Being Frank With Anne

Phyllis Johnson

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188PAGES 14.99 USD

ISBN 0-9790878-2-0 PAPERBACK

ISBN 978-0-9790878-2-1 PAPERBACK

Library Of Congress Control Number: 2007939232

POETRY / HISTORY & CRITICISM

JUVENILE NONFICTION / POETRY / GENERAL

Reviews:

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Johnson’s poetic insights into Anne Frank’s incredible and heart-wrenching experience make for powerful reading. For those who have read the diary, this will deepen understanding. Those who read Being Frank With Anne first, will want to share it with someone and then locate a copy of the diary. Students are bound to find this small but captivating volume a great companion to their classroom study of the diary. Teachers will want to incorporate this book into their lessons and everyone who reads it will experience the sights, sounds, and smells within that hidden place that has become part of the world’s conscience.

Ron Nash, Educational Consultant - Ron Nash and Associates

Phyllis Johnson has penned a unique, insightful, and deeply reflective work of art. Her exceptionally innovative poems use familiar language to uncover profound themes lurking behind one of the most famous pieces of literature in history. This wonderfully original and startlingly insightful approach rapidly reveals the heart-breaking humanity behind Anne Frank’s original words, bringing us closer to her as a living person, her hopes, her fears, and her dreams. Instantly readable and utterly engrossing, this book creates images that will linger in the mind of the reader long after the final page has been turned.

Dr. Rich Allen - Educational Psychologist and author of Impact Teaching

Powerfully moving poetry...

Bill Ruehlmann - Professor of Journalism and Communications / Virginia Wesleyan College

Phyllis Johnson responds as reader and writer to one of the most powerful and influential diaries of our time. Powerful poetry responds to powerful prose; the heart of the reader responds in writing to the heart of the writer. While reading this book I couldn’t help but envision classrooms filled with readers using this text as a model for their own writing responses. What a wonderful book! What a wonderful classroom resource!

Louanne Clayton Jacobs, Ed.D - Associate Professor of Reading and Literacy / Alabama A&M University

The Diary Of Anne Frank is a historical work, read and loved by millions. Heralded by some as a strong reminder of the horror of the era as it humanizes the hunted Jews. Johnson has successfully attempted to bring this well known work to a much more emotional and personal level: to bring heart to the reality of Anne’s world and the consequences and toll that reality took on a vibrant young lady.

Johnson’s poetry stands well on its own. Readers can get a good understanding of what was going on in Anne’s mind and world. It is when combined with the diary itself, read side by side, that the remarkability of what Johnson has done, really sinks in.

This is not a "happy" book, but is yet a wonderful one, written in order "to honor Anne and her legacy of remembrance." The emotion, the anxiety, the wonder—readers will experience Anne’s world in a way previously unknown. Johnson is to be applauded for the depth to which she leads her readers.

Kristen Pace / bookpleasures.com

Phyllis has presented another approach to the Anne Frank story. A unique and memorable experience.

Mark Weston - Playwrite—Harry and Eddie, the Birth of Israel, starring Ed Asner

With a heart and soul that was years before her time, Anne Frank has inspired us all. Her writings were a declaration of principles and ideals; Anne's way of dealing practically with a world bent on destroying her and everything she once knew.

Although there are many biographies about this extraordinary person, Being Frank With Anne takes a unique approach to Anne's story, through poetic interpretation.

Being Frank With Anne is a teen (young adult) book, but will appeal to all ages.

This interpretive work will have a profound affect on teen readers. They will easily relate to young Anne who readily exposes the typical thoughts, emotions and perspectives of her age group.

She was curious about sex, critical of her parents, moody, doubtful about religion and often in conflict with her own self. She had typical adolescent dreams and fantasies. She wanted to return to a simpler time of parties, bike riding, boyfriends and trips to the ice cream shop. She dreamed of being a famous actress or writer.

It was through her diary that Anne Frank could find her sense of self and cope with her world.

An audio CD supplement is now available and is a wonderful addition to the classroom studies of Being Frank With Anne. Order the audio CD directly from Community Press.