Download or read book Why Did the Whole World Stop Talking With Kids About COVID 19 written by Heather Black and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you find it hard to talk about Covid-19 at a child's level? This picture book can help. Learning more about something new can reduce stress. This book is a tool that can help open conversation about Covid-19, and provide accurate information in a kid friendly format.
Download or read book COVID 19 for Kids written by Catherine Cheung and published by Small Space Sprouts (Pte. Ltd.). This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ”Grandpa has a very strong will, but his body's weak and often ill…” So begins our story, but the coronavirus has come to town and is spreading fast! What happens when Grandpa's family and friends meet COVID-19 at his grandson’s birthday party? How will they all keep him safe? See how Grandpa’s family and friends use social distancing and great hygiene to stay healthy and prevent further spread of the coronavirus, especially to the most vulnerable people in our society. Using simple rhymes and fun illustrations, help kids understand the facts and what they can do to help fight COVID-19. Answer the most important questions children have: What is COVID-19 and why is it such a big deal? How can I catch the coronavirus? What happens if I get it? What can I do to reduce my risk of getting infected? What is my role in reducing its spread? BONUS: Discussion Guide & "In My Own Words" activity! All profits will be donated to fight COVID-19 globally.
Download or read book When the World Went Inside written by Charlie Golding and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theo loves his life just the way it is.He loves campingGardening with GrannyHanging out at the beachAnd having sleepovers at his friends' houses.Suddenly Theo can't do what he loves (and he is not at all happy about it!)When the World Went Inside is there to help kids understand why their lives have had to be so altered by Covid19. The story acts as a conversation starter between adults and children whilst reassuring everyone that this will not be forever.This gently written book doesn't shy away from a difficult subject. It attempts to find the fun without making fun of this profound and sensitive topic.
Download or read book Climate Change and Youth written by Linda Goldman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Change and Youth is a pioneering book that opens the door to understanding the profound impact climate change has on the mental health of today’s young people. Chapters provide age-appropriate language for a meaningful dialogue and resources for acknowledging children’s voices, separating fact from fiction about environmental issues, encouraging participation in activism, creating tools to reduce stress, and highlighting inspirational role models and organizations for action. The book includes firsthand examples, research, children’s work, interviews, and terminology. It also shares age-appropriate resources and websites relating to climate change and challenges. Filling a large void in the literature on this topic, this essential resource offers techniques and tools that professionals and caring adults can use to address the stresses associated with climate change and offer strategies for hope, resilience, and action.
Download or read book Coronavirus A Book for Children written by Kate Wilson and published by Nosy Crow. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the coronavirus, and why is everyone talking about it? Engagingly illustrated by Axel Scheffler, this approachable and timely book helps answer these questions and many more, providing children aged 5-10 and their parents with clear and accessible explanations about the coronavirus and its effects - both from a health perspective and the impact it has on a family’s day-to-day life. With input from expert consultant Professor Graham Medley of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, as well as advice from teachers and child psychologists, this is a practical and informative resource to help explain the changes we are currently all experiencing. The book is free to read and download, but Nosy Crow would like to encourage readers, should they feel in a position to, to make a donation to: https://www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/
Download or read book Good Morning Zoom written by Lindsay Rechler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clever and heartwarming picture book that offers reassurance and hope in our difficult time. Good Morning Zoom takes the reader on a lyrical journey through our "new normal." From "Zoom school," to watching doctors and nurses on TV, to building pillow forts and talking to loved ones from a distance, this poignant book reminds us that there are still things to enjoy and be excited about in these unprecedented times.
Download or read book Michael Rosen s Sticky McStickstick The Friend Who Helped Me Walk Again written by Michael Rosen and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A powerful and personal story from one of Britain's best-loved authors about his recovery from coronavirus. After being admitted to hospital in 2020 with coronavirus, Michael Rosen had to learn to walk again. With the support of doctors and nurses and a walking stick he names "Sticky McStickstick", he manages to embark on the slow steps to recovery. This moving picture book from the former Children's Laureate, with illustrations from Tony Ross, tells a story of perseverance and hope, and is a testament to the importance of overcoming fear and learning to accept help."
Download or read book The Day the Whole Earth Closed written by Souraya Christine and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a conversation starter between adults and children concerning the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Written in the form of a poem, this book, which is designed for elementary school-aged children, will help them to examine and express the thoughts and emotions they have had during this time.
Download or read book Where Did All the Teachers Go written by Nancy Villabona and published by VIP Consulting. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children talk about COVID-19 and ask questions and get answers about it. This is a great way to talk to your child about how they are feeling with what is happening, in the world.
