The 'Little People, Big Dreams' series is a fantastic idea. I love that it showcases women from around the world and I wish I had had these books when I was growing up. Isabel Sanchez Vegara did a fantastic job of making the story of Anne Frank understandable for children and the illustrations are beautiful and really well done. I also liked that the book had a short timeline of her life in the back to provide kids with more context and information.

Anne Frank is such an important story and Isabel Sanchez Vegara writes it in a way that children can understand. The subject matter is still a little too difficult for my kids but not for much longer and I will be reading this to them at that point.

What an incredible book. The artwork is gorgeous (the repeated bird motif works beautifully), and seeing Anne Frank's hopeful face gazing out at the reader is heart-wrenching. A vital book for all children.

I love Quarto Publishing Group’s Little People, Big Dreams series and this title on ANNE FRANK is a perfect example of why. The illustrations are beautiful, the story inspirational of little Anne hiding from the Nazis in Germany. The series and this wonderful book show children how to live courageous lives, impacted by others who have gone before. 5/5

Pub Date 31 Jul 2018

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Childrens and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

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Anne Frank is one of the saddest stories to come out of the Holocaust.  A young girl who wanted a better world, and who lived in secret. After her family was discovered and sent to the concentration camps, her father was the only one who came out alive after the war. The rest of the family was lost. Her father published the diary so that the rest of the world could read her story.

This book has a great timeline at the back. This is perfect for beginning readers! 

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This is a gorgeous children's book about one of history's most famous diarists. The story is simple but powerful and accompanied by beautiful illustrations. There is also a fact-filled two page of text at the end to wrap it all up and explain the timeline of the story that accompanies the simple picture book. This is part of a series of book which I would recommend for all children so they can see that there have been some amazing women in history.

This series is a huge hit with patrons at our library. The text is simple yet informative and the illustrations are beautiful. It is a great introduction to important figures in history for children.

I don't know if I would have used the words hate and ugly. I think the author could have been a bit more sophisticated in their word choices even if it is a book for young kids, it would be a great way to open of dialogue.

Another great board book, early picture book biography int he Series of Little People, Big Dreams, series. This time, a veery simplified version of the diary of Anne Frank.

The pictures are cartoony, yet match the photos we have of her.

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Tragic story, well told. Great way to get kids interested in the book, and history.

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This book is filled with gorgeous black and white illustrations depicting the tragic story of Anne Frank and the lives destroyed by the Holocaust. This book covers the sadness and tragedy of her death without being too graphic for small children.

Highly recommend.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher.

This tells a story everyone should know. Like Jane Austen, Anne Frank was a writer from a young age and she also died tragically young, thereby robbing the world of yet another worthy voice, but other than that, her story was radically different from that of Jane Austen.

Escaping Nazi Germany to live in Holland, the Franks thought they were safe, but they were not. They spent endless months in the middle of the war living hidden in a factory, but they were betrayed and split-up, and taken to concentration camps. Anne died just a few weeks before the camp was liberated. Her father was the only one of the family who survived those horrors. Her diary, mercifully, had not been destroyed and her father saw to it that it was published so that everyone might know her story. This book tells that story admirably, and I commend it.

What a wonderfully written book about Anne Frank for young readers! Having heard recently that young people know little about the Holocaust, this book is a perfect way to keep the history alive, so that we can not forget the horror of the Nazi era.

The illustrations are appropriate for the topic, done in black and white, with the exception of the diary. The text explains, without getting into the horror inappropriately for the age of the reader, why and how this story came to be. This is a perfect book for young readers that can be a springboard for further discussion and reading of more difficult text and ideas. Given the political climate of 2018, this is an important topic to explore with young people. I highly recommend parents and teachers investing in this book for a discussion with children to be aware of authoritarian figures that aren't inclusive.

Thanks to the publisher and #NetGalley for the opportunity to read this great children's book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to the publisher for sending me a NetGalley link for this title.

Another incredible addition to the series. The story of Anne Frank is important for all to know and the author does a fantastic job of summarizing the hardships faced by Anne's family as well as her hopes and dreams. But the real star in this edition are the hauntingly stunning black and white illustrations which convey the beauty and tragedy of Anne's story. Young students would be mesmerized by this book.

This is one of the newest additions to the Little People, BIG DREAMS series. It is very brief, and could even be considered a watered-down version of the Anne Frank story. With young children, I understand not going into depth, but having a few more sentences might have helped the story. As an example, the word "Nazis" is used with no explanation. The book's first sentence

"Anne was a little Jewish girl who was born in Germany."

might have benefited from a simple definition of Jewish. Concentration Camp is a word also used in the book without definition. I would guess because of the delicate nature of this story, the author and publisher were hoping to zero in on Anne Frank and not the war. I would suggest that parents use a bit of caution if they are reading to a worry-wart or a curious child.

Unlike most of my reviews, I moved right into the What Concerned Me section, since I feel most people reading this review will be very aware of Anne Frank and her story.

What I Liked Most: I do love this series and hope Lincoln Children's Books begins including boys and not just girls in a series (maybe they have and I'm just not aware of it). This particular book's illustrations are very different from most of the preceding ones in this series. I am definitely a fan of this artwork and the way the artist has chosen to have most of the book in black and white with only the diary being in color. In my opinion, this type of artwork would greatly enhance an already good series.

I do appreciate the added information at the back of the book so an adult reader can quickly familiarize themselves with Anne Frank before reading to a child.

Thanks to Frances Lincoln Children's Books and NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

What a beautiful book that will give young people an introductory look at the life and motivation of Anne Frank.

This is the first time I've read a 'Little People, Big Dreams' book and I have to say I am impressed. I believe these books are pitched at 4-7 year olds and the level of information seems to be right.

I enjoyed the illustrations that accompany the telling of Anne's story and how her diary came to be published, and also the short section at the back with a greater level of detail that may be more suited towards older readers.

I would highly recommend these books to those with younger children just as a starting point so they can begin to understand why people in history are so important.

Many thanks to Quarto Publishing Group and NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This series is always a joy to read, it’s a really nice introduction to well known women for little children. Of course the plot is always a little bit fast but that’s to be expected and it’s totally understandable.
I've read a lot of books about Anne Frank and I think this is a good introduction to her life. I loved the fact that the illustrator chose to put the focus on the diary by leaving every other illustration in black and white whereas the diary was the only colourful object in the whole book.

I am so glad this book series exists. The illustrations are gorgeous and they are such an easy and fun way to get very young children interested in history early on while inspiring them with stories of little people who have changed the world in their own ways.

The most gorgeously illustrated of the series so far. I was completely enthralled to see Anne's story told in such a frank and beautiful manner.

Another lovely addition to the Little People, Big Dreams series! The illustrations are quite different from previous books in this series but are absolutely beautiful, enhancing the brief story of the life of Anne Frank. Anne's diary captured my heart as a young girl and this story is the perfect introduction for young/emerging readers to learn about her short life and the impact she left on the world.
Thanks to Frances Lincoln Publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I love this series overall, but I didn't feel this was the strongest entry. The author brushed over the horrors of concentration camps a bit (to make it less upsetting for the intended audience aka kids), and that is such an important part of Anne's history.