Danger on the Mountain: Scaling the World's Highest Peaks

by Andrew Donkin, Linda Martin (Editor)

From 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.

Genres: Nonfiction

48 pages, Paperback

First published March 14, 2001

Reviews

[Abigail]

OK so we all know mount Everest is probably one of the tallest and biggest mountains in the whole world and many people have tried to climb the mountain its practically on everyone's bucket list on things to do but as many have reached the top of the mountain and survived many any many more have died from even trying to climb it and we cant put a extacted number on it really since we cant dig up piles and feet of snow and the bodies will be long gone by now due to causes and maybe the animals getting to it first and many people have gone missing on the mount due to these facts and also falling off the mount to their death but this is a good kids book it talks about mount Everest and how this guy climb the mount

all and all for a children book about a person adverting their goals and its a good lesson to tech to young children about you can work so hard you can getting to your dreams and goals if you work really really super hard at it and you can archive anything really l would rerecorded this book to 4 graders really since it is some words that would confuse even younger kids really all and all good read

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was about how a couple different people that tried to climb he mountain. when climbing this mountain it is super dangerous. you could have the ice slide out from under you or ice could fall from the mountain and you could get stuck in it or you could fall down one of the holes and not come out. it´s hard to breath on the top of the mountain because there not much oxygen. And they had to make ladders to get across some holes.

This book was a good book and really show how dangerous it is to climb this mountain. the height of the mountain is 28269 feet high. Mallory and his team tried to make it up a couple times. to make it up you want to have perfect weather or else you probably have to travel back down.

[Jonas Archibald · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was really interesting about how high the people in the book climbed (Mt. Everest, Mt. Arrabast, K2) It was crazy how the guy slept on the cliff. A guy made it all the way to the top of Mt. Everest.

[Horace Mann Family Reading Challenge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yeti's are real.

[Junessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting stories about mountains. Good side-bar facts and pictures.