Anne Frank

Bio-Graphics

by Joe Dunn

Graphic novels aren t just for superheroes! Anne Frank has been plucked from history books and her life and accomplishments have been depicted in informative nonfiction graphic novels.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Biography, History

32 pages, Library Binding

First published July 1, 2007

Reviews

[Justyna]

I don't like to rate non-fiction books.

But I think this is a great quick summary of the Dairy of Anne Frank and about her and her family's life for young children to read.

[Nicolette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Appeal: This is a nonfiction book about Anne Frank so this would appeal to students who were interested in learning more about her. This text is also in the form of a graphic novel. Graphic novel readers would enjoy this as an option to gain knowledge on the historical events portraying Anne Frank.

Audience: Intermediate grade students and those who enjoy reading graphic novel texts.

Awards: none nationally/internationally recognized

Application: This graphic informational text about Anne Frank would be a great way to get my students introduced to such a historically influential girl/woman. The illustrations are amazing and definitely appeal to my graphic novel readers. I could use this book and other nonfictional texts about people in history and allow the students to choose a person and gather information on him or her. Anne Frank (Bio-graphics) would definitley make way for me to broaden learing in the classroom because of the way the information is presented.

[Shannon Wick]

Anne Frank by Joe Dunn uses an interesting idea of graphics to depict the short life of Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis during the Holocaust. This text is scored at a reading level of 4.1 and uses very accurate organization of the events that took place in Anne Frank's life as her and her family hid in their secret annex. This historical graphic novel would be used when doing a biography on Anne Frank or other holocaust victims during World War II.

[Sandy Brehl]

This is a graphic-story approach to the biography of Ann Frank. It is one of multiple titles in the bio-graphics series written by Dunn (magic Wagon Press, Abdo Publishing) aimed at making history accessible while accurate. It is vetted by history/library experts. Back matter includes additional content: Time line, glossary, internet sites, bibliography, index, and suggested further readings.

[Jarrett Bell · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent graphic rendition of Anne's story in graphic form, even with it's terrible cover and title. My only tiff is that the story builds for so long, only for Anne to be sent away and die in 3 graphic squares. I wish more thought would have been put into the reality of the camp and her relationship with her sister. Still, excellent.

[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love non-fiction graphic novel books like this one on Anne Frank. They are perfect for those students who are less than enthusiastic readers. This would be a wonderful addition to any elementary school or library.

[Mas5thgrade2011 · Rating 5 out of 5]

durring a bad time piered of war a jews getting killed