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  • Basketball's Greatest Players

    Sydelle Kramer

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Nov. 11, 1997)
    Whose hands were so big he held the basketball like a grapefruit? Which center singlehandedly changed the way defense was played? From Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, young hoops fans can read about eleven legendary players in this exciting look at basketball's greatest slam-dunking, hoop-hanging superstars.
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  • Baseball's Greatest Pitchers

    Sydelle Kramer

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Feb. 25, 1992)
    With illus. & photos. From Walter Johnson, the shy farmboy who threw "little white bullets," to modern-day superstars like Nolan Ryan, the strikeout king, here are lively, colorful portraits of the all-time greatest magicians of the mound.
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  • Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?

    Sydelle Kramer, Who HQ

    eBook (Penguin Workshop, Aug. 3, 2004)
    When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he could get to the Spice Islands by sailing west through or around the New World. He was right, but what he didn't know was that the treacherous voyage would take him three years and cost him his life. Black-and-white line drawings illustrate Magellan's life and voyage, with sidebars and a time line that enhance readers' understanding of the period.
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  • TY COBB: BAD BOY OF BASEBALL

    Sydelle Kramer

    eBook (Random House Books for Young Readers, Oct. 26, 2011)
    Veteran sports writer S. A. Kramer recounts the on-the-field triumphs and off-the-field troubles of the tormented "Georgia Peach," perhaps the most hated man ever to play baseball.
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  • Baseball's Greatest Hitters: From Ty Cobb to Miguel Cabrera

    S. A. Kramer

    eBook (Random House Books for Young Readers, Feb. 23, 2016)
    Young ball fans can now get the stats on the champions of the bat in this companion to the best-selling Baseball's Greatest Pitchers. Lively illustrations accompany fact-filled profiles of the legendary hitters of the game, including Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, and Ted Williams.

  • Adventure in Alaska

    Sydelle Kramer

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Oct. 19, 1993)
    Chronicles how Libby Riddles and her team of dogs won the world's longest and toughest dogsled race, the Iditarod, despite dangerous conditions--hungry wolves, killer moose, and frigid temperatures. Original.
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  • Ty Cobb: Bad Boy of Baseball

    Sydelle Kramer

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, March 7, 1995)
    Veteran sports writer S. A. Kramer recounts the on-the-field triumphs and off-the-field troubles of the tormented "Georgia Peach," perhaps the most hated man ever to play baseball.
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  • Hockey's Greatest Players

    Sydelle Kramer

    Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, April 6, 1999)
    Did you know Bobby Orr was once considered too small to play hockey? Or that Jacques Plante was so poor as a kid, he had to learn how to knit? Hockey's greatest players were kids once too! This exciting Step into Reading/reg/ book takes a look at the greatest players--from Gordie Howe to Bobby Hull to Wayne Gretzky--in one of the fastest, roughest, and most popular professional sports--ice hockey.
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  • Terror in the Towers

    Sydelle Kramer

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Oct. 19, 1993)
    Features the amazing and heroic true stories of people who were caught in the World Trade Center during the recent bombing of the twin towers. Original.
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  • Submarines

    Sydelle Kramer

    Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, May 24, 2005)
    Young readers are in for the most exciting trip of their lives as they venture into a nuclear submarine! While touring the vessel from bow to stern, they learn about the history and mechanics of subs, their military and scientific uses, and the incredible discomfort–and danger–of life onboard. Illustrated with photographs, this is easy-to-read, high-interest nonfiction at its most compelling!From the Trade Paperback edition.
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  • The Look-It-Up Book of First Ladies

    Sydelle Kramer

    Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, Feb. 20, 2001)
    Using the same time-proven, easy-to-use format as THE LOOK-IT-UP BOOK OF PRESIDENTS, thenew LOOK-IT-UP BOOK OF FIRST LADIES features brief, lively biographies of the women whohave helped to shape the face of our nation—from Martha Dandridge Custis Washington to HillaryRodham Clinton to the first First Lady of the new millennium. Includes a foreword written by formerFirst Lady Rosalynn Carter.S. A. Kramer is the author of many nonfiction books for young readers. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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  • ADVENTURE IN ALASKA

    Sydelle Kramer

    Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Nov. 9, 1993)
    Chronicles how Libby Riddles and her team of dogs won the world's longest and toughest dogsled race, the Iditarod, despite dangerous conditions--hungry wolves, killer moose, and frigid temperatures.
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