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.
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.
Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness.
Offers young readers the story of the celebrated pilot's historic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean and explains why his task was so challenging and its successful completion so incredible.
What was it like to head out west in a covered wagon? How did the pioneers get their wagons over rugged mountains and across wide rivers? Hop aboard the wagon train and find out what life was like for American pioneers!
This Step into Reading Step 5 Sports Reader profiles the greatest hitters in baseball: Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron.
Illus. in full color. Here is the gripping story of Hillary and Norgay's perilous ascent of Mount Everest as they battled snow and ice slides, whipping winds, and the grim knowledge that 19 others had died in the same attempt.
Presents the lives, playing statistics, and basketball careers of Patrick Ewing, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, and Stephen Marbury.
-- Who won the batting title when he was 40 years old? -- Who is the only player to hit 50 or more homers three years in a row? Here are the true stories of baseball's greatest hitters.
Illustrated with photographs, this is easy-to-read, high-interest nonfiction at its most compelling!