Children’s Books in the Time of COVID
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
Where the Sidewalk Ends Is Where You’ll Find the Socially-Distanced Line to Enter Trader Joe’s
The Ugly Duckling Feels Less Self-Conscious About His Appearance When He Wears a Mask
Oh, the Places You’ll Go Once 80% of People Have Been Vaccinated
There Is a Monster at the End of This Book, and It Represents the Politicization of Mask-Wearing
Green Eggs and Ham: A Quarantine-Cooking Experiment Gone Awry
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Has Been Less Interested in Eating Since Losing His Sense of Smell
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Are Worried About the High Positivity Rate Among Construction Workers
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Without Thoroughly Disinfecting It First
On the Night You Were Born, No One Could Have Predicted You’d One Day Attend Kindergarten Via Zoom
James and the Giant Peach That Got Bruised During Instacart Delivery
Harriet the Spy Knows Which of Her Neighbors Are Having Maskless Gatherings
Charlotte’s Web of Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Don’t Worry; COVID Isn’t Food-Borne
How to Train Your Dragon to Eat Anti-Maskers
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, and I Have Some Questions About Death
Make Way for Ducklings, Because Who Knows, They Could Be the Next Animal to Spark a Global Pandemic
Kate Antoniades is a writer and editor in Rochester, New York. Her humor writing has also appeared in Points in Case, Little Old Lady Comedy, and Robot Butt, and past bylines include Rochester’s alt-newsweekly, alumni magazines you’ve never read and never will, and several pet publications (about pets, not FOR pets, but who knows what the future may bring).
