Sam Epstein

About the Author

Includes the names: Sam Epstein, Samuel Epstein, Samuel Epstein

Disambiguation Notice:

Sam Epstein and Beryl Williams Epstein are a husband-and-wife team who jointly wrote over 120 books. Although Sam is often individually credited for some of the books, Beryl played a major role in their creation. They also used the pseudonym Bruce Campbell for the "Ken Holt" series of books.

Image credit: Sam and Beryl Epstein

Works by Sam Epstein

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The Great Houdini (1951) 217 copies, 4 reviews

All About the Desert (1957) 113 copies

George Washington Carver: Negro Scientist (1960) 92 copies

The First Book of Electricity (1977) 68 copies, 1 review

All About Prehistoric Cave Men (1959) 66 copies, 2 reviews

George Washington Carver: Agricultural Scientist (1990) 58 copies

The Real Book about Submarines (1954) 53 copies, 1 review

The First Book of Mexico (1967) 50 copies

The Real Book about Spies (1953) 48 copies

Young Paul Revere's Boston (1966) 47 copies

The First Book of Codes and Ciphers (1956) 44 copies, 2 reviews

The First Book Of Words: Their Family Histories (1954) 40 copies

The Real Book about Benjamin Franklin (1952) 40 copies

The First Book of the Ocean (1961) 39 copies

What's Behind the Word? (1969) 37 copies, 2 reviews

All About Engines and Power (1962) 34 copies

The Real Book about Alaska (1952) 33 copies

The First Book of Maps and Globes (1959) 32 copies

The Real Book about Pirates (1962) 32 copies

Spring Holidays (1964) 31 copies

Junior Science Book of Seashells (1963) 30 copies

Grandpa's Wonderful Glass (Wonder Books Easy Readers) (1966) 27 copies

The Real Book about the Sea (1954) 26 copies

Dr. Beaumont and the Man with a Hole in His Stomach (1978) 26 copies, 1 review

Bugs for Dinner?: Eating Habits of Neighborhood Creatures (1989) 25 copies, 1 review

Michael Faraday: Apprentice to Science (1971) 25 copies, 1 review

Baseball: Hall of Fame Stories of Champions (1965) 23 copies

The First Book of Glass (1964) 23 copies

Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom (1968) 23 copies

The First Book of Measurement (1960) 22 copies

The First Book of Printing (1955) 22 copies

She Never Looked Back: Margaret Mead in Samoa (1980) 21 copies

Mister Peale's Mammoth (1977) 21 copies

The First Book of Washington, D.C. (1961) 20 copies

Look in the Mirror (1973) 19 copies

The Andrews Raid, or The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) 18 copies

European Folk Festivals (1968) 18 copies

What's for Lunch: The Eating Habits of Seashore Creatures (1985) 18 copies

Winston Churchill: Lion of Britain (1971) 15 copies

Secret in a Sealed Bottle: Lazzaro Spallanzani's Work With Microbes (1979) 15 copies

Pioneer Oceanographer: Alexander Agassiz (1963) 15 copies

The First Book of Italy (1972) 14 copies, 1 review

A Year of Japanese Festivals (1974) 14 copies, 1 review

Enrico Fermi: Father of Atomic Power (1970) 14 copies, 1 review

The First Book of Hawaii (1968) 14 copies

How to Develop, Print & Enlarge Your Own Pictures (1970) 12 copies

Willie Mays: Baseball Superstar (1975) 12 copies

The Rocket Pioneers: On the Road to Space (1955) 12 copies, 1 review

Charles de Gaulle: Defender of France (1973) 12 copies

The Real Book about Inventions (1951) 12 copies

Jackpot of the Beagle Brigade (1987) 10 copies

You Call That a Farm?: Raising Otters, Leeches, Weeds and Other Unusual Things (1991) 10 copies

plant explorer, david fairchild (1963) 10 copies

Pick It Up (1971) 9 copies

Meet South Africa (1957) 9 copies

Hurricane Guest (1964) 8 copies

The Game of Baseball (1965) 7 copies

Good Clean Food: Shopping Smart to Avoid GMOs, rBGH, and Products That May Cause Cancer and Other Diseases (2013) 6 copies

Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Gallant Fighter (1974) 6 copies

Tunnels (1985) 6 copies

Take this hammer, (1969) 6 copies

Prehistoric Animals (1956) 6 copies

More Stories of Baseball Champions (1973) 5 copies

The First Book of Switzerland (1964) 5 copies

the first book of news 5 copies

Change for a Penny (2021) 4 copies

The First Book of Teaching Machines 4 copies

Henry Aaron, Home-Run King (1975) 4 copies

Who Says You Can't? (1969) 3 copies

The Story of the International Red Cross (1969) 3 copies

Miracles from Microbes: The Road to Streptomycin 3 copies

The First Book of the World Health Organization 3 copies

The picture life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1968) 3 copies

Kids in Court: The ACLU Defends Their Rights (1982) 2 copies

Saving electricity (1977) 2 copies, 1 review

The First Book Library: Stones, Cotton, Electricity 1 copy

Dynamo Farm: A 4-H Story 1 copy

Hold everything (1973) 1 copy

Jackknife for a penny, 1 copy

William Crawford Gorgas: Tropic Fever Fighter 1 copy

The First Book of World Health Organization 1 copy

Hold Everything (1973) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Secret of Skeleton Island (1949) — Author, some editions; Author, some editions — 73 copies, 2 reviews

Best in Children's Books 38 (1960) 72 copies

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Common Knowledge

Other names: Campbell, Bruce
Birthdate: 1909
Gender: male
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Mattick, Long Island, New York
Relationships: Epstein, Beryl Williams (wife)
Disambiguation notice: Sam Epstein and Beryl Williams Epstein are a husband-and-wife team who jointly wrote over 120 books. Although Sam is often individually credited for some of the books, Beryl played a major role in their creation. They also used the pseudonym Bruce Campbell for the "Ken Holt" series of books.