Download or read book The Little Corona written by Benak and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In normal times, it is difficult enough to address children to explain the nature of a phenomenon. So what about in difficult times? Children are smart and capable of understanding, but we have to make sure that the approach is a happy one. So how do we approach the subject of the Covid-19 pandemic with children? How do we talk to them without further dramatizing things, because the damage has been done somewhere? Indeed, the coronavirus has been over-publicized and it is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. Too much information, not only contradictory, but alarming and defeatist, was circulating, taking hostage both adults and children. Yes, children also have the right to information. However, this information must be reliable, clear, understandable, and free of rumors and misinformation. The Covid-19 pandemic is a thorny, burning, dramatic, worrying and distressing subject at the same time. Can we avoid it? No, on the contrary, we must approach it with tact, sensitivity and responsibility. I have taken the actions and information of the World Health Organization (WHO) as a starting point for writing this series, which is both essential and difficult. Taking on such a challenge is not easy, as it requires psychology and pedagogy to claim this kind of writing. Being a writer with a beautiful pen is not enough when it comes to this kind of literature. This perilous exercise has a price: an investment in effort and time. Nevertheless, it paid off: The Little Corona was born! I feel completely satisfied and hope that the children and their parents will be too. The Little Corona is a series that tells the story of the pandemic in a certain chronology. In fact, it is an answer to the questions of children and the questions of parents. To educate and to please, to explain and to satisfy, to tell and to please, these are the goals set by The Little Corona in all modesty. Educational, it popularizes information to make it accessible in simple, useful and true French. Even the grammar has its own little lot where the concordance of tenses goes crescendo from number to number. The compound tenses have adopted the right attitude of going step by step without ever rushing while using real data. And to finish this panoply, English and Spanish were added to accustom and encourage children to foreign words. The Little Corona and El Pequeño Corona are the new friends of the French Little Corona, the oldest of the series. The Little Corona has focused on the family in general and the role of parents in society, emphasizing work and solidarity within the community. Grandparents, parents, neighbors, friends and other citizens are used to explain the benefits of intra-family and inter-community relationships. The relationships between nations and countries are also addressed, but without going into too much detail. This parsimony is just to explain the other face of the pandemic. Besides, I tried to relativize this coronavirus which is scaring the whole world according to some media. Yes, it is a disease that makes people talk, but that does not make as much damage as other plagues and diseases like war, famine, road accidents and seasonal flu. Indeed, the coronavirus is contagious. Invisible to the naked eye like other known viruses, it makes the whole world tremble. Nevertheless, it is not the end of the world and the Earth continues to turn by distilling us life with its eternal beauty. It's just a disease that we can protect ourselves from and that we can also catch and especially escape. This series, intended for children as well as their parents, must help them to go through this particular ordeal or any other similar one by playing down the situation. I start from the principle that children are intelligent beings who can have a great imagination while reading.
Download or read book The Little Corona written by Benak and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In normal times, it is difficult enough to address children to explain the nature of a phenomenon. So what about in difficult times? Children are intelligent and capable of understanding, but we have to make sure that the approach is a happy one. So how do we approach the subject of the Covid-19 pandemic with children? How do we talk to them without further dramatising things, because the damage has been done somewhere? Indeed, the coronavirus has been over-publicised and it is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. Too much information, not only contradictory, but alarming and defeatist, was circulating, taking both adults and children hostage. Yes, children also have the right to information. However, it must be reliable, clear, understandable, and free from rumours and misinformation. The Covid-19 pandemic is a thorny, burning, dramatic, worrying and distressing subject at the same time. Can we avoid it? No, on the contrary, we must approach it with tact, sensitivity and responsibility. I have taken the actions and information of the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a starting point for this essential and difficult series, because I appreciate the magnitude of the task. Taking on such a challenge is no easy task, as it requires psychology and pedagogy to claim this kind of writing. Being a writer with a beautiful pen is not enough when it comes to this kind of literature. This perilous exercise has a price: an investment of effort and time. Nevertheless, it paid off: The Little Corona was born! I feel completely satisfied and hope that the children and their parents will be too. The Little Corona is a series that tells the story of the pandemic in a certain chronology. In fact, it is an answer to the questions of children and the questions of parents. To educate and to please, to explain and to satisfy, to tell and to please, these are the goals that The Little Corona has set itself in all modesty. Educational, it popularises information to make it accessible in simple, useful and true French. Even grammar has its own little lot where the concordance of tenses goes from number to number. The compound tenses have adopted the right attitude of going step by step without ever rushing, while using real data. And to round off the package, English and Spanish have been added to accustom and encourage children to use foreign words. The English and Spanish versions are the new friends of the French Little Corona, the oldest of the series. The Little Corona focused on the family in general and the role of parents in society, emphasising work and solidarity within the community. Grandparents, parents, neighbours, friends and other citizens are used to explain the benefits of intra-family and inter-community relationships. The relationships between nations and countries are also discussed, but not in great detail. This parsimony is just to explain the other side of the pandemic. Moreover, I tried to put into perspective this coronavirus that is scaring people by ravaging the whole world according to some media. Yes, it is a disease that makes people talk, but it does not do as much damage as other plagues and diseases such as war, famine, road accidents and seasonal flu. Indeed, the coronavirus is contagious. Invisible to the naked eye, like other known viruses, it is causing the whole world to tremble. Nevertheless, it is not the end of the world and the Earth continues to turn, distilling life with its eternal beauty. It's just a disease that you can protect yourself from and also catch and, more importantly, escape from.
