The Bug that Traveled the World!

Inspiration-I felt inspired to write on this topic because we are living it now, across the world! I am a published children's author and an educator so it an important story to share with young children. My daughter, a 3rd grade teacher, worked with me on the project and it was fun!

What it does-The Bug that Traveled the World is a great little book to share the story of Covid 19 with young children. They are living history, but they don't know it! Children see how the bug traveled around the world when people coughed and touched each other and hopped on trains and planes and busses! The world finally stops BUG when they wash their hands, cover coughs, and most importantly, stay home. The Bug finally gives up and disappears. The story gives hope to children who may be confused and frightened about Covid 19 and the sudden change in their lives.

How I built it-I wrote the story together with my daughter and added simple visuals using images.

Challenges I ran into-

1.We reached out to our connections and contacts around the world to find an Illustrator but no one was available and/or could do illustrations in such a short time. I would love to see this book illustrated to bring our BUG and the story to life!

The expectation to turn it into an ebook was a challenge for me because I have never done it! Thank-you for accepting the story in Word Format. If it is chosen we can turnout into an E-book together!