Danger on the Mountain: Scaling the World's Highest PeaksFrom blizzards and glaciers on the world's highest peaks to the challenge of free climbing, there is danger on the mountains! These 48-page books about fascinating subjects like pirates, mummies, and volcanoes are for proficient readers who can understand a rich vocabulary and challenging sentence structure. In addition to the stunning photographs, informative sidebars, and glossary, readers will find archival photographs and paintings. Averaging 4,500 to 5,000 words in length, Level 4 books are 40 percent pictures and 40 percent text. The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4. |
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DK Readers L4: Danger on the Mountain: Scaling the World's Highest Peaks Andrew Donkin No preview available - 2001 |
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1999 expedition active volcano Andrew Irvine Antarctica Art Gilkey ascent avalanches base camp Beginning to read blocks of ice Capitan chalk Charles Houston climb Everest climbed higher climber's hands clot clouds cold conquered Conrad Anker crevasse dangerous Dorling Kindersley Readers Dudley Wolfe earlier expeditions Edmund Hillary El Capitan equipment erupt Evans and Bourdillon Everest in 1921 fall feet free-climbed the Salathe frostbite George Mallory highest point Hillary and Tenzing Himalayas huge block Hunt ice axe ice wall Irvine's bodies Khumbu icefall Killer lower slopes Mallory and Andrew Mallory and Irvine Mallory's camera Mount Everest Nepal-China border Noel Odell oxygen tanks Paul Piana Piana and Skinner Piana and Todd reach the summit Reading alone Level red-hot lava rock face Roger Mear Ross Island Safety anchor Safety line safety ropes Salathe Wall Schoening Sherpas Simonson's slippery solid ice supplies team member Tenzing Norgay Today's climbers Todd Skinner wind Yeti Yosemite Valley