Queen of the Falls

$15.19

Library Binding
Publish Date: April 2011
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.7
EAN: 9780547315812

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Overview

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.

Details

Pages: 40
Dimensions: 11.78 x 8.51 x 0.46 in
Lexile Score: 1060
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 1
ISBN: 0547315813

Awards

2014 California Young Reader Medal - Winner (Picture Bk/Older Reader)