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Describes the process of making commercials, television programs, and movies using computer animation. (view table of contents)

Photographs and text describe step-by-step process by which teddy bears are made at the Vermont Teddy Bear Company. (view table of contents)

Describes how snowboards are manufactured and provides a history of the sport of snowboarding. (view table of contents)

Demonstrates how waste paper is recycled into useful household products at the Marcal paper mill. (view table of contents)

Discusses the origin, history, and ways of preparing and using chocolate

Explains how sneakers are designed, cut, sewn, embroidered, assembled, inspected, laced, and boxed for shipping

Explains how an acoustic guitar is made, from the choosing of the wood, through the gluing, side bending, scalloping, purfling, and creation of special designs, until the strings are added

Text and photographs illustrate how crayons are made at the Binney & Smith company in Easton, Pennsylvania, where an average of twelve million crayons are produced every day

Follows the activities of Dr. Ellie Wegener, an obstetrician and gynecologist, introducing facts about what these doctors do and the specialized training they get

Uses the daily activities of one doctor to describe the work of an orthopedist