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Step-Up Books

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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

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Nature Library

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Secrets of the Mummies by Joyce Milton
  • True-Life Treasure Hunts

Sports Library

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  • Baseball Players Do Amazing Things
  • Football Players Do Amazing Things
  • Basketball Players Do Amazing Things
  • Wonder Women of Sports

Fun and Adventure

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  • 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