Everest

by Megan Lappi

Overview

To reach the top of Mount Everest is to stand on the top of the world. The summit, or top of the mountain, soars 29,035 feet (8,850 meters) into the air. Learn more in Everest, one of the titles in the Seven Summits series. This series leads young readers on a fascinating tour of each continent's highest mountain. Seven Summits is a series of AV² media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781791114237
Publisher:	Weigl Pub Inc
Publication date:	08/01/2019
Series:	Seven Summits Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

Table of Contents

AV² Book Code 2

The Highest Summit 4

Where in the World? 6

A Trip Back in Time 8

Weather on the Mountain 10

Life on the Mountain 12

Early Explorers 14

The Big Picture 16

People of the Mountain 18

Timeline 20

Key Issue: Cleaning Up Everest 22

The Dangers of Visiting Everest 24

Stories from the Mountain 26

What Have You Learned? 28

Activity: When Plates Collide 30

Key Words/Index 31

Log on to av2books.com 32

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2019

Gr 4–6—Readers are invited to explore each of the seven summits through their locations, their history and geology, the people and wildlife living near them, and the explorers who've climbed them. Interspersed throughout the text are images (in color when available), relevant sidebars, a time line, and engagement activities like quizzes and critical thinking questions. When referencing explorers of the summits, the authors note that they were either the first Europeans or the first non-Indigenous people to see or climb the summit. The word Indigenous is not consistently capitalized, however, and no source notes are listed. VERDICT Typos and a printing error mar an otherwise strong series that has applications for both social studies and science.

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