Chapter headings have unique full page illustrations with interesting angles. The artist employs traditional devices such as a lightning bolt shaped speech bubble for speech coming from a radio, and puffy cloud like speech bubbles to indicate thoughts instead of spoken words. The somber hues of the artwork - especially the gray and beige of the concentration camps - are effective at setting mood, while the browns and golds lend an old-fashioned and historical feel. Many illustrations are beautifully rendered reproductions from actual photographs: of the building at Prinsegracht, of emaciated prisoners in the camps, of Otto Frank.
Several, rendered in grayscale, pack a real punch, forcing the reader to stop and contemplate the significance of the action captured. Anne's palette shifts from pink, purple and white as a young girl to more sober maroons, browns and blues as a teen. The soft, hazy style of the illustrations on page 74 of rooms in the annex devoid of their inhabitants has a nostalgic, nearly ghostly feel; the same technique, employed in sepia on pg , is nothing short of haunting.
The chronology at the end of the book juxtaposes two timelines: Anne's family in black ink and WWII in red ink. Sources are credited on the final page, with only one suggestion for further explanation the museum website. In spite of the objective tone, the images in chapter 9, "Discovery" are absolutely heartwrenching.
Chapter 10, The Story Lives On, chronicles the one surviving member of the eight who hid in the annex, and how Anne's diary not only went on to see the light of day, but was made into a play and a film, translated into over 70 languages, and achieved her dream of someday becoming a writer. I feel strongly that delivery is too lecturey in tone, and unfortunately diminishes the appeal of this book.
In spite of the popularity of Anne's story, the tragic appeal, the message about peace, harmony and acceptance. It's not a balanced enough piece to warrant 5 stars.
It has too much of a souvenir feel, like the book was commissioned to sell in the gift shop at the Anne Frank House to teach people about Anne's life. Oct 21, Kricket rated it liked it Shelves: graphic-novels-comics , biography , , wwii. Feb 13, Cecile Msays rated it really liked it.
This book was the graphic interpretation of Anne Frank's life in a Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. It was very insightful as it gave a complete biography of her life, her parents lives, and the continuation of her diary after she died. Having read her actual diary translated in English, I thought this book was a great way to really understand what Anne was going through.
The pictures added to the emotions connected to the story as a visual representation of the strife Anne was going through. This book This book was the graphic interpretation of Anne Frank's life in a Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
This book also gave a third-person perspective on Anne's life, so the reader was able to focus on not just her experience in the Annex, but the other seven members as well. This book kept me engaged and overall I really enjoyed it. I especially like how the authors went into detail about Anne's diary being publish, as obviously the diary wouldn't cover that.
Overall I really loved this book, it was insightful and full of emotion! Feb 12, Athira Reading on a Rainy Day rated it it was amazing Shelves: aud-ya , , format-print , nonfiction , nf-bios-memoir , source-library , cat-graphic-books. Anne Frank is no stranger to us.
We all know about how she hid with her family and four others in a secret annex in Netherlands during the infamous Holocaust, for two years. Whether or not we have actually read or loved her diary, none of us would deny that she went through a harrowing experience - just as million other Jews, victimized simply because of their faith.
But in so many ways, Anne has become a symbol of that period chiefly because she was just fifteen when she died murdered is what Anne Frank is no stranger to us. But in so many ways, Anne has become a symbol of that period chiefly because she was just fifteen when she died murdered is what I like to say, even if it was disease that eventually claimed her , and also because she recorded her stay in the annex in her diary, which has already been read by millions.
That said, when I first read and loved Anne Frank's Diary two years back, the most common sentiment I heard expressed among those who didn't rate it highly was that the book felt too "immature". It seemed anticlimactic or too flat considering all the hype around it.
I know many who tried to read it as any diary and eventually gave up. Most people loved it though, and what particularly struck me about the diary was that it was the manifestation of the dreams and desires of a girl like any other girl , who never got to experience them, because of a man-made tragedy. From that perspective, this graphic nonfiction is a really excellent accompaniment to the diary.
Many have attested that when reading Anne's diary, it is really crucial to be in Anne's position - trapped for two years in an annex with just a single bathroom and not much privacy; a young girl at the cusp of those years when she is discovering herself, every single day - the age at which any girl or boy wants to experiment with a lot of things, including love and all the desires it invokes.
Add another family to that annex, a family you now had to live with for two years, or rather for an unknown amount of time. In Anne's diary, the events following their capture are chronicled in the Afterword section of the edition I read - who died and how, who survived. This book actually shows the events. Pictures can have a more powerful effect on the reader, and it did so in this case. Did you know that Anne and her sister died just weeks before rescue arrived at their camp?
If she had been rescued, her diary might never have seen the light of day. But at least the world would not have missed having such a remarkable woman in its midst. I felt that this book was really well-done. I read in an interview whose link I can't find now that the drawings of the characters, their attires and even the layouts of the annex strongly resemble the original characters and their hideout.
Towards the end of the book when everyone is captured, they all look so different from their original selves - malnutrition, disease and fatigue eating out their muscle and body mass quickly. That's something I can never get used to - all those horrific images of the camps and their inmates.
How could humans be so callous? I knew before I started, thanks to Ash, that this book is not a duplicate of Anne's diary. Instead, it covers a significant period before and after Anne starts writing her diary.
That's really helpful because it puts Anne's diary in context much better than the diary itself does. Suddenly, the events seem much more harrowing, more scary, vivid and dangerous than how Anne says it.
