Queen of the Falls - Chris Van Allsburg

In 1901, sixty-three-year-old Annie Edson Taylor came up with a brilliant plan to get rich: she would be the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and live to tell the tale. Two-time Caldecott medalist Chris Van Allsburg introduces the Queen of the Falls (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18.99) in this true story of one daring woman and her greatest adventure. Van Allsburg’s signature pencil drawings capture the violence of the Falls and the confidence of Taylor’s character. Ages 6 and up. DMC