A free book to teach kids about coronavirus has been released

Children’s publisher Nosy Crow has released a free information book explaining the coronavirus to children, which has been illustrated by The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler.

The digital book has been created for primary school-age children about the coronavirus and the measures taken to control it, and it’s free for anyone to read on-screen or print out.

Coronavirus: A Book for Children – written by staff at the award-winning independent publishing company – has had expert input from Professor Graham Medley of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, who acted as a consultant.

The publishing company also enlisted advice from two headteachers and a child psychologist.

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The book answers key questions in simple language, appropriate for children aged five to nine, explaining what the coronavirus is, and why some places children normally go to are currently closed.

Nosy Crow says they want to make sure that the book is accessible to every child and family, so the book is offered totally free of charge to anyone who wants to read it.

However, they have suggested, at the back of the book, that families might make a donation to help our health service if they find the book useful.

Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo, said in a statement: ‘I asked myself what I could do as a children’s illustrator to inform, as well as entertain, my readers here and abroad. So I was glad when my publisher, Nosy Crow, asked me to illustrate this question-and-answer book about the coronavirus.

‘I think it is extremely important for children and families to have access to good and reliable information in this unprecedented crisis, and I hope that the popularity of the books I’ve done with Julia Donaldson will ensure that this digital book will reach many children who are now slightly older, but might still remember our picture books.’

You can download a copy of the book here (or, if you have trouble with that link, here) – and also read it here.

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