The Top of the World : Climbing Mount Everest

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Summary: A great read for kids and adults alike!
Review: A phenomenal book that takes the reader on a trek up Mount Everest. Torn paper collage illustrations are a beautiful complement to the informative facts about Mt. Everest and mountain climbing. The book is full of fun and interesting facts. I especially appreciated the comparative illustrations that showed the relative heights of the seven highest mountains and the mountain life on Mt. Everest.

Rating:
Summary: A great read for kids and adults alike!
Review: A phenomenal book that takes the reader on a trek up Mount Everest. Torn paper collage illustrations are a beautiful complement to the informative facts about Mt. Everest and mountain climbing. The book is full of fun and interesting facts. I especially appreciated the comparative illustrations that showed the relative heights of the seven highest mountains and the mountain life on Mt. Everest.

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Summary: beautiful, creative, absorbing, and my kids love it!
Review: I bought this book because I love Steve Jenkins' other books. His technique is so creative--the papers he uses (I wonder if he makes some of them) and how he uses them evoke so much--texture, color, temperature. My 8 and 10 year old boys loved this book, and we are Mt. Everest nuts. There's plenty of room on the bookshelf for books with photos (Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine is truly wonderful), but Jenkins' book is not only informative--very!--but it is poetry with paper. I highly recommend this book, along with Jenkins' other terrific books.

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Summary: beautiful, creative, absorbing, and my kids love it!
Review: I think the book could be interesting and educational for children, it just doesn't carry the punch it should because there are no photographs - only cut paper collages. While I certainly do appreciate the artistic value of the illustrations, part of the allure of Everest is seeing the majestic, and terrifyiing, landscape. Keep the wondreful collages, just add some photographs. The Khumbu Icefall just can't be captured in a collage.

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Summary: beautiful book
Review: My children, ages 4 and 7, love this book. It is beautifully illustrated with collages (do not expect photographs). It has multiple levels of information that make it possible for the children to read it again and again.

Rating:
Summary: beautiful book
Review: My children, ages 4 and 7, love this book. It is beautifully illustrated with collages (do not expect photographs). It has multiple levels of information that make it possible for the children to read it again and again.