A Picture Book of Anne Frank (Picture Book Biography)

A Picture Book of Anne Frank (Picture Book Biography), is a great book to introduce young students to who Anne Frank is. It portrays the most important moments of Anne's life, such as when she goes into hiding, getting caught, and life in the concentration camp.

I think it's not too descriptive or

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exlicit that it will shock children, therefore it's appropriate to read to younger children. It will however give them a general understanding of the Holocast, and how unfair it was.

This would be a good book to tie into Social Studies, or history.

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This book is a picture book about Anne Frank, it tells her life story from the time she was born to when she died. It talks about her life and how her and her family lived in a attic to hide from the Nazis. I loved this book and I picked it because I love the story of Anne Frank, This was the first

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picture book I have seen about her. I would use this book to teach the children about how Jews had to hide from the Nazis.

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This simple to read picture book is also a great starter resource book for young children. Every time I read about Anne Frank, I am truely moved. This book is not an exception to that.

This is a short biography of Anne Frank. I found this a great, short, and sweet bio on her life and her accounts in the Holocaust. When I was a younger girl (about 4th grade), I went through a stage where I read every single memoir of a Holocaust survivor. Hearing Anne Frank's story made me go

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through this phase! I found it shocking that this happened. I hope that reading this book to a class, it would inspire someone to learn more about genocide. It is sad that to this day, this still happens!

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Although this book is a little outdated (published in 1994), the sad facts presented here are still true. I recently engaged my third grade students in a discussion about Anne Frank and I realized there wasn't a book in our library that featured her. I would definitely order this book: the

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illustrations are age-appropriate, and the narrative is both compelling and full of facts. This is a great first book featuring Anne Frank. I only wish it included at least some real photographs.

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This is a brief biography of the life of Anne Frank, and all the struggles she had to overcome as a child.

The life of Anne Frank is portrayed along with somewhat that of her family.

The book would be useful in discussing the events of World War II and the Holocaust and could be paired with The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom.

A story of Anne Frank and her struggle during WWII and the Holocaust. This is a good source to introduce the historical tragedy. The book contains real photographs of Anne, rather than all illustrations; this creates a more "real" feel to the story. This topic can be heavy and hard to understand

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for young readers, but this book does a good job of providing the right information without being too overbearing.

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Wonderfully retold, the story of Anne Frank and the events of the Holocaust are captured by the illustrations of the picture book, as well as by the text. We learn about the life Anne and her family faced during the war and their time in hiding. This book, unlike the other biography book I read

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about Anne Frank, covers their lives inside the concentration camps, and it tells of what happens inside. However, the level of the book is still low enough and simplistic enough to share with lower elementary levels.

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I loved this book because it told the story of Anne Frank's struggles during WWII and the Holocaust. I loved the detail in the pictures especially the real-life sketches. This is a good book for young children to understand what was happening during that time. Her diary was a very helpful tool to

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learn the horrible ways of when the Nazis took over.

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This book tells they very much simplified version of the story of Anne Frank. The illustrations are all watercolor versions of photographs. I think this is a good book to use as an introduction into discussing the holocaust with younger students. It gives just enough information to open the door to

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discussion.

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I loved this book. As always, the story of Anne Frank touches my heart. In this book it offered actual photographs of Anne Frank, and drawing of her. It also told her story. It explained where she lived, how long she lived there, who she lived with, when she was taken, and when she died. I enjoy

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the history of non-fiction books, but often it breaks my heart.

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Summary:
A Picture Book of Anne Frank tells about Anne’s story as a little girl growing up in Germany. When the war broke out she and her family had to hide in an attic to protect their own lives during Holocaust. This bio tells about the daily diary Anne kept, sharing her emotions of gratefulness

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and fear.

Personal Reaction:
This Bio leaves you feeling like you really know Anne Frank. At moments I could relate to some of her emotions. David does phenomenal job writing on a child’s level. The Holocaust is hard to explain to anyone but in my opinion he successfully accomplishes his rendition.

Extension Ideas:
1.Each student will create a diary to keep and write in daily for the remainder of the school year.

2.Each student will be challenged to paint a picture of Anne Frank in the attic.

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This books shares the story of a young girl, Anne Frank, and her life as a Jewish citizen during WWII. It portrays her life from a normal, happy childhood to being forced into the Nazi concentration camps. The author uses excerpts from Anne’s journal entries throughout the book

I really enjoyed this story because I never knew any information about Anne Frank or who she was. The language presented is very descriptive in such that there is a lot of text about each illustration on every page just about. The conflicts shown in the story are heartbreaking and to know that Anne

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Frank died at such a young age, is horrific.

The big idea of the story is to tell readers about Anne Frank's life and what happened to her family during the Nazi era.

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I enjoyed this book for many reasons. First, it explains the life, in detail, of Anne Frank and her family. Not only does it discuss her diary, but also the living conditions and what it was like to be Jewish and living in Europe during the holocaust. Next, I enjoyed the illustrations. Each page

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was filled with detailed illustrations of Anne, her family, their secret hideout, and other scenes in Holland, Poland, and Germany. Finally, I enjoyed at the end it lists important dates such as, the day Anne was born, the day Hitler and his army invaded Holland, all the way to the day Anne's diary was published. The main idea of this biography is to give readers a better understanding not only of Anne's life, but also of life for Jewish people during the holocaust.

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I liked this story because, while most books about Anne Frank focus on her life once her and her family are already in hiding, this book focuses a lot on her life before she went into hiding.

Summary:
This story book explain the life of Anne Frank and her family. They were forced to go live in a secrete attic for several years along with a few other people. After being in hidding for two years the families got cought and sent to death camps.

