I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The art in this book was very beautiful and detailed. Children will learn a lot of important mountain ranges in the world. Also features some of the animals that live there. Simple text for early readers.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This is such a cool book for both kids and adults. Lots of information about different mountains, the weather on them, the animals that survive on them and my favorite about the birds on them. Excellent illustrations with just the right amount of information.

Lovely illustrations and straightforward, informative text. The book looks at plants, animals and land formations in Earth's amazing mountain ecosystems, from the smallest creatures to the largest predators, gently covering the topic of global warming.

4.5 stars

The book is about some well-known mountains and a few pages about certain animals that live and survive there (sometimes in extreme weathers). The art is simple but also gives it an intricate feel with details the closer you look. The text is written in a way that’s similar to the narration ones you usually hear in animal documentaries or shows like from Natgeo in my opinion. I always love reading environmental awareness messages in books like these, especially for children since they're the coming generation and sadly have to be aware from now to start reducing all the pollution we continuously release and produce.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a digital copy for an honest review.

A beautifully illustrated, interesting, and informative book about mountains around the world. There are gorgeous spreads showing individual mountains, mountain ranges, and volcanoes, with the habitats around them, and include examples of flora and fauna. Will definitely appeal to children interested in nature and/or montology.

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Beautifully-illustrated and full of interesting facts, Mountains by Charlotte Guillain is fantastic resource for elementary school teachers introducing mountains as a natural habitat. I usually prefer photo illustrations but I loved the colours, artistic details and colour scheme of this book.
It covers a range of topics: from making of a mountain( featuring the Himalayas, Iceland's volcanoes, the Alps, the Ands, the Rockies and the Rainbow mountains) to the animals that made them their home, including insects, birds and reptile alongside more familiar mammals.
I really appreciated the author's note on the eco challenges mountains face nowadays, related to human activity and global climate changes.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC provided in exchange for an honest opinion.

This was an ok kids book. My kids were very much indifferent to this book as we went through it. The idea was good, the illustrations were good, but overall just an ok from them. I enjoyed this book, but there wasn't sort of an oomph or much sparkle to it to keep it moving and interesting.

Really nice images/illustrations of mountains and the life that it holds/surrounds it. It does list the mountains in contents. It does try to have mountains from around the world. Great starter information for anyone and is great for nature lovers or wanting to raise kids with the love of nature.

Very informative book on the various mountains that exist around our world. Enjoyed learning about the many different forms of life that exist in these remote areas. Found the section on the Rainbow Mountains as well as the Himalayan Spider (even spiders) particularly intriguing and a fact I believe most adults have never heard about. The artwork is well done but feel the muted colors on some pages, though realistic, appeared faded and may lose a students’ interest. As I prefer photographs, I may be prejudiced in this area. Since there are hundreds of other books on this same topic, I don’t believe there is the need for a library to purchase another book covering the same subject.

Are you ready to tour the mountain ranges of the world? If you are, GRAB this book. Great general information is available and a wealth of specific details to each specific mountain too. I learned so much about the animals and plants that it made me eager for more. Really nice book especially for readers less familiar with mountains.

A beautifully illustrated science book perfect for upper elementary students. A breath of fresh air from the standard stale photographed books currently available on the topic.

I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley and Quatro Publishing Group in exchange for my honest opinion.

Great non-fiction book about the different mountain ranges and their habitats. I learned something I did not know, which was the fact that Nanga Parbat is still growing each year at such a high rate. This book was informative and I enjoyed reading it.

Review to come in July on blog/goodreads.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I just had to try this book out. We don't have mountains were I live so they have always fascinated me. Plus I have read a couple of other books by Charlotte Guillain and I loved them, so I had to try this one out as well.

As the title says, this book is all about mountains, how they are created, what is on the mountains, to reading all about the various mountains we have in the world. Like the gorgeous Himalayas. But there is also information on what lives on these mountains, and OMG I just almost screamed when that spider popped up in one of the chapters. This girl here, doesn't like spiders, and seeing a big hairy one just stare at you from the page... Thank heavens the book is an ebook otherwise I would have accidentally swiped the book away from me. :P

It was all very interesting to read and I love how it was written, it really pulls you in. I loved travelling over the mountains and going down again. I loved reading about all that lived there. Thank you book for making me travel the world.

The book is accompanied by gorgeous illustrations and I just love their style.

All in all, recommended to all.

