Growing up at the foot of Mount Everest, a Sherpa boy named Tenzing Norgay dreamed about one day being the first to climb the giant in his backyard.
Young lives in Westc.
Most notably, he is the Caldecott Medalist for Lon Po Po and the Caldecott Honor recipient for both The Emperor and the Kite and Seven Blind Mice.
Ed Young is the illustrator of more than eighty books for children, seventeen of which he has also written.
His many other books include Hoops
Stealing Home; and Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep! He lives in Michigan.
About the Author: Robert Burleigh is the award-winning author of many books for children, including The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn, illustrated by Barry Blitt
Night Flight, illustrated by Wendell Minor
Black Whiteness, illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop; and Sylvia\'s Bookshop, illustrated by Katy Wu.
Caldecott winner Ed Young brings Everest to life with hauntingly, subtly beautiful animal imageries and resplendent colors, capturing the breathtaking grandeur and life force of the mountain the Nepalese call Mother Goddess of the Earth.
In "Tiger of the Snows," Robert Burleigh introduces young readers to one of the Far East\'s greatest heroes and tells the long-neglected story of a litle boy with an unimaginable dream, who refused to be daunted by the world\'s most daunting mountain, and who came to be known as the Tiger of the snows.
However, as the years passed, only Hilary\'s name lived on in the history books while, in the west, Norgay\'s was mostly forgotten.
By working together every step of the way, two men from entirely different backgrounds climbed into the clouds, to the peak of Mount Everest.
But his Dream never seemed possible until he met Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper who shared Tenzing\'s dream.
For years he practiced, carrying loads of rocks in his backpack to grow stronger, prowling the mountain\'s lower levels; later, carrying loads of equipment for other adventurers, but always, always, wanting to climb himself.
Growing up at the foot of Mount Everest, a Sherpa boy named Tenzing Norgay dreamed about one day being the first to climb the giant in his backyard
