Little Guides to Great Lives: Anne Frank

My granddaughter love it. She is very worldly for a 8 yr old.

This book is an entry in a series entitled, Little Guides to Great Lives. It is indeed a good guide to the very significant, short life of Anne Frank. Anne's story is a difficult story for children to learn; it is about a young girl who died too young in a horrible way for nothing that she did wrong, but for being Jewish during a period of great antisemitism and war. I always wish that children did not have to know such a painful story but the lessons from Anne's life are too important to shield children from.This book tells Anne's story well. It shows the many ways in which she was a normal girl in an abnormal time. She had a loving family, friends and parents who tried their best to protect her. Her early life, her time in the annex and her life in a concentration camp are all detailed.The illustrations add greatly to this story. They are in simple colors but filled with life and emotion. Important people have their portraits with some facts beneath them. Anne's imagination is brought to life in one spread that I especially love.This is an important story and one that needs to be understood. Young readers will perhaps be inspired to read Anne's diary after reading this book.Of note is that there is a section in the back of the book with additional information including definitions of terms that children might not know.Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sharing this little guide to a great life. The opinions expressed are my own.

Little Guides to Great Lives is an excellent series for younger children. I’d say 2nd grade through 4th. The books are illustrated biographies of some of the most inspirational figures in history.The one granted to me by Lawrence King Publishing was about the life of Ann Frank. While she is well known for who she was and the diary she wrote I did come away with information I had either forgotten or never known. I feel children will immediately take to the books where text is accompanied with lovely illustrations. I escpecially liked the diagram of the secret annex. It was actually bigger than I had imagined, but since so many people were hidden there, I’m sure it was quite cramped. The text portrays the struggles of Ann and her family as well as their stamina and bravery. The timeline at the end of the book puts her whole life in perspective.I feel this series will be a huge welcomed addition to libraries and classrooms for beginning researchers.

A young girl who dreamt of being a writer and ultimately touched the world with her personal look into the atrocities of WWII... Anne Frank's words have touched the world for generations and now her story is being told in a new way. In this Little Guides to Great Lives book, Anne Frank's legacy is shared using a friendly, yet informative, picture book format.As a parent, I've struggled with how to talk about the Holocaust with my kids. But this book made it so simple. The author was honest without sharing too much and wrote about the horrors of WWII in an age appropriate manner. Marketed to second to sixth grade, I came away from the book with new insight into Anne Frank's struggle for survival as well as further background information about Nazi Germany. This would make a great introduction to WWII for any elementary aged student. I'm happy to have found this series and this edition in particular.*Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.