Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography by Sid Jacobson

Jacobson, Sid. (2010). Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography. Illustrated by Ernie Colón. Hill and Wang, New York.

Reader’s annotation: The story of how the Jewish family, the Franks, became a family and struggled through WWII. Illustrated in graphic novel format.

Evaluation: This is not simply the diary of Anne Frank in graphic novel format, but an all encompassing history of the Franks - from how her parents met and ending with the death of Otto Frank in 1980. This book is offers a great history lesson by providing the reader with a political map from 1942 and snapshots of other events relating to the WWII and the Holocaust.

The detailed feelings from the text are clearly substantiated by the facial expressions of the characters. Each graphic represents an important piece of the story, giving the reader the feeling of watching a silent film with text in between. Divided into ten chapters, the reader has the opportunity to pause in between defining events, although staying away from the book for very long is difficult.

This is an outstanding piece of history and biography of one the world’s most famous young women.

Author website: No author website.
Illustrator website: No illustrator website.
Media: Pen and ink.
Curricular connection: Middle school History: Understanding a historical perspective of WWII and the Holocaust.