All About Anne

I looove to recive insight about a story, it’s like discovering a hidden treasure. Nice and simple, the book has a lot of photos and it is useful when reading ann franks diary! Love it

***Thank you to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of ALL ABOUT ANNE in exchange for my honest review.***

ALL ABOUT ANNE, a middle grade book about the life and death of Anne Frank, compiled by The Anne Frank House is an vitally important book that should be read by everyone, regardless of age.

Anne’s life and death are presented in a simple, yet fact filled eighty-page book that takes readers beyond Anne’s diary to include her life from birth to death with many photographs I had never seen including pictures from daily life, ticket stubs, posters etc. ALL ABOUT ANNE also presents important historical facts about the Holocaust, including America’s refusal of refugees during that period.

ALL ABOUT ANNE should be taught in schools, religious establishments and in families. Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it.

For all those questions that the children always ask about Ann Frank, other than what happened after she was taken away, the Anne Frank House has written a very thoroughly researched book, that puts her diary in focus, and in context.

When the diary was first published, just after WWII, there wouldn't have been quite so much of a need. The war was still quite fresh in everyone's minds, but as the years have gone by, it fades just a little more every year. Hard to believe that the war ended over 70 years, and that those who witnessed the war, both from the confines of a concentration camp, and those who fought in the war, are dying out.

Though the author of the diary is long dead, and her father, who helped to get it published, is gone as well, the house where she hid is a museum, where you can visit the secret annex. It is just as it was after the Nazi's took all the furniture away, the reason for which, is explained in this book..

I visited the Anne Frank House, as it is known, when I was in Amsterdam, 30 or so years ago. You can still see the clock tower that Anne looked out the window at.

The book follows her life, on some pages, and then has snapshots of what was going on at the same time, on the other pages. Very informative, very well written.

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An excellent book to have when you have read the diary. Fills in a lot of the gaps.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

This is an important, painful, fascinating and uncompromising look at the life of Anne Frank, her family and the destruction of the Jews during the Nazi years. The narrative is readable and makes Anne and her family come alive. There are many photos of Anne's daily life which serve as a painful reminder of all that was lost and the absurdity of one group of people despising and mistreating another. There are many asides in the book that answer historical questions. While not an easy read, this is a superb introduction to Anne, the horrors of WWII and antisemitism. The courage of those who hid the Franks is also noteworthy. While written for middle school to teen readers, adults can surely benefit from spending time with this book as well. I recommend it most highly.

A beautiful collection of photography, nonfiction, and biographical information about one of the most fascinating writers of the 20th century.

The last entry in The Diary of Anne Frank is on August 1, 1944; and there's a short afterword where there's a list of what happened to the occupants of the Secret Annex. Anne Frank House released the All About Anne is a collection of the precise details before, during and after the Nazi's domination.

This 79-page book begins with a photo of Anne with her friends on her tenth birthday in 1939 when they were still in Germany. It is divided into 6 chapters with prologue and epilogue and it is full of pictures and a lot of trivia about Hitler, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust. All About Anne is not only about Anne, but it also narrated what happened to her relatives, such as her uncles, grandmother, and cousins.

Reading the horrendous things happened to millions of people in World War II and the discrimination against the Jews inflicted on them is absolutely unfathomable, heartless and vile. Hateful propaganda such as that they are the misery of Germany is quite shocking and unacceptable; only those who are extremely despicable and lunatic can do and think such things. I've read several memoirs of Holocaust survivors before and it still appalls me everytime I read the dreadful things occurred then.

If you've read the Diary of Anne Frank before and fond of reading memoirs and accounts of Nazi's horrible governance, All About Anne is a great addition to your reading list because it would fulfill your desire for information.

For any reader of The Diary of Anne Frank, All About Anne is an excellent companion book that will provide answers to many questions that readers, especially young students, have about Anne and the Frank family. With All About Anne, readers are immediately drawn to the introductory story and photos of Anne's 10th birthday party. The succeeding chapters offer a well-assembled rich collection of primary sources and many fascinating photographs and compelling drawings that provide the extra details about Anne's early years, her family's life in seclusion and the events of WWII that impacted her short life. Other unique features include a family tree tracing Anne Frank's German and Jewish ancestry and frequent Question and Answer boxes covering topics such as "Why did Hitler hate the Jews?" and "What is a concentration camp?" Highly recommended for school libraries to purchase multiple copies as a natural pairing with The Diary of Anne Frank.

My daughters loved this book. They were very interested in Anne Frank and loved reading a book that was more at their level 2nd and 4th grade.

