- Hardcover: 48 pages
- Publisher: Boxer Books (27 Oct 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905417993
- ISBN-13: 978-1905417995
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 17.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 560,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mark the Mountain Guide is the first in a new series of books written by Mark
Seaton, a mountain guide who lives and works in the European Alps. The book is endorsed by the International Mountain Guide Association and features an introduction by mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington.
It’s a beautiful morning at the Marmot Mountaineering School when an enormous avalanche blocks the path back to High Alp Village. How will the students ever get home? Join Mark and his friends on their exciting journey as they slide over Grumpy Gorge, trek across Sorbet Glacier and scale the Applestrudelhorn. The book features a play section, packed with facts and tips on safe mountaineering. Perfect for little adventurers!
Seaton, a mountain guide who lives and works in the European Alps. The book is endorsed by the International Mountain Guide Association and features an introduction by mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington.
It’s a beautiful morning at the Marmot Mountaineering School when an enormous avalanche blocks the path back to High Alp Village. How will the students ever get home? Join Mark and his friends on their exciting journey as they slide over Grumpy Gorge, trek across Sorbet Glacier and scale the Applestrudelhorn. The book features a play section, packed with facts and tips on safe mountaineering. Perfect for little adventurers!
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About the Author
Mark Seaton is an internationally qualified Mountain Guide who has lived and worked in the European Alps since 1992. He lives with his wife Jane, their daughters Andrea, Florence and Sophie, and their Bernese mountain dog, Leo, in the Chamonix Valley.
Lorna and Graham Philpot are an ingenious collaborative team. Anthony Ant and his Extraordinary Underground Maze became an instant success when it was first published in 1990 in the UK, USA, and Canada. It won the coveted Best Picture Book 1994 award, voted for by the Federation of Children's Books in the United Kingdom. Anthony Ant's success blossomed into a collection of books and a major TV series. Lorna and Graham Philpot live with their three children, Leonie, Henrietta and Maddox in London.
Lorna and Graham Philpot are an ingenious collaborative team. Anthony Ant and his Extraordinary Underground Maze became an instant success when it was first published in 1990 in the UK, USA, and Canada. It won the coveted Best Picture Book 1994 award, voted for by the Federation of Children's Books in the United Kingdom. Anthony Ant's success blossomed into a collection of books and a major TV series. Lorna and Graham Philpot live with their three children, Leonie, Henrietta and Maddox in London.
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Format:Hardcover
This is a truly enchanting book. I bought it to trigger my nephews' interest in the mountains. It is now their favourite book and it has truly revved them up for our next trip to the mountains.
Mark Seaton is a proper mountain guide and you can tell in the detail of the book and in a quick glance at his website. The background is that he and David Bennett, a publisher of children's books, conceived the book while they climbed Mont Blanc together. Graham Philpot, a gifted and prolific children's artist best known as the creator of Antony Ant, illustrates the books. The quintessential British Mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington provides the book's introduction and the International Federation of Mountain Guides Association [IFMGA] offers their seal of approval to the technical section at the end of the book.
Most of the characters are engaging animals, including Leo the Mountain Dog and three little Marmot Mountaineers. The book's illustrations are delightfully evocative watercolors of mountain scenes and climbers, full of the detail that kids love to explore. They include a map and an introductory overview of all the places visited in the story. My personal favorite is a two-page spread of stars and a glowing igloo perched above a moonlit fairytale landscape of steep ice, rock and snow. At the end of the story, an instructional section explains more about some of the phenomena encountered along the way, including child-friendly explanations of what causes an avalanche, how mountains are formed and why stars are so bright at altitude. A glossary defines mountain-related words from the story, including terms like avalanche, crampon, gorge, glacier and mountaineer. This section also includes practical information to get kids started on their mountaineering careers, like how to build an igloo, what a mountaineer wears and carries in his pack, and how to tie a couple of useful knots. To facilitate this particular skill, the book includes a toy carabiner and a length of accessory cord.
I have now progressed to giving the book out to grown ups!
Mark Seaton is a proper mountain guide and you can tell in the detail of the book and in a quick glance at his website. The background is that he and David Bennett, a publisher of children's books, conceived the book while they climbed Mont Blanc together. Graham Philpot, a gifted and prolific children's artist best known as the creator of Antony Ant, illustrates the books. The quintessential British Mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington provides the book's introduction and the International Federation of Mountain Guides Association [IFMGA] offers their seal of approval to the technical section at the end of the book.
Most of the characters are engaging animals, including Leo the Mountain Dog and three little Marmot Mountaineers. The book's illustrations are delightfully evocative watercolors of mountain scenes and climbers, full of the detail that kids love to explore. They include a map and an introductory overview of all the places visited in the story. My personal favorite is a two-page spread of stars and a glowing igloo perched above a moonlit fairytale landscape of steep ice, rock and snow. At the end of the story, an instructional section explains more about some of the phenomena encountered along the way, including child-friendly explanations of what causes an avalanche, how mountains are formed and why stars are so bright at altitude. A glossary defines mountain-related words from the story, including terms like avalanche, crampon, gorge, glacier and mountaineer. This section also includes practical information to get kids started on their mountaineering careers, like how to build an igloo, what a mountaineer wears and carries in his pack, and how to tie a couple of useful knots. To facilitate this particular skill, the book includes a toy carabiner and a length of accessory cord.
I have now progressed to giving the book out to grown ups!
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Excellent book with great descriptive words for places, like Sorbet Glacier. There is a very well explained glossary at the back of the book with detailed pictures of the words. I highly recommend this book!
Format:Hardcover
My daughter (7) and son (9) both received Mark the mountain guide as a Christmas present and they both love it! It is simply written with practical advice for would be mountaineers. My son gave me a lecture on avalanche safety! They especially loved the knot tying lesson and the carabina will not find its way back into the book! Have heard there is a second one and will definitely get that too.
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what a really lovely book
I came across this book by chance at a friends house, I hadn't found other small childrens books about mountain adventures so it was a perfect present to give to lots of friends... Read more
Published on 16 July 2009 by E G Brundel
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A must read for families who like to visit the mountains to ski or climb.
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