Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Mount Everest, Earth's tallest mountain over sea level, formed about 40 million to 50 million years ago when prehistoric continents split and collided. This process was made possible by the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. In this book, readers will learn more about how the movement of these tectonic plates helped form the Himalayas, including Everest. Breathtaking photos provide readers with visual correlations to the text, while fact boxes...
9) Mountains
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to mountains. Includes a map, infographics, an activity, glossary, and index."--
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"A cultural, geological, and ecological history of Mount Everest focusing on the indigenous Sherpa and their spiritual connection to the mountain, record-setting multinational climbing expeditions, and the effects of tourism on the environment. Illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and timelines"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Since the beginning of time, we have been fascinated with heights. Mount Everest, therefore, is at the tip top of our fascination. In this tale, you call the shots in trying to conquer dizzying heights. Each decision becomes more important than the last as you climb higher and higher. Will you make it? Will you fall? Will you survive at all? YOU CHOOSE how this adventure ends. -- back cover.
14) Tenzing Norgay
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Tenzing was young, he spent much of his childhood tending to the family's yaks and gazing up at the Himalaya mountains, dreaming of the day he would reach the top. Once he grew up, he joined many other Sherpas who were offering to take Europeans up the highest mountain of all--Chomolungma or Everest. It was the chance he needed to make his childhood dream a reality. He went on many expeditions, some more dangerous than others, but Tenzing never...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Offers readers a captivating look into the race against time and difficult weather conditions in order to reach the top of Mount Everest. Learn about what climbers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay went through to summit the tall mountain"-- www.childsworld.com
16) Everest
Author
Series
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"There is a place where a mountain grows. It is the highest spot on Earth, the ultimate challenge for mountain-climbing adventurers, the towering figure of Sagarmatha, the Goddess of the Sky ... In this stunning book, travel back to the mountain's ancient origins, learn about the flora and fauna of its great flanks, and discover the rich culture and history surrounding it."--
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Make a purchase suggestion. Submit Request