DK Readers: Danger on the Mountain -- Scaling the World's Highest Peaks (Level 4: Proficient Readers)
Grade 2-4-In his descriptions of the adventure, excitement, and  hazards of climbing mountains, Donkin offers an engaging read  for proficient independent readers. The text details specific  expeditions such as Sir Edmund Hillary's climb and success on  reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, and the  May 2001 expedition by Eric Simonson to search for the bodies of  George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, who vanished trying to be the  first up Everest 75 years earlier. Full-color photographs and  illustrations of the individuals personalize the text, while  sidebars explain and extend the facts and give data on equipment  and its changes through the years. A high-interest,  controlled-vocabulary effort.Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VACopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.