Look at the cover of the book. What can you see?

Based on your observations, what do you think the story is about?

Type the words blanche + meaning into Google. What does blanche mean?

Study the first picture in the book.

What emotions can you see?

How do you know this?

What is the symbol? What does this tell us?

What country and what year (approximately) are we in?

Why has the author titled this book "Rose Blanche"? Hint: Type "rose" and the meaning for blanche into Google.

Now look through the book focusing on the illustrations. Find any foreign words or phrases and record them. Find out what they mean using this site.

Now study the picture from pages 14 and 15. Explain what you see in detail. Include:-

What are the children wearing?

What is on their clothing? Why?

What does it mean?

Describe the background and the foreground.

What is this place?

What was its purpose?

How are the soldiers different on page 19 than on the first page? Why?

Now read the text.

What sort of character is the mayor?

Why doesn't Rose Blanche tell her mother or friends that she takes food to the children behind the wire?

How does the story end? What evidence have you based your answer on? Do you think this ending is appropriate? Why?