The Step-Up Books were published by Random House in the 1960s and 1970s as a follow-on series for students who had surpassed the reading level of the I Can Read books.
Titles Nature Library Animals Do the Strangest Things, by Leonora and Arthur Hornblow, illustrated by Michael K. Frith Birds Do the Strangest Things Fish Do Strangest Things Insects Do the Strangest Things Reptiles Do the Strangest Things Prehistoric Monsters Do the Strangest Things Plants Do Amazing Things, by Hedda Nussbaum, illustrated by Joe Mathieu Animals Build Amazing Homes Sea Creatures Do the Strangest Things
Story of America Meet the North American Indians Meet Christopher Columbus Meet the Pilgrim Fathers, by Elizabeth Payne; illustrated by H.B. Vestal (1966) Meet Benjamin Franklin Meet George Washington, by Joan Heilbroner, illustrated by Victor Mays (1964) The Adventures of Lewis and Clark Meet Thomas Jefferson, by Marvin Barrett (1967) Meet Andrew Jackson, by Ormonde de Kay, Jr., illustrated by Isa Barnett (1967) Meet Robert E. Lee Meet Abraham Lincoln Meet Theodore Roosevelt Meet John F. Kennedy Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. White House Children Meet the Men Who Sailed the Seas by John Dyment The Story of Flight by Mary Lee Settle
History Secrets of the Mummies by Joyce Milton True-Life Treasure Hunts The First Thanksgiving by Linda Hayward, illustrated by James Watling
Sports Library Baseball Players Do Amazing Things Football Players Do Amazing Things Basketball Players Do Amazing Things Wonder Women of Sports Soccer Sam by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Blanche Sims
Fun and Adventure Put Your Foot in Your Mouth and Other Silly Sayings Star Wars: The Making of the Movie Daredevils Do Amazing Things Magicians Do Amazing Things Kids Do Amazing Things
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