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.

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