This release could not have been more timely. Messner’s brilliant writing engages readers immediately, and tells the truth behind the complex scientific history of pandemics in a way that is humorous and easy to understand. Kate Messner’s latest release from the History Smashers series, Plagues and Pandemics, not only offers answers to the questions of adults and children alike, it teaches the history of the spread of large scale diseases through varied and important lenses. If you’re reading this book, you’ve probably even lived through one yourself.”
You’ve probably heard about the Black Death and other big disease outbreaks in history. We are all feeling our way in the dark together. Many of us feel as confused and emotionally burdened as they do. After all, our children are living through something that we never did when we were young. Who can blame them? As the world around them shifts seismically under their feet, their inquiring minds are working overtime to process and understand.Īs teachers and parents, not only can it be hard to find answers that our children will understand, it is also hard to fully empathize with the social and emotional challenges that children are facing. While adults everywhere hold their breaths, hoping that this will lead to a decline in community transmission and advance elementary schools everywhere one step closer to feelings of normalcy, kids have questions. Kids all over the country are lining up to get their Covid-19 vaccinations. Once I’m vaccinated will I still need to wear my mask?
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