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Books in Step-Up Books series

  • Star Wars: The Making of the Movie

    Larry Weinberg

    Hardcover (Random House Childrens Books, Sept. 1, 1980)
    Discusses how the movie "Star Wars" was made and how the special effects were created.
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  • Meet Andrew Jackson,

    Ormonde De Kay

    Hardcover (Random House, March 15, 1967)
    Book about Andrew Jackson
  • Birds do the strangest things,

    Leonora Hornblow

    Hardcover (Random House, March 15, 1965)
    Random House, New York, Step Up Books series, 1965,First Edition, 61pgs. col. illus. Like New glossy picture cover hardback, NOT a Library book, illustrated by michael k. frith, No Finger smudges or writing!
  • Reptiles do the strangest things,

    Leonora Hornblow

    Hardcover (Random House, March 15, 1970)
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  • Prehistoric Monsters Did the Strangest Things

    Leonora Hornblow

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, March 12, 1974)
    Briefly describes, in chronological order, many of the strange animals that lived on earth between the time life began and the appearance of man.
  • SEA CREATURES DO AMAZING

    Arthur B Myers

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, July 12, 1981)
    Discusses the octopus, paper nautilus, sponge, sea cucumber, giant clam, starfish, sea anemone, jellyfish, corals, barnacles, and other unusual sea creatures.
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  • Meet Abraham Lincoln

    Barbara Cary, Jack Davis

    Hardcover (Random House, Aug. 16, 1965)
    This warmly told biography of our sixteenth president is enriched by many authentic but seldom told anecdotes and complemented by bold color illustrations that capture the spirit of Lincoln and his era. From the Trade Paperback edition.
  • Kids Do Amazing Things

    Arthur Myers

    Hardcover (Random House Childrens Books, April 1, 1980)
    Brief biographies of 9 youngsters who have achieved renown for unusual accomplishments. Included are an 8-year-old boy who set a new sit-up record, a 10 year-old girl who was the youngest person to fly an airplane solo, and a 12-year-old boy who worked as a stunt kid in the movies.Nine fascinating stories describe the outstanding accomplishments of some truly amazing youngsters, including a famous chess prodigy, a psychic blind boy, and an eight-year-old who performed 25,222 sit-ups in a row
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  • Football Players Do Amazing Things

    Mel Cebulash

    Library Binding (Random House Childrens Books, Dec. 1, 1975)
    Recounts some unusual moments in football history, such as Jim Marshall's sixty-yard run in the wrong direction and the tackle by a man who wasn't even in the game.
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  • PLANTS DO AMAZING THINGS

    Hedda Nussbaum

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, March 12, 1977)
    Describes a variety of plants with unusual characteristics including those that give off light and those that eat insects.
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  • WONDER WOMEN OF SPORTS S

    Betty Millsap Jones

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Feb. 12, 1981)
    Presents biographies of Wilma Rudolph, Mickey Wright, Nadia Comaneci, Billie Jean King, Annie Peck, Kitty O'Neil, Sonja Henie, Diana Nyad, Althea Gibson, Babe Didrikson, Roberta Bingay, and Joan Joyce.
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  • White House children

    Miriam Anne Bourne

    Hardcover (Random House, March 15, 1979)
    White House children (Step-up books, children who have lived in the White House