Personal Experience:
As a young teenager and

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an adult I have been fasinated with anything to do with Anne Frank. I think that the familys story is very impressive. My grandma lived in Germany and has told me many stories about the Nazi and Jews

Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the children each give me a few examples of items that they would bring to the attic with them.
2. I would block off a certain area of the classroom with the desks and do class time in that area to show the students what it felt like to be cramped in that small space.

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Anne Frank had a very short life. 1929-1947. In 1940, Germany took over Holland where Anne lived. Her and her family went into hiding in her father's work attic. She was given a journal that wrote all her books. In 1944, Anne and her family was found and jailed. They were all sent to death camps

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and only her father lived. Great informational book on Anne Frank and holocaust.

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This book is the biography about Anne Frank. The book describes Anne Frank’s like through pictures. This book will be a great lesson on sequencing. The book is an opportunity to practice comprehension skills.

When I first saw this book, I thought it would be a very watered down version of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” However, this book turned out to be a very factual summary of Anne Frank’s life. I really enjoyed the pictures and illustrations in this book. There were a lot of photos of Anne at many

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different ages, photos of her family and friends, and photos of the secrete apartment she lived in for 18 months, all with captions and labels. I think these pictures were very accurate and are useful for helping children comprehend the Holocaust, the second World War, and all that the Nazis did to the people. In addition, the emotion and facial expressions on the faces of the people in the illustrations were very accurate and could help create a sad, scary, happy or any other type of mood. Finally, this book gave just the facts and helped the readers think about such an intense topic in a leveled way. There was no bias in the text and nothing was offensive. I also enjoyed that the author did include quotes straight from Anne Frank such as, “Memories mean more to me than dresses.” This made the story and text much more authentic than just having a retelling of her life. Overall, this was a great book and is very useful to teach about such a hard topic in history.

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“A Picture Book of Anne Frank,” written by David A. Adler and illustrated by Karen Ritz, is a wonderful book that I enjoyed reading. The main message of this book is to inform readers of the experiences Jews faced during WWII and to introduce them to the famous historical figure, Anne Frank. In

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order to convey this message, the author and illustrator used literary devices, such as word choice, illustrations, timeline, and historical facts.
Throughout this story, the reader learns about the Holocaust and the effects it had on the Jewish people. A literary element used to help make this story come alive and convey its message is the text that was used. The author used simple words in order to make it easier for the reader to follow along with and comprehend the story. Also, the author used the text to characterize Anne’s family in a way that makes the reader feel like they know the Frank family, which causes the reader to feel emotionally connected to the characters. Along with this, the author also inserted direct quotes from Anne Frank’s diary. For Example, when Anne is hiding in the attack, the author inserted the quote, “I am longing, so longing for everything…to talk, for freedom, for friends, to be alone. And I do so long…to cry!” This quote, along with the others used, help the reader feel empathy for Anne’s character and family. Through this empathy, the reader feels connected, on an emotional level, to Anne’s story.
Another way the author conveys the message is through the historical facts presented. This story is told in chronological order, starting at the beginning of the war and ending in 1945, when the Jews were liberated. The author uses significant dates throughout the story to help the reader follow along and comprehend how long the Jews had to suffer. I believe that using the historical dates puts everything into perspective, making it easy to understand what Anne, her family, and millions of other Jews went through. Along with these literary devices, the illustrations provided also contribute to conveying the message. For example, in the beginning of the story, the pictures are brightly colored, with the Frank family depicted as happy. As the story goes on, and the Jewish people are put into hiding or concentration camps, the illustrations become darker and depict the characters as looking sad, hurting, and malnourished. This use of illustrations allows the reader to visually see how the Holocaust affected the Jewish people, specifically Anne and her family. The illustrations also have small captions on them, such as the names of each person and the date of the photo, which also helps the reader to gain a deeper connection with the characters.
Through the use of illustrations, word choice, timeline, and historical facts, the author is able to successfully convey to the reader the experiences that many Jews faced during WWII and teach the reader about an important historical figure, Anne Frank. Although I have read several stories, books, and articles about the Holocaust and Anne Frank, David A. Adler’s book presented the story in a way that truly made me feel connected to the Frank family, especially Anne, and truly get an idea of the horrible things the Jewish people faced during WWII. I enjoyed reading this book and feel it is extremely well written, interesting, and engaging.

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I enjoyed reading this book for many reasons. First, the illustrations in the book capture Anne Frank's life perfect. For example, the contrast of the pictures in black and white and the pictures in color were a standout feature that complimented the text very well. A black and white image of this

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quote in the entranceway of a concentration camp is depicted in a small square on the page. In the background of these same pages the reader can see images of people being ushered into train cars with their belongings and then again herded inside the camps with their hair shaved and all wearing the same drab clothing.They help children visualize Anne throughout her life. Second, the message of the book was another thing I liked about the book. I believe the message of the book is stick with family through the triumphs and struggles because family is forever. The book really shows the reader what Anne Frank's life was like and how she stuck with her family especially at the concentration camps. The book accurately depicts the important history and historical events of the holocaust that we teach should teach children.

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This book was a brief, but powerful look into the life of Anne Frank.  I listened to the audiobook so I cannot comment on the illustrations throughout, but the cover was beautifully illustrated so I can assume the rest of the book is, too.  Adler gave a brief overview of her childhood living

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under the Nazi Regime, a quick look into life locked in the attic, and a very quick look at life in the concentration camps.  The author was honest, but very brief with the details of what Anne went through.  This book is definitely a teaser to get readers interested in reading The Diary of Anne Frank itself.

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