Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains

A picture book biography about Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Everest.

Junko Tabei dreamed of a life climbing mountains. But men refused to climb with her. Sponsors told her to stay home. And …

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