Queen of the Falls

Name: Queen of the Falls
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN: 9781490608808

Author: Chris Van Allsburg

Narrator: Angela Goethals

Unabridged: 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/25/2014

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Places, United States

Synopsis

The New York Times best-selling author of Jumanji and The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg has garnered the National Book Award, multiple Caldecott Medals, and the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement in children's literature. Queen of the Falls highlights the death-defying attempt of 62-year-old former charm school teacher Annie Edson Taylor to be the first woman to survive the perilous plunge over Niagara Falls.

About Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg is an award-winning author and illustrator of numerous picture books. The winner of two Caldecott Medals (for Jumanji and The Polar Express) and a recipient of a Caldecott Honor Book (for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi), he has also been awarded the Regina Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Children's Literature. A former instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design, he lives in Rhode Island with his wife and two children. For more information, visit chrisvanallsburg.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on June 29, 2020

Fascinating story. Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel in 1901 and she lived. The story is rather interesting. Who was Annie? She was a elderly woman in her 60s who taught at a Charm School in Bay City MI. Her clients had dried up and she had no retirement, so......more

Goodreads review by Betsy on January 14, 2011

The word “daredevil” conjures up different images for different people. Speaking for myself, when I hear it I instantly picture someone like Evel Knievel leaping over cars on a motorcycle. I do not picture sixty-two year old charm school matrons climbing into barrels. The name “Chris Van Allsburg” a......more

Goodreads review by Dave on March 28, 2014

Taking three kids to Niagara Falls this summer, so will read many books on it in advance. This one is a rather calm one by the maker of gorgeous art in such books as Polar Express and Jumanji, wild stories, and a little on the fantastical and fearful side. This is about the first woman to go over th......more