Queen Of The Falls Book Review

Title: Queen Of The Falls
Author/Illustrator: Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin 2011
Pages: 38
Genre: Biography

Rating System: Upper Elementary 4 (Recommended)
This book is for upper elementary. (Grades 3-6) This book offers really mature content. The text can be challenging but the illustrations help guide the reader throughout the book. Since this book is about someone risking their lives, make sure the students are mature enough to understand not to attempt anything that can be life threatening.

Summary:
A 62 year old, retired school teacher by the name of Annie Edson Taylor wanted to do something no one has ever done before. She wanted to go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel.  Does she end up doing it? Does she make it out alive?

Educational purpose:
I will read this book to my class. I will ask them to go back to their desk and get out their writing journals. I will give them this prompt " I have decided to do something no one has ever done before and that is...". They will write in their journals for 20 minutes, then share their ideas with the whole class.