Mount Everest

By Nancy Dickmann

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Explorers, Exploration, Discoveries in geography, Mountaineering, juvenile literature, Everest, mount (china and nepal), juvenile literature, Discovery and exploration, Mountaineering, Everest, mount (china and nepal), History, Mountaineering expeditions

Description: Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world; describes the first expedition to the top of the mountain completed by Edmund HIllary and Tenzing Norgay; and explains why climbing the mountain is so difficult.