Book Descriptions
for Anne Frank by Menno Metselaar and Ruud Van Der Rol
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Most students read The Diary of Anne Frank (1947) by the time they enter high school, which often is too young to comprehend her experi ences. Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures is the perfect supplement to contextualize her Diary. Primarily illustrated with black-and-white photographs, remarkably sharp considering their age, this photobiography animates Anne and her family before their sequestration, during their time in the attic, and relates the return of Anne’s diary after her ultimate death. Actual pages with her writing, more photos, and an occasional sketch pro vide visual, concrete details of Anne Frank’s life and confinement. 2010 USBBY Outstanding International Books List, 2010 Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Older Readers. lmp
Originally published as Het verhaal van Anne Frank in Dutch by Anne Frank Stichting The Netherlands, in 2004. Translated by Arnold Pomerans.
From the Publisher
On a summer day in 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding from the Nazis. Until the day they arrested her, more than two years later, she kept a diary. ANNE FRANK is the indispensible visual guide to her tragic, but inspiring story. Produced in association with The Anne Frank House and filled with never-before-published snapshots, school pictures, and photos of the diary and the Secret Annex, this elegantly designed album is both a stand-alone introduction to Anne's life and a photographic companion to a classic of Holocaust literature.