Reviews

Rose Blanche by Richard Graglia, Christophe Gallaz, Martha Coventry, Roberto Innocenti

alessiasbooks's review

4.0

Wow, racconto fotografico fortissimo!

whipcreamsucks's review

5.0

beautiful illustrations. horribly tragic.

edit: rereading this and knowing the ending is even more of a gut punch than ever. ever want to be haunted by an illustration of spring?

torywestside's review against another edition

3.0

What a truly upsetting picture book.

debz57a52's review

3.0

As a book that introduces kids to the idea of the Holocaust, it is a useful text. Photos give more information than text, but the discussions over those photos can be very rich. I'm glad to have it in my collection.

ellielabbett's review

5.0

A powerful story about the horrors of war, twisting to an alternative perspective that we do not always hear- the point of view of a German child. Like with a lot of war based stories, we see the highs at the beginning or war, with infectiously positive morale, which gradually deteriorates as the harsh realities kick in, and truths are uncovered.
Similarly to The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, Rose Blanche is an empathetic character who discovers something terrible. Rose suffers as a result of trying to help those in need and is trapped in the same way as those that she tries to support. Her actions are a stark contrast to the adult characters in the story, and it would be interesting for children to discuss the reasoning behind this.
This is definitely a story for a maturer primary child (y6), and would slot in nicely with work based on WW2.

clairebonello's review

2.0

Felt a little simplistic, and not in a good way. The language seemed to try to be suitable for a very young audience, but it didn't quite sit well with me.

erburrow's review

5.0

I am definitely going to have this book in my classroom. The ending definitely made me cry, but it is a fantastically written book!