Step-Up Books

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

Sports Library

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

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