Tara Fass

This book tells the story of a time when there was a virus threatening people all over the world. The child in the story learns that handwashing, wearing masks, and social distancing were some of the ways to keep safe. Most of all, doing these things were part of being a Super Helper, and that is a wonderful thing!
The illustrations by Yōko Matsuoka are simple, colorful, and meaningful.
Loved it!
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, but especially to a school or your public library!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book on Adobe Digital Editions from Independent Publishers Group/Huqua Press via NetGalley. Thank you!… (altro)

I put off writing a review for this book. I just couldn't quite figure out how I felt about it. I wanted to like it and I wanted to give it a good review.

To be completely honest, I'm ambivalent about this book. Not because it's poorly written or because the artwork stinks....No, it's because of the subject matter! I HATE the situation that made this book necessary to write.

Now with that truth admitted and shared, I can finally come to terms with why I struggled and waited too long to write this review. It's a nice book for children who have been stuck in their house away from extended family and their friends, maybe their schools, activities, etc. The area I live in has not experienced near the extent that I know some have, and we are blessed. I cannot imagine kids who are still not returned to full time in person school or seeing relatives, for example. This book would be a positive statement to those children still living a quarantined,isolated, pandemic-related life. The message is nice, and the illustrations are well done.

One creative critiscm is the typeset used in this book. I assume this is probably a self-published book, and the typeset makes it look that way. I think just a standard serif or sans serif type would have given it more of a professional feeling.… (altro)