Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay: The Boy Whose Dream Was Everest - Hardcover

Burleigh, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689830424 ISBN 13: 9780689830426

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006

Synopsis

Vividly brings to life the fascinating true story of Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who, realizing his own dreams, helped Sir Edmund Hillary reach the summit of Mount Everest--an event that changed history and caused both of these men to become heroes.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Burleigh is the award-winning author of many books for children, including, Hoops, a SLJ Best Book of the Year and a Booklist Editor's Choice, Lookin' for Bird in the Big City which received the New York Society Library Award for the best children's book of the year, and Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light which was an ALA Notable Book. His many other books include Stealing Home, Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep! and By My Brother's Side, for which he was a contributing author.  He lives in Michigan.

Ed Young is the founding and senior pastor of Fellowship Church in the heart of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Since 1990, the church has grown to over twenty thousand in weekend attendance. Ed also shares his creative communication style in his daily radio broadcast, Creative Connection. Ed is the author of Know Fear: Life's Six Most Common Phobias, High Definition Living, and Fatal Distractions. He is coauthor with Andy Stanley on a book for pastors and church leaders entitled Can We Do That? He and his wife, Lisa, have four children.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-6–A moving tribute to a humble man who realized a remarkable dream. The poetic prose tells the story of a Nepalese Sherpa boy who tended yaks on steep slopes, but who was always looking up and dreaming about the snow-dotted black-rock peak of Mount Everest (Mountain,/Mountain,/Why do you call me?). Norgay traveled to Katmandu, where he Unlocked the secrets of the climber's rope,/Studied the lore of the axe,/And apprenticed himself to death and danger. The poem's climax details the events of May 29, 1953, when he and Edmund Hillary made their final ascent. Throughout, the author repeats the refrain, A song for Tenzing,/Tenzing Norgay, followed by one of the man's attributes (Born to heights, Pathfinder, Quick-footed, etc.), elucidating his life and experiences. Young's hauntingly beautiful illustrations capture the mystery and grandeur of these dangerously high peaks with somber-hued pastels, predominantly blues and purples, set against black backgrounds. While most of the paintings are panoramic, with Norgay shown as a tiny figure, the final spread is a striking close-up portrait of him at mountain top, dazzled by the sun and beaming with pride. A stunning and lyrical ode to a contemplative man and his amazing achievement.–Be Astengo, Alachua County Library, Gainesville, FL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0689830424
• ISBN 13: 9780689830426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Young Ed