DK Readers: The Story of Anne Frank

This book tells the life of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who shared the details of her years in hiding from the Nazis during World War II in her diary. It begins in her early years and continues on to her death. This book allows readers to see inside Anne Frank's life and give them the opportunity to understand the difficult things her and her family had to endure during these times.

I loved this book, it was so interesting. I have always loved reading about Anne Frank, because my grandmother was placed in a refugee camp during this time, because Germany had taken over her hometown in Czechoslovakia. Although she did not have to endure the kind of pain and suffering that Anne, her family, and all of the Jewish people did, this time in history holds a spot dear to my heart. This book has details about Anne's life before her family had to go into hiding, and it was so interesting to see what her life was like before she had everything taken away from her. This is a great book for a younger audience.

I would use this book in the classroom as part of a history unit on World War II. Students could each do a report about what life was like for Jews during the war. This book would also be a good way to work on map reading skills by having the students correctly identify the different countries and locations that were important in Anne’s life.

This Informational Book traces the life of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who detailed in her diary the years her family spent hiding from the Nazis in the Netherlands during World War II. Beginning with her early years and continuing through her death and her father’s publication of her diary, this book takes readers inside Anne Frank’s life to offer a glimpse of everything she experienced and endured.

This book was an interesting read and makes me want to investigate even further into Anne Frank’s life. The book is targeted to the younger reader, so there is not an overabundance of detail to Anne’s experiences. I hadn’t read much about Anne’s years before she was in hiding, and it was interesting to get some details on her life before it was thrown into such horrific turmoil.

I would use this book in the classroom as part of a history unit on World War II. Students could recreate the space where Anne and the two families lived while in hiding to get an idea of just how confined they were. The families were forced to be completely silent and still for hours on end, so I might require the students to be completely silent and see how long they were able to do so. This book would also be a good way to work on map reading skills by having the students correctly identify the different countries and locations that were important in Anne’s life. ( )