Our Tumblebooks library has a few new titles to help with the outbreak including Til the Virus Ends and Wash Your Hands and Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo. You can find all those books here.
The author and illustrator of the beloved Gruffalo books has teamed up to release a free eBook for kids and parent to download at the link here. This book is intended for 5-9 year-olds to provide information to help answer their questions.
The Publisher, A Kids Book About, has also released a free eBook for kids that explains COVID-19 and is written by a scientist who studies disease outbreaks. You can input your email to receive the link to the book here.
Check out this episode of the Story Seeds podcast for a Coronavirus PSA by middle grade and YA author Jason Reynolds. The notes for this episode also contain an easy recipe for making your own hand sanitizer.
If you have fabric, hair elastics and fabric glue at home then you can make your own no sew face mask using this tutorial. Or if you have an old tshirt, scissors and a hair tie you can use this tutorial to fold and make a face mask.
We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during this time!