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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 I Wished I'd Stood on Everest with Hillary and Norgay
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Describes the boyhoods of Edmund Hillary in New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay in Nepal, and how the two met as adults and commenced their expedition to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Notes

  • Dedication: 'Dedicated to my Nepalese sister, Laxmi, with love. L.Y.'

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Asian setting.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Warriewood, Northern Beaches area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Weldon Kids , 1996 .
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      Extent: 30p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 1875875190
      Series: y separately published work icon Been There Done That Weldon Kids (publisher), Sydney : Weldon Kids , 1993-1999 Z1011727 1993 series - publisher picture book children's
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Weldon Kids , 1997 .
      Alternative title: Hillary and Norgay Climb to the Top of the World
      ISBN: 1875875484
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Works about this Work

Untitled Philip S. Kidner , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 41 no. 1 1997; (p. 43)
— Review of I Wished I'd Stood on Everest with Hillary and Norgay Leonie Young , 1996 single work picture book
Untitled Philip S. Kidner , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 41 no. 1 1997; (p. 43)
— Review of I Wished I'd Stood on Everest with Hillary and Norgay Leonie Young , 1996 single work picture book
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Subjects:
Settings:
  • Mount Everest, Himalayas, South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Auckland, Auckland (Region), North Island,
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    New Zealand,
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    Pacific Region,
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