Queen of the Falls (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9780547315812)

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.

Author: Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN-10: 0547315813
ISBN-13: 9780547315812
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 04/04/2011
Pages: 40
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 11.78h x 8.51w x 0.46d

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