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Freaky peaks / Anita Ganeri ; illustrated by Mike Phillips.

By: Ganeri, Anita, 1961- [author. ]Contributor(s): Phillips, Mike, 1961- [illustrator. ]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Horrible geographyPublisher: London ; Scholastic, c2009Description: 128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780439944595 [paperback]Subject(s): Mountains -- Juvenile literature | Mountaineering expeditions -- Juvenile literature | Mountaineering expeditions | MountainsGenre/Form: Juvenile works.DDC classification:

Contents:

Introduction -- On top of the world -- Moving mountains -- Slippery slopes -- Freaky nature -- Peaks and people -- Climb every mountain -- Peaks and people -- Climb every mountain -- Peak survival -- Peak condition -- Horrible index.

Summary: Taking you on a thrilling mountain tour from Everest to Kilimanjaro, this book tells you about the intrepid explorers who conquered the world's highest mountains; explains how mountains are formed, and shows how a giant glacier carves out a path down a mountain.

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Item type	Current location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Subject Reference	Prep-Elem / Elementary Library	551.432 G15 2009 (Browse shelf)	Available		3UCBLELEM000218

Previous edition: London: Hippo, 2001.

Includes index.

Taking you on a thrilling mountain tour from Everest to Kilimanjaro, this book tells you about the intrepid explorers who conquered the world's highest mountains; explains how mountains are formed, and shows how a giant glacier carves out a path down a mountain.