And after reading this graphic book, when I recollect some of the entries from Anne's diary, I see them in a much different light. Aug 04, Kellee Moye rated it it was amazing Shelves: death-or-dying , graphic-novel-manga , my-favorite-reads-in , war , middle-grade , teach-mentor-texts , nonfiction , diary-or-journal.
I've been sitting here for a while and I just don't know where to begin. This is a precious book and it is hard to put into words how important it is and how well done it is. I am thoroughly impressed. It will be a great introduction to Anne Frank for many and will hopefully lead them to want to learn more about her and the injustices that happened during WWII.
A misconception I had was that I thought it was a graphic novel of Anne Frank's diary. It isn't. It is included, but this is a biography I've been sitting here for a while and I just don't know where to begin. It is included, but this is a biography of Anne.
It starts with her parents and continues all the way until the death of her father. It showcases Anne's life pre-hiding, during hiding, in the concentration camps and as her father makes sure that her legacy lives on. And it is done with primary sources woven in including Anne' diary, letters and interviews. Also throughout the biography, the authors periodically pause to give the reader a snapshot of a certain aspect of WWII that pertains to the story.
It helps readers who may not have the prior knowledge of the war and Nazi power. Sep 15, Claudia rated it it was amazing Shelves: challengebooks , graphic-novels-nonfiction. When I read it again, in Amsterdam, after only walking past the Annex, I wanted desperately to be her English teacher. She lived a full life within those confining walls, and she left a treasure for the world. This graphic biography gives us background of the family and its place in the world, and adds enough current events for us to see the two tracks of the story which would collide.
The story is far more than just the DIARY, as it follows the families after their capture, and even gives us a suspect for the betrayal. How ironic that Peter and Anne and Margo died so close to the liberation of the camps. We lost her, and all the potential she promised.
Apr 11, emma rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novel , nonfiction , historical , reviewed , 4-stars , non-ya. Feb 04, Olivia rated it it was amazing Shelves: graphic-novels , school-year. Every book or story about Anne Frank manages to break my heart. Every single one. Not only that, they diminish my faith in humanity. Reading about what people had to go through changes a perspective entirely.
This book has given me a bigger background into what happened before and after the war. Dec 01, Madison rated it it was amazing Shelves: graphic-novel. I just finished reading The Anne Frank graphic novel. I really enjoyed this graphic, more than the first one that I read. I felt like this story is very important and it was enjoyable to see it in a different aspect. Having the pictures there it engages you in the book.
Although I enjoyed reading the novel by Miep Gies I liked this graphic novel better because it focused mo I just finished reading The Anne Frank graphic novel. Although I enjoyed reading the novel by Miep Gies I liked this graphic novel better because it focused more on Anne. In the other novel I felt that by the end I really did not get to know who Anne was or any of the insight in hiding because Miep only came up once a day and that was to bring food.
This graphic was more focused on the family members and really showed all of their personalities and what happened during hiding. There were many different things I learned in this book that was not in the novel. I did not know that Anne and her mother did not get along very well, or that Anne and Peter dated and he was her first kiss. In this graphic we also got to see what happened to them while they were in the concentration camps, where as in the novel we see what Mieps life is like after the Franks were taken away.
Both books are great and both show a different side to the same story. I recommend this book to anyone that has ever read a book about Anne Frank and I think that this graphic novel and the novel written by Miep Gies compliment each other very well. The illustrations were also very well done. Jan 24, Peyton Daisy O'conner rated it it was amazing Shelves: have-it. I never would have thought that I would encounter the "The Diary of Anne Frank" in comic book format.
For a book rooted in such a horrific period in time, the topic seems almost off limits to a graphic novel, but I must admit that I was thoroughly impressed with the level of tact and skill that Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon employed in "Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography". Their version of the story provide a new level of depth and emotion by providing snapshots of how I never would have thought that I would encounter the "The Diary of Anne Frank" in comic book format.
Their version of the story provide a new level of depth and emotion by providing snapshots of how the story unfolded they also supplement Anne's story with historical pretext that shows the rise of the Nazi party and the events that led to Anne's residence in the annex.
Jacobson and Colon provide a masterfully illustrated version of the story that allows readers to experience Anne's plight from a different angle. The dialog is also easy to follow allowing for ample character development and allowing the story to unfold at a natural pace. Internet Archive's 25th Anniversary Logo. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest.
Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Q: How do you storyboard a biography? What must be key elements of an illustrated story? Frankly, I do not have the art ability to do a storyboard. But I have edited and written comic books for almost 40 years and can visualize the continuity process and verbally describe it.
Yes, you surely seek the stories and the scenes that lend themselves to picture. In graphic books, you also try to find graphic ways that tell the story even more deeply and in ways that go beyond the ability of mere words. There we could see where each of the planes were at the same moment of time.
To do this with only words cannot adequately tell the story. We used maps and diagrams in the Anne Frank book to enhance that story. Q: What was it like researching her life, and what kind of cooperation did you get from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam? The Anne Frank House opened their photographic vaults as well as their expert knowledge and important letters to us. I was brought to Amsterdam at the very start of the process and spent much time at the museum which was where Otto Frank had worked and the family was hidden , and was taken to the apartment the family had lived in, the schools the children had attended, the neighborhoods they roamed and the trek they had taken to go into hiding.
Mentor Text for: Primary sources, Text features. Writing Prompts: Why do you think that Anne Frank's diary has had such an important historical significance? Do you think it was good for her diary to be published? Patty B. Wright July 29, at AM. Unknown July 31, at AM. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. I find power in others telling their stories and I hope you do too!
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