Year-ender: Books on COVID-19 that offered relief to young readers
A Brief History of Viruses for Children (Illustrated)
Author: Jin Runming
Publisher: Changsha White-flag Dolphin Children's Book Workshop
What are viruses? Where did they come from? How do they infect humans and how have we coped and fought with them? How have humans "trained" viruses to serve us? This book explains things in terms that are easy to understand for young readers.
A popular virus book dedicated to all children and created in just six days, it talks about the origin of the virus and its impact on human society in the form of storytelling and illustrations so that the readers can understand the history of the virus. The book specifically has a section titled "Ten Questions about COVID-19", which explains in detail the relevant knowledge about the novel coronavirus as well as preventive measures, helping children to understand and scientifically curb the virus.