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Learning about teamwork from the lives of Hillary and Norgay

2002
Simple text and photographs teach young readers about the importance of teamwork, using the experiences of mountain climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who worked together to climb the world's highest mountain.

To the top of Mount Everest

2012
A history of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's 1953 summit of Mt. Everest, detailing the challenges encountered, the individuals involved, the discoveries made, and how the expedition left its mark upon the world.

[Everest

reaching for the sky
2006
An account of the first expedition to climb the world's highest mountain.

To the top!

climbing the world's highest mountain
2003
Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.

Hillary and Norgay's Mount Everest adventure

2008
Chronicles Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's 1953 expedition to the summit of Mount Everest, describing how the pair became the first to ever reach the mountain's summit, the preparations they made for the climb, and the challenges they faced along the way.

To the top!

climbing the world's highest mountain
1993
Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.

Conquering Everest

the lives of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
2011
In graphic novel format, presents brief biographies of New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and describes the 1953 British expedition which took the two men to the peak of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, and earned them the honor of being the first men to ever reach it.

Tiger of the snows

Tenzing Norgay : the boy whose dream was Everest
2006
A poetic prose that tells the story of a Nepalese Sherpa boy who, along with Edmund Hillary, scaled Mt. Everest in May of 1953.

On top of the world

the conquest of Mount Everest
1991
Describes the final stages of the conquest of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey.

Everest

reaching for the sky
2002
An account of the first expedition to climb the world's highest mountain.

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