3. Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures by Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol
Publication: Flash Point (September 1, 2009), Hardcover, 216pp / ISBN 1596435461
Genre: Biography
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Read: January 4, 2010
Source: Library
Summary from Amazon:
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.
Review
I didn’t sleep well Sunday night, and my eyes weren’t wanting to focus on the book I had brought with me to work (the type! so tiny!). So I grabbed this off the shelf and hoped for the best– and it was the best.
I first read Anne Frank’s diary in elementary school, I think, and while I haven’t read it in a while I do remember the basics. I also remember really enjoying it (I tend to like diaries-as-books, anyway, but Anne Frank’s is particularly well-written). This book, Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures, is sort of like a supplement to her diary. It has lots of pictures of Anne Frank, her family, her friends, the annex where they hid for nearly two years, plus photos of her actual diary. I had never seen these photos before, so I really appreciated being able to look through them and into Anne Frank’s life.
As well as the photos, there’s a sort of biography of Anne Frank and her family’s life from the time she was born to the time she died. It doesn’t go into a whole lot of detail, but it’s a good outline and one that’s sensitively written. I appreciated that it didn’t go into sensationalism or frivolity; it kept itself to the known facts, with few speculations and no hyperbole from what I could see.
I’m actually feeling really emotional after finishing this book. I was reading it on the bus ride home and I definitely teared up so much I nearly missed my stop. I think being able to see Anne as well as reading her words and the words about her life is so touching, and poignant, and wonderful, that can’t recommend this book enough. I think it works for everyone, both young and old, for anyone who is interested in history and human life.
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