A beautifully written and interesting book on the life of Anne Frank and her family.

I remember reading Anne Frank's diary at quite a young age and it sparked an interest in the Holocaust that has stayed with me throughout my life. I had the privilege of visiting Anne Frank Haus a couple of years ago and found it a moving and powerful experience.

This book tells Anne's story but also gives a perspective on what life was like for many Jewish people during this time. It describes many aspects of the Holocaust in simple language but still clearly portrays the horrors of this horrendous event.

It is highly informative and comprehensive - I had thought myself to be quite knowledgeable in this area but it taught me a lot about Anne's life that I was not previously aware of.

Many thanks to Second Story Press and NetGalley for providing an ARC of this in exchange for an honest review.

All About Anne adds another layer to the Anne Frank story. The author covers Anne's life using primary sources. The many photos of Anne with her family and friends add so much to Anne's story. Students will pore over them. This book would be a great addition to an intermediate level study of the holocaust.
Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins for the advance copy in return for an honest review.

I'm very thankful to have gotten the chance to read an ARC of this important book. The photographs and accessible writing bring Anne's world to life. The text gives us a look at a time in history that we would never want to repeat and need to understand so that we are not doomed to do so.

All about Anne, written and compiled by the Anne Frank House is such an important book in these times. Having just read recently that this generation of children and young adults don't know much about the Holacaust, this is a book that should be required reading. It explains in great detail, yet in child language, how the Frank family hid, why they hid and how this whole horrible chapter in our history came about.

Using photographs and drawings, it depicts the city where the Franks hid, Mr. Frank's office and how the true heros came daily with supplies to help hide the family from Nazis. I first read The Diary of Anne Frank as a 12 year old girl, not understanding much about the time, the politics and the pure evil of the time. I grew to love Anne as I would have loved a friend. I have read much over the years, seen many documentaries and movies based on her diary, but even I learned much from this book.

All About Anne has a photograph of the actual diary that Anne received for her 13th birthday. I was stunned to see it, as it had only been described prior to this. Also stunning were pictures of the concentration camps and the conditions of the children, as well as a memorial gravesite for Margot and Anne.

Such a difficult book to read, yet needed for all to read. I will be buying this for my own children and hope that they never forget how authoritative leaders begin to use propaganda to spread hate and nationalism. This is an important book for all to read in 2018. A solid five stars for this exceptional book.

This book follows the life of Anne Frank and her life during WWII. It takes you through the life of Anne as a child and then a teenager who must go into hiding with her family. The story is very deep and covers everything that even the diary of Anne leaves out.

The author even had entries from some of Anne's childhood friends. I know my students will really enjoy reading this book and viewing all of the primary sources in the book.

As I have visited the Anne Frank house and walked through the Secret Annex, this book brought back this experience to me. Seeing the diagrams in the book will help students understand the space available to the Franks.

I would highly recommend this book!

This easy to read text fills in gaps and questions that readers have about Anne Frank, her friends, and family during this horrific time in history. Numerous pictures throughout the book gave insight to the people and their accommodations at the camps and in the Secret Annex. This would be an excellent read for middle school students.

I was thinking that this book would be a watered down version meant for kids. I was wrong. Although it takes time to explain things in a simple manner, it includes a lot of difficult and violent concepts that occurred during the war. I really liked all of photos. They brought the details to life again.

I would definitely recommend this book for tweens or teens (or adults). I would probably read alongside those at the younger end of that range, to explain and answer the questions that are bound to come up.

Growing up in Asia, the Holocaust was rarely a subject to be discussed in school, at least in depth. Despite my knowing about Anne Frank and the brief background around that time period at a very young age, there were many questions I didn't understand until I was in college. If there was a book like "All About Anne" available at the time I grew up, I definitely would be able to appreciate Anne Frank's diary and her story more.

This is not just a book about Anne. Anne Frank House did an amazing job to compile a conclusive picture of before, during, and after the Holocaust that many young children would question upon reading Anne Frank's diary. Not only the book vividly depicts the personalities, the worries and struggles of the Frank family, it as well explains the political and economic turmoils around Europe after the Great War that eventually led to the rise of the Nazi and the Holocaust. Everything in the book helps young readers to form a general idea about that time period. Rare pictures, propaganda, and sketches of the Secret Annex are especially interesting.

"All About Anne" is a powerful and emotional read for readers of all age. It will also make a great companion book prior or after reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" for young children. I highly recommend "All About Anne."

This book should be in all the schools. It explains not just about what happened to Anne Frank and her friends and family but what was going on in the occupation and the war. You can tell it is written to make it easier for kids to read but also doesn’t try to disguise the horrors that really happened.

