Queen of the Falls

Come meet the Queen of the Falls and witness with your own eyes her daring ride!

At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that no one in the world had ever done before--she would go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel.

She could remember standing in a park near the falls, hypnotized by the sight and sound, and holding her father's hand as they took a walk that would lead them closer. That's what everyone wonders when they see Niagara . . . How close will their courage let them get to it?

This gorgeous, imaginative picture book is from two-time Caldecott winner Chris Van Allsburg, creator of Jumanji and The Polar Express.

Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 04/04/2011
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 11.78h x 8.51w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780547315812
Age: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 143316 / Queen of the Falls


Award: California Young Reader Medal - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2011 pg. 144
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2011 pg. 425
School Library Journal 03/01/2011 pg. 145
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2011 - Book Of Special Distinction
Booklist 01/01/2011 pg. 82
Publishers Weekly 01/24/2011
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/04/2011 pg. 33

About the Author
Chris Van Allsburg has won two Caldecott Medals, for Jumanji and The Polar Express, a Caldecott Honor for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, and the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement in children's literature. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife and two children. He has never gone over Niagara Falls in a barrel.