A pretty efficient book – and certainly a very pretty one – yet one that didn't perhaps deliver what I expected. It's about mountains for sure, so we start with the shifting plates, and find ourselves quickly on top of Everest and working our way down the Himalayan slopes, finding different subjects – even jumping spiders – to look at. Then we have a jump ourselves, as we jump cut quite forcefully to Iceland, then on around the world, before building slowly up the slopes of the Rockies to the reducing ice fields and glaciers up there. The subjects seem at times to be a little random, and delivered in what is almost a poetic style, so we will get a full lesson on the subject without the structure and fact that some educators might wish for. I think I thought to get more of a beginner's gazetteer to the mountain ranges and peaks of note, not these sort of postcards from different locales. Still, they are incredibly visual postcards – the style of the art here is really top notch, getting atmosphere and beauty aplenty on the page. Other things of note about the text – it might have had a glossary, for it mentions tundra (as an example) without definition, and it is too fond of ellipses, leaving all the featured creatures poised to get lunch and never satisfyingly fed. But these snapshots of the slopes are certainly visually appealing enough to make up for it. Three and a half stars.

Mountains is a beautifully illustrated look at the geology, geography, and inhabitants of the mountains of the world. Very well done!

It's unfortunate to be reviewing this when a soldier is missing, not many miles from here at Fort Hood, who shares a very similar last name to the author. The book though is nothing to do with the military. It takes an interesting idea and runs with it with great success.

The perspective of the environment and wildlife as viewed from the summit and environs of some of the world's most impressive mountain ranges is a good one, and it's pleasing to see that this book doesn't forget, as so many do, that there is, believe it or not, a vast world outside of the borders of the USA.

Illustrated beautifully by Madden, the book begins in the Himalayas, a name taken from the Sanskrit meaning simply, the abode of snow. We learn as we visit each new locale, how it quite literally arose, and what lives there, and how magical the engagingly differing coloration is between the animal life, the plant life, the water sources, and even the very rocks themselves. We also learn what climate change is doing to all this planetary glory.

From there we move to Iceland, land of ice and fire, and thence to the Alps, home of a poisonous salamander! We zoom across to the Andes, which are on the end of the Wristies...just kidding. But we do visit the Andes and say "Hi!" to the vividly pink flamingos and the superior-looking if slightly lazy appearing vizcacha. From there it's on to Japan and the majestic Mount Fuji.

Afterward we visit the Rockies and the amazing assortment of birds as well as the beautiful blue of a glacial lake. If you find this stunning, then prepare to be over-stunned when we end up at the rainbow rocks of northwest China, which is, I have to say, is perhaps the only environment that the artist does not do justice to. Although, to be honest you'd have to be a candy manufacturer to really do justice to the amazing rainbow rocks.

The book was entertaining, educational, beautifully written and illustrated, and a fine introduction to these widely-varying slices of life and environments on Earth. There's also a heart-rending appeal at the end from the author to protect our mountains. While the mountains are solid and seem in no need to protection from anyone, the environments they support are fragile. I hope everyone feels the way the author does, or will soon come to do so. I commend this as a worthy read.

This was a beautifully illustrated depiction of some of the beautiful mountains around the world. It also included the habitat descriptions, the flora and fauna species that flourish in their environments and also gently talks about how climate change and human mistreatment is causing the decline in numbers of some of these species.

An excellent book for young scientists in the making but also a great way to encourage young readers to have a passion for nature and the environment, as well as the impact people have on the planet..

This is an interesting look at mountains around the world, how they formed, their physical features, and the animals that live there. The language is varied and descriptive, and definitely worth a close look.. Here is an example:”Slowly and steadily, these towering crags continued to rise as the Earth’s plates clashed and pushed the rock ever upward.” What I missed seeing was a clearly labeled map showing where these mountains are located. There is a map at the end of the book, but it is not labeled. Coming soon?

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this advance copy.

This is a wonderful nonfiction picture book. Informative, but not so wordy that younger kids will lose interest.

The illustrations are amazing. I would seriously hang some of them in my home.

I received an electronic ARC from The Quarto Group through NetGalley.
Guillain presents information about mountains all across the globe for elementary level readers. Informative text in short paragraph style works for readers at this level. She captures what is important about a mountain including various animals who survive there. The illustrations are vividly colored and realistic to support the text and allow readers to see the mountains themselves.
Short book that will capture third to fifth graders' attention and provide an introduction to mountains on earth. Further resources list provided at the end.
An updated and refreshing text. Will be a welcome addition to our library.