Great book for young readers. Lots of pictures and answers to questions kids might have. This should be required reading for middle-grade students.

I’ve been reading about Anne Frank since I was a small girl. This was a fresh look at the story behind the story by answering questions from children. Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read it. Can’t wait to read more.

If you have been reading my blog over the last few years, you are aware that I have a passion for Anne Frank and her history. One day, I hope to visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam; however, for now I will be pleased with the information they provide online and in various materials. Today, (September 10, 2018) they release a new book entitled, All About Anne.

In my reading, I really enjoyed seeing more pictures of Anne and her family before they went into hiding; two in particular was Anne with a group of friends on her tenth birthday and the Frank family in town headed to the movies. I have never seen pictures of life before World War II, although her life was short it is nice to know she had normal everyday experiences in her early childhood.

In addition to the pictures, I enjoyed reading various stories not heard before. These came from questions that children have asked when visiting the Anne Frank House. Being written in kid friendly language, this would be an incredible reference book to have in an upper elementary or middle school classroom. This would also be a great book to pair with the reading of Anne Frank's diary; students would be able to have the background knowledge to better understand her personal experiences she writes about.

From the Publisher: Anne Frank’s life story, told in words and pictures from the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam. Anne Frank's life story is told by answering the most frequently asked questions posed by children and young people visiting the Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam. Text, detailed photographs, and beautiful illustrations combine to give the fullest picture of Anne's life, her diary, and the Secret Annex. Full of information about World War II, the Holocaust, and Anne's time in hiding, the book provides both an overview of the history as well as intimate insights into the life of the young woman whose story and diary continues to capture the imaginations of young people around the world.

Anne Frank Stichting organisation was founded in 1957 in collaboration with Otto Frank, Anne's father, and is dedicated to the preservation of the building at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam, where the Frank family and others were in hiding during WWII. Since 1960, the building, known as the Anne Frank House, has been open to the public as a museum, bringing Anne's words, as made famous by her diary, to the attention of people worldwide, raising awareness of the dangers of anti-Semitism, racism, and discrimination, and the importance of freedom, equal rights, and democracy.

I would like to thank, Netgalley for the advanced reader copy I was given in exchange for my honest review. I read this book as a part of my #BookaDay Reading Challenge, inspired by Donalyn Miller.

All About Anne was a captivating look into the life of Anne Frank, her family, and friends. This book was accompanied by many photos and illustrations of Anne’s life, before, during, and after Hitler’s reign of terror. The authors provided detailed accounts not only from what was written about in history books but also through eyewitness accounts such as a friend who tried to help Anne when she was in the concentration camp.
Every time we read the Diary of Anne Frank in class, many of my students would unabashedly cry. Afterwards, they wanted to know more… this book would certainly answer many of their questions… and then some.
This book is highly recommended and should be a part of every school library.

We all learned Anne Frank's story in school: a family forced to hide for years to protect themselves from Nazis. "All About Anne," though, goes further. With family photographs and background information about the time period, it does a thorough job of providing the reader a full picture of the area during the 1940's. I was surprised at the amount of new information that I learned while reading the book. This would be perfect for classroom use, with Grades 4-6 being the target age group. Despite the heavy subject, the Anne Frank House did a wonderful job of making the information accessible to children. The vocabulary is appropriate, not overwhelming. Great addition to children's literature for that time period.

I loved this book. Such a great book to add so much more to the story of Anne. It is full of photos and details of her life before that we were unaware of. The author shares stories of her family and of her friendships in school along with so many more aspects of her life.
This is a great middle school book and I would highly recommend it.
Thanks to Net Gallery for providing me a copy of this book to read.
This is my honest opinion.

All About Anne by Anne Frank House is a middle grade book about the life and death of Anne Frank, compiled by The Anne Frank House is an vitally important book that should be read by everyone, regardless of age.  It explains in great detail, yet in child language, how the Frank family hid, why they hid and how this whole horrible chapter in our history came about. This book is a well written and a thoroughly researched book, that puts Anne Frank's diary in focus, and in context.

Anne’s life and death are presented in a simple, yet fact filled eighty-page book that takes readers beyond Anne’s diary to include her life from birth to death with many photographs. The book includes important historical facts about the Holocaust, including America’s refusal of refugees during that period. Using photographs and drawings, it depicts the city where the Franks hid, Mr. Frank's office and how the true heroes came daily with supplies to help hide the family from Nazis. 

I highly recommend this book for children to learn about holocaust and the impact it had on innocent lives. 

I received this e-ARC from Second Story Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.