(4) K-3 Step into Reading series. Illustrated by Cliff Spohn. These revised and updated easy readers, effectively illustrated with both drawings and black-and-white and color photographs, tell the stories of famous sluggers including Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente, and Barry Bonds (speculation about steroid use is briefly mentioned). Simple stats are included in Hitters. In both books, the vocabulary is accessible but the writing, in distracting present-tense, is choppy. Review covers these Step into Reading titles: Baseball's Best and Baseball's Greatest Hitters.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) K-3 All Aboard Reading series. This easy reader records the experiences of Woods from the first time he swung a golf club as a toddler through his victory in all four of the sport's "grand slam" events. In its efforts to stay simple, the text occasionally becomes choppy. Illustrated with color photos of varying quality, the book focuses on Woods's successes, never mentioning his (few) losses, resulting in a one-sided portrait.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta