Children in the pandemic: Understanding what’s going on
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - As children are learning how to deal with being home all day, a new children's book is aiming to help children understand what is going on during the coronavirus pandemic.
"Sooooooo Much Toilet Paper" is a kid's guide to surviving a pandemic.
It is written and illustrated by Greta Davis and Makenzi Jordan Rodriguez.
The book is described by Rodriguez as a book that follows a little boy's journey through the pandemic. He isn't sick, but he is learning how to navigate through the coronavirus pandemic.
The two authors created the book to help out kids with understanding all that's going on with staying home, proper hygiene, and the extent of the virus.
Reviews for the book have parents describing it as a great tool to help them explain to their children the situation where it makes sense to them.
For some children, being home with their family instead of going to school is what they rather do.
Althea, a seven-year-old from Yuma is taking advantage of the stay-at-home orders and is looking to painting as an outlet. Althea's most recent artwork includes a large canvas painting that describes the pandemic.
Althea explained her artwork, where she painted Vincent van Gough's, The Starry Night as something she learned while being home in quarantine.
She explains that she drew Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) as the hospital that is nearest to her, an American Flag for half-staff to pay respect to those affected by the virus.
The colors at the bottom of the painting signify the many emotions felt during the pandemic. Orange signifies the serious tone the virus has brought upon the community, blue being for sadness for those who lost their lives, and teal being for calm because this will end soon.
Althea's mother, who works at YRMC on weekends says she tried to get her daughter to understand what is going on with videos online.
Her parents took her out of school before the stay-at-home orders were put in place due to the fears of asthma Althea suffers from.
Her mother says Althea has a long list of relatives in the medical field, luckily it wasn't too difficult for her to understand the pandemic.
