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Junko Tabei
Author: Kippy Dalton
Series: Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Children
Unabridged: 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highlights
Published: 07/27/2018
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Sports, Recreation
Synopsis
Junko Tabei was born in Japan in 1939. She was small and weak, but she learned to love to climb mountains. Over her lifetime, she has helped other women learn to climb and trust one another during those climbs. In 1975, Tabei became the first woman to reach the top of the highest mountain in the world — Mount Everest.