Year-ender: Books on COVID-19 that offered relief to young readers

A Coronavirus Picture Book for Children

Author: An Xiao

Publisher: Guangdong Education Press

Written for young readers aged 3 to 6, A Coronavirus Picture Book for Childrenexplains the basics of the coronavirus and daily preventative tips suited for the cognitive developmental stage of the target age group.

With simple language and heartwarming stories, the picture book offers a clearer view of the outbreak, but also asks more profound questions such as how humankind should reflect upon this outbreak. The biggest aim is to help young readers to build a self-protective and self-restraining mindset in coping with the disease so that they do not feel left out or lost with a lack of understandable information while encouraging them to make their own small contribution to the fight against the pandemic.