National Geographic Kids Chapters: Rock Stars!

Part of NGK Chapters

Look inside
Paperback
$6.99 US
5.12"W x 7.55"H x 0.21"D  
On sale Feb 06, 2018 | 112 Pages | 9781426330490
Grades 3-7
Reading Level: Lexile 930L | Fountas & Pinnell N
Find out about the life of rock climbers in this cool new Chapter book, part of an Extreme Adventure strand featuring high-adrenaline stories about real explorers.

With gripping--and TRUE--stories of incredible adventures, Rock Stars! takes readers on three amazing journeys of ultimate survival. From New York's Central Park to the towering Himalaya, no peak is too high for these extreme rock climbers! Perfect for all readers who love exciting, real-life, adrenaline-fueled tales that will have you on the edge of your seat.
STEVE BRAMUCCI is a novelist, travel writer, adventurer, teacher, and storyteller. He has rowed down the Mekong River in a tradional Vietnamese x'ampan, ventured into the outback with Aboriginal elders, and spent four months driving a rickety Nissan Patrol through East Africa. His story of exploring a long-forgotten pirate graveyard in Madasgascar won the Trazzler Oasis prize and his trip across Australia in a car fueled with French fry oil was turned into an Australian TV show. Bramucci's first novel, The Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo! will be published by Bloomsbury in August 2017.

About

Find out about the life of rock climbers in this cool new Chapter book, part of an Extreme Adventure strand featuring high-adrenaline stories about real explorers.

With gripping--and TRUE--stories of incredible adventures, Rock Stars! takes readers on three amazing journeys of ultimate survival. From New York's Central Park to the towering Himalaya, no peak is too high for these extreme rock climbers! Perfect for all readers who love exciting, real-life, adrenaline-fueled tales that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Author

STEVE BRAMUCCI is a novelist, travel writer, adventurer, teacher, and storyteller. He has rowed down the Mekong River in a tradional Vietnamese x'ampan, ventured into the outback with Aboriginal elders, and spent four months driving a rickety Nissan Patrol through East Africa. His story of exploring a long-forgotten pirate graveyard in Madasgascar won the Trazzler Oasis prize and his trip across Australia in a car fueled with French fry oil was turned into an Australian TV show. Bramucci's first novel, The Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo! will be published by Bloomsbury in August 2017.

Reading with Purpose Summit Event

On Monday, June 10th, Penguin Random House Education and DK Learning co-hosted a Reading with Purpose Summit Event in collaboration with Molly Ness, PhD. The event took place at Penguin Random House’s NYC headquarters and included sessions featuring leading education experts and a lunchtime author panel. The in-person professional learning event was built to show

Read more

2024 Elementary School Collection

The Penguin Random House Education Elementary School Collection features outstanding fiction, nonfiction, and picture books from Penguin Young Reader’s, Random House Children’s, DK, and Grupo Editorial, as well as children’s publishers distributed by Penguin Random House. Explore online or download this valuable resource to discover great books in specific topic areas such as: Leveled Readers,

Read more

DK Learning Phonic Books Sampler Request

Thank you for your interest in DK Learning | Phonic Books. To download the DK Learning | Phonic Books sampler with four complete readers, please click here and complete the form. Once your information is successfully submitted, a link to download the sampler will be provided on the confirmation screen.   Click here to learn

Read more

PRH Education Translanguaging Collections

Translanguaging is a communicative practice of bilinguals and multilinguals, that is, it is a practice whereby bilinguals and multilinguals use their entire linguistic repertoire to communicate and make meaning (García, 2009; García, Ibarra Johnson, & Seltzer, 2017)   It is through that lens that we have partnered with teacher educators and bilingual education experts, Drs.

Read more