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Communicable diseases Juvenile literature Coronavirus infections Coronavirus infections Juvenile literature COVID-19 (Disease) COVID-19 (Disease) Juvenile literature Epidemics Epidemics History Juvenile literature Epidemics Juvenile literature Virus diseases Virus diseases Juvenile literatureEdwards, Roberta
Summary: While the coronavirus COVID-19 changed the world in 2020, it still isn't the largest and deadliest pandemic in history. That title is held by the Plague.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Wld Hist What EdwardsLaughlin, Kara L.
Summary: "A kid-friendly look at the economic and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as why businesses are closed, why people are losing jobs, and how the environment is being (positively) impacted in the absence of industry. Additional features include informative captions, interesting factual sidebars, suggested activities, a phonetic glossary, resources for further research,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 LAUDolbear, Emily J.
Summary: "Addresses the social and emotional needs of kids during the COVID-19 pandemic: their fears, anxieties, and how to manage stress in various ways. Additional features include informative captions, interesting factual sidebars, suggested activities, a phonetic glossary, resources for further research, information about the author, and an index." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's Worldy 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 DOLThomson, Sarah L
Summary: This introduction to pandemics and their history shows readers how to stay safe, and also includes a glossary, an infographic on how the coronavirus spreads, a handwashing diagram and a timeline showing the pandemics of the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.4 THOLaughlin, Kara L.
Summary: General information about what