and Sugarsnap Studio

Sugar Snap Studio is led by Jessie Ford, an English illustrator whose colorful view of the world has been brightening people’s lives for the last decade. Her graphic shapes, bold color palette, hand-drawn typography, and textured layers create a handmade effect that has been commissioned by clients such as Harry N. Abrams, Rodale Kids, Volkswagen, Samsonite, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Unilever, and Westin Hotels. Her books include ABC What Can She Be?, ABC What Can He Be?, and ABC What Can I Be?, as well as the upcoming ABC Let’s Celebrate You & Me and ABC Everyday Heroes Like Me. Visit Jessie and Sugarsnap Studio online at sugarsnapstudio.co.uk.

Christiane Engel

Christiane Engel is an award-winning illustrator and author. She has illustrated over 40 children’s books ranging from fiction to non-fiction including Walter Foster Jr.’s ABC Love, ABC Yoga, ABC Mindful Me, ABC Baby Signs, and ABC Earth-Friendly Me. Christiane is originally from Germany and now lives by the sea in the South of England with her family. Learn more at chengel.myportfolio.com.


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