Date 13 September 2017
Pages 34
Format cm 22 x 30
Price € 16.00
EAN 9782812614408
Publisher Website www.lerouergue.com

Saussure's Ascent

Publisher Rouergue
Category Children's Books
Keywords Biopic - Feat - Mountain - Mont Blanc
Age 6-9
The true story (really and truly!) of 18th-century Swiss naturalist and geologist Horace Bénédict Saussure, considered the founder of alpinism.

An expedition team makes its way single-file across sumptuous two-page spreads of various vast and magnificent natural landscapes: valleys, forests, rivers, glaciers, ridges, plateaus wreathed in mist - and finally, the summit. The people of the rope team, with their weighty packs, look tiny on the page as they go about their business: marching, taking a break, beholding nature's beauty, or consulting a map. Only when they reach their goal and are marveling at the starry sky do readers discover that the narrator complaining of his aching legs has been Saussure’s dog all along!

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  • Awards Opera Prima Bologna Ragazzi Awards 2018, Prix Jérôme Main 2018, Prix Chapitre Nature 2018 catégorie album jeunesse
  • As of: June 2021