To the Top! - Step Into Reading 5

Zusatztext "This is just the book to hook adventure-lovers on biographies. "-- School Library Journal.   Informationen zum Autor S. A. Kramer is the author of many nonfiction early readers on topics as varied as submarines and the first summit of Mount Everest. She has also written numerous sports readers, including Basketball’s Greatest Players and Baseball's Best . She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Klappentext Illus. in full color. Here is the gripping story of Hillary and Norgay's perilous ascent of Mount Everest as they battled snow and ice slides! whipping winds! and the grim knowledge that 19 others had died in the same attempt. Zusammenfassung The gripping story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's perilous ascent of Mount Everest as they battled snow and ice slides, whipping winds, and the grim knowledge that 19 others had died in the same attempt. Their momentous feat is brought to life in this Step 5 History Reader. Step Into Reading Step 5 Readers tell stories in chapters using longer paragraphs, for children who want to take the plunge into chapter books but still like colorful illustrations and photography. "This is just the book to hook adventure-lovers on biographies. "-- School Library Journal

Product details

• Authors: S. A. Kramer, S.A. Kramer, Sydelle Kramer, Sydelle A. Kramer, National Geographic Learning, National G National Geographic Learning, Thomas Padula
• Assisted by: Thomas La Padula (Illustration)
• Publisher: Random House Childrens Books US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.1993
• EAN: 9780679838852
• ISBN: 978-0-679-83885-2
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Step into Reading; Step Into Reading: A Step 5 Bo; Step into Reading; Step Into Reading: A Step 5 Bo
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries