This Virus… We Might Be Worried, But We Don’t Need To Be.: A Book to Help Kids Deal with the Worries of the Virus

This book is designed for kids, to help them deal with the worries of the virus. So many people are checking the virus daily death toll regularly and this can cause anxiety amongst the family. Kids may see adults stockpiling groceries, panic buying toilet paper, amongst other long life items. Their schools may be closed, parents are attempting to do homeschooling. Students are now doing online learning and professionals are working via video conference such as zoom, Skype, Microsoft teams, google meet, TeamViewer, Telehealth, and many others. Non essential services may be closed, the schools may be closed. We may be in lockdown and only leaving the house for essential reasons. We are needing to remember social distancing, and become more conscious of general hygiene such as hand washing. This can be very worrying for kids. This book acknowledges the difficulties for our kids, and how everything can be so confronting. The book encourages the kids not to worry, worried people cause more worry. It explains simply, what we can do, in a beautifully illustrated and well written book. This book is written and designed in Western Australia by an author and director of Happy Hubble ( a sensory store for children with autism ) she has 3 children with autism. This book was designed for her children to help them through these times, It was then that she realised, this would be perfect for all kids.