02385cam a2200397 4500 68338026 TxAuBib 20100927120000.0 080721s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780803733923 hardcover $16.99 0803733925 hardcover $16.99 TxAuBib Thomson, Sarah L. Three cups of tea / Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ; adapted for young readers by Sarah Thomson ; [foreword by Jane Goodall.]. One man's journey to change the world-- one child at a time. Young readers ed. New York, N.Y. : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009. xxiii, 209 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 21 cm. Includes reader's guide. An adaptation of the bestselling book about the American Greg Mortenson's building of over 60 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 1993 Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2. On the way down he became lost in the mountains of Pakistan and stumbles into a poor village. The villager chief offers him three cups and tea and his villages nurse Mortenson back to health. Moved by their kindness, he promises to return and build a school for their children. Despite death threats, a kidnapping and more, Mortenson has built over sixty schools, especially for girls, in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This special ed. includes a new foreword by Jane Goodall, new illustrations, a glossary and a special interview with Mortenson's twelve-year-old daughter Amira. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.1 7. 20100927. A Junior Library Guild selection. Mortenson, Greg. Juvenile literature. Mortenson, Greg. Girls' schools Pakistan. Girls' schools Pakistan Juvenile literature. Girls' schools Afghanistan Juvenile literature. Girls' schools Afghanistan. Humanitarian assistance, American Pakistan Juvenile literature. Humanitarian assistance, American Afghanistan Juvenile literature. Humanitarian assistance Pakistan. Humanitarian assistance Afghanistan. Relin, David Oliver. Mortenson, Greg.