Princess Magnolia and her friends return in this brief ebook - available to download for free HERE - as they take on a new problem: a germ so tiny it can't be seen. It's the "Case of the Coronavirus," and it can be addressed using three simple steps: 1) washing hands, 2) staying at home, and 3) making some space. If everyone works together, then the problem can be solved...

The Princess in Black series, in which a young royal has a secret alter-ego as a monster-fighting superhero, is immensely popular at work with our beginning chapter-book readers, so when I saw that co-authors Shannon and Dean Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham had put together a little response to the current Coronavirus pandemic and worldwide lockdown, I immediately went to download it. There's not really much to it - it's a brief 7 pages - but it is quite cute, and offers some simple information in an appealing format. This won't really answer a child's questions about the topic - for that I recommend Coronavirus: A Book for Children - but for fans of this character, it could offer a bit of reassurance and fun.

For parents looking for more online resources and ebooks for children addressing this crisis, the New York City School Library System has put together a list of free titles available worldwide, which can be found here:
https://nycdoe.libguides.com/COVID-19ebooks/free ( )