To the Top of the World: Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles

To the Top of the World: Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles - Hardcover

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To the Top of the World: Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles - Hardcover

To the Top of the World: Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles - Hardcover

by Deborah Blumenthal
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Book Overview

Go exploring with Barbara Hillary, the first Black woman to set foot on both the North and South Poles in this thrilling and inspiring picture book biography about perseverance, imagination, and following your dreams.

As a young girl, Barbara Hillary imagined a life of adventure. Despite facing hardships in her childhood and illness as an adult, she never gave up on her dream: to travel the world and explore hard-to-reach places. So, at age seventy-five, she became the first Black woman to set foot on the North Pole. Less than four years later, she did the same at the South Pole.

Barbara loved everything the world has to offer. During her travels, she discovered that the remote places she cared so much about were threatened by climate change. From then on, she dedicated herself to saving the planet for future generations. She never let her age--or anything else--stop her until she stood at the top of the world!
ISBN9781665927734
Author Deborah Blumenthal
PublisherAtheneum Books for Young Readers
GenreChildren
FormatHardcover
PublishedOctober 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages40
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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Deborah Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and nutritionist who has written many books for children and adults. She was a regular contributor to The New York Times and a home design columnist for Long Island News. Her health, fitness, beauty, travel, and feature stories have appeared widely in many other newspapers and national magazines including Daily News (New York), The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Self, and Vogue. Visit her at DeborahBlumenthal.com.

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