Sydelle Kramer

Called the "Great Pathfinder", Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky. A symbol of America's pioneering spirit Boone was a skilled outdoorsman and an avid reader although he never attended school. Sydelle Kramer skillfully recounts Boone's many adventures such as the day he rescued his own daughter from kidnappers.

An introduction to the life of the famous Portugese explorer who set out to circumnavigate the Earth.

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.

Relates the stories of five outstanding baseball pitchers, from Walter Johnson to Nolan Ryan.

Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.

A brother and sister share the excitement of attending a major league baseball game with their parents.

Introduces the origins and achievements of five talented and influential hockey players: Gordie Howe, Jacques Plante, Bobby Hull, Bobby Orr, and Wayne Gretzky.

A biography of the youngest player, and the first person of color, ever to win the Masters Golf Tournament.

An account of Alaska's grueling, 1200-mile Iditarod dog sled race, recently won by a woman for the first time. 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.

Examines the careers and accomplishments of four superstar hockey goalkeepers: Dominik Hasek, Martin Brodeur, Patrick Roy, and Ed Belfour.