Queen of the Falls
by Chris Van Allsburg
The true story of Annie Edith Taylor, the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel in 1901. This beautifully illustrated book tells the daring tale of a 62-year-old schoolteacher who risked her life for fame and fortune.
5th GradeNonfiction
About Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
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