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"The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many changes into children's lives. Doing Your Part looks at the ways we can all mitigate risk and work together. The book gives actionable suggestions to help young readers be active in overcoming obstacles as we navigate the current outbreak. These books include science content, based on current CDC recommendations, as well as social emotional content to help with personal wellness and development of empathy. All...
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"The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many changes into children's lives. Finding the Helpers recognizes the heroes kids encounter every day, who are taking risks and spending time to be sure we all have the necessities. This book gives actionable suggestions to help young readers locate the helpers in their own lives in order to get the support they need. Includes science content, based on current CDC recommendations, as well as social emotional content...
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"Our words and actions have the power to help or hurt the people around us. This series introduces readers to ways they can show kindness and make a difference in their families, schools, and communities"--back cover.
"This engaging book introduces readers to ways they can show kindness during a pandemic, such as wearing masks and practicing social distancing. Vibrant photos and simple text reflect diverse experiences to help all readers feel empowered"--...
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"The Covid-19 virus changed the world and made daily life much more challenging. This book tells the true stories of what kids around the world did to help others. From making 3-D printed medical equipment to food bank fundraising, to a neighbourhood joke stand, to creating a semi-automatic hand-washing machine, these kids made a difference in their communities. The book features 12 kids from around the world, along with photos and sidebars about...
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Maximillian Alvarez conducted a series of intimate interviews with workers of various stripes, from all around the United States, about their jobs, their lives, dreams, and struggles, and about their experiences living through a year when the world itself seemed to break apart. --Adapted from back cover summary.
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Trying to be brave when her mother, a busy doctor, is forced to move into the family's garage to protect loved ones from COVID-19, a little girl helps her dad make dinner, brings groceries to her grandparents and bangs pots and pans on the doorstep to thank her community's frontline workers.
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[2020]
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First edition.
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"Governor Andrew Cuomo tells the riveting story of how he took charge in the fight against COVID-19 as New York became the epicenter of the pandemic, offering hard-won lessons in leadership and his vision for the path forward."--
When COVID-19 besieged the United States, New York State emerged as the global "ground zero" for a deadly contagion that threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions. Governor Andrew Cuomo provided the leadership to...
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"A leading microbiologist tackles the scientific and sociopolitical impact of viruses in twelve striking essays. Invisible in the food we eat, the people we kiss, and inside our own bodies, viruses flourish-with the power to shape not only our health, but our social, political, and economic systems. Drawing on his expertise in microbiology, Joseph Osmundson brings readers under the microscope to understand the structure and mechanics of viruses and...
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2022.
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"The coronavirus pandemic threw life into a tumult for American workers, igniting new class struggles and further stoking those already under way. Across the country, essential workers lashed out against low wages, long hours, and safety risks, both with labor union backing and without it. Nurses, teachers, grocery clerks, farmers, food processing workers, and many more fought for higher wages, paid sick leave, better healthcare, and, above all else,...
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"Transformative change can come out of the COVID-19 crisis, which has exposed everything that's wrong with decades of the world's governments betting on militarism, competition and wealth creation. A return to sanity and humane governance is still possible. We need a pandemic pivot. Both a sobering analysis of the present moment and a hopeful cry on behalf of the power inherent in a global, people-oriented response to the pandemic and the societal...
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"Two of America's leading national security experts offer the most definitive account of the global impact of COVID-19 and the political shock waves it will have on the US and the world order in the 21st Century. "Informed by history, reporting, and a truly global perspective, this is an indispensable first draft of history and blueprint for how we can move forward." -Ben Rhodes The COVID-19 crisis is the greatest shock to world order since World...
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[2017]
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Second edition.
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"In its expanded second edition, this chronology examines the effects of epidemic illness and death on human culture from 2700 BCE to 2017. Entries summarize incidents of contagion across the globe, including symptoms, treatment, prevention and demographics, as well as biographical information on notable people who identified and battled disease. Entries feature citations from personal and public documents along with maps, charts comparing types of...
16) Together
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2021.
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A gentle and philosophical look at the events of 2020, and how we can deal with the challenges that life throws us in general. A book to share with the friends and family that we have been missing. A monumental storm (COVID-19) brings huge and sudden change. We follow a man (the author's grandfather, Brian Rupert Jewell) and his dog through the uncertainty that it brings to their lives. Through their eyes, we see the difficulties of being apart, the...
17) And we came outside and saw the stars again: writers from around the world on the COVID-19 pandemic
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2020.
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First Restless Books trade paperback edition.
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Writers from around the world provide essays, stories, poems and artwork detailing the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.
18) Outside, inside
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[2022]
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A beautiful book that describes the impact of COVID-19 on communities and why some essential workers could not quarantine.
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