Download or read book How to Prevent the Next Pandemic written by Bill Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments, businesses, and individuals around the world are thinking about what happens after the COVID-19 pandemic. Can we hope to not only ward off another COVID-like disaster but also eliminate all respiratory diseases, including the flu? Bill Gates, one of our greatest and most effective thinkers and activists, believes the answer is yes. The author of the #1 New York Times best seller How to Avoid a Climate Disaster lays out clearly and convincingly what the world should have learned from COVID-19 and what all of us can do to ward off another catastrophe like it. Relying on the shared knowledge of the world’s foremost experts and on his own experience of combating fatal diseases through the Gates Foundation, Gates first helps us understand the science of infectious diseases. Then he shows us how the nations of the world, working in conjunction with one another and with the private sector, how we can prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy. Here is a clarion call—strong, comprehensive, and of the gravest importance.
Download or read book How the Force Can Fix the World written by Stephen Kent and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From widespread unemployment and mounting international hostilities, every day we are swept into more political chaos—so one brave man looks to the Star Wars universe for answers to our most urgent problems. “You can’t stop the change — anymore than you can stop the sun from setting.” Anakin Skywalker was never able to live with this wisdom shared by his mother on the day he left home to train as a Jedi Knight. That failure led him to becoming the fearsome villain we all know as Darth Vader. We’re living in a time of unprecedented and rapid change. An age of chaos. Democracies are in decline worldwide. Dictators are ascendant. Civic organizations are crumbling. People feel lonelier and more rudderless than in any other time in recent history. We’ve tried to slow down, and in some cases we, like Anakin, have tried stop the change, but failed at every turn. The fears that come with living in an age of disruption have produced public anger, and that anger has swelled movements of hate. Author Stephen Kent believes part of the solution is hiding in plain sight. A story that binds together multiple generations with a common language, a moral framework, and a sense of wonder. It’s Star Wars. What if we looked to Star Wars for more than just entertainment? How the Force Can Fix the World takes this challenge on by analyzing the core principles of the Star Wars franchise: HOPE, CHOICE, HUMILITY, EMPATHY, REDEMPTION, BALANCE and rejecting FEAR. Together, these are the Star Wars roadmap for living better lives, and maybe even fostering a better politics. The path that we’re on — where fear leads to anger, and anger to hatred — will only end in suffering. But Star Wars shows us the way back from the brink. Shared stories of virtue that are beloved across cultures and political divides are hard to come by, but Star Wars is one such story. Turn on the news; things are pretty broken right now — but the Force can fix the world.
Download or read book State of the World s Children written by UNICEF. and published by UNICEF. This book was released on 2009 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below age 18. To celebrate this landmark, the United Nations Children's Fund is dedicating a special edition of its flagship report The State of the World's Children to examining the Convention's evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that its promise becomes a reality for all children.
Download or read book Internationalism or Extinction written by Noam Chomsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his new book, Noam Chomsky writes cogently about the threats to planetary survival that are of growing alarm today. The prospect of human extinction emerged after World War II, the dawn of a new era scientists now term the Anthropocene. Chomsky uniquely traces the duality of existential threats from nuclear weapons and from climate change—including how the concerns emerged and evolved, and how the threats can interact with one another. The introduction and accompanying interviews place these dual threats in a framework of unprecedented corporate global power which has overtaken nation states’ ability to control the future and preserve the planet. Chomsky argues for the urgency of international climate and arms agreements, showing how global popular movements are mobilizing to force governments to meet this unprecedented challenge to civilization’s survival.
Download or read book Your Name is a Song written by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class. Your Name is a Song is a celebration to remind all of us about the beauty, history, and magic behind names.
Download or read book Leave the World Behind written by Rumaan Alam and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan Alam A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction One of Barack Obama's Summer Reads A Best Book of the Year From: The Washington Post * Time * NPR * Elle * Esquire * Kirkus * Library Journal * The Chicago Public Library * The New York Public Library * BookPage * The Globe and Mail * EW.com * The LA Times * USA Today * InStyle * The New Yorker * AARP * Publisher's Lunch * LitHub * Book Marks * Electric Literature * Brooklyn Based * The Boston Globe A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis. Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older couple—it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural area—with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service—it’s hard to know what to believe. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple—and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other?
