Kramer, Sydelle

Discusses the life and hockey career of the man nicknamed "The Great One" and hailed as the best player in the history of the NHL.

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

Photos and color illustrations fill this chronicle of Charles Lindbergh's historic 1927 flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Brief profiles of such hard-hitting baseball players as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa.

Presents the lives, playing statistics, and basketball careers of Patrick Ewing, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, and Stephen Marbury.

Profiles four star players in the National Football League: Deion Sanders, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, and Troy Aikman.

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

Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness.

Presents brief sketches of four top female figure skaters: Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, Oksana Baiul, and Michelle Kwan.

Presents an introduction to submarines, in simple text with illustrations, describing how they dive under water, how they use sonar, and what it is like to live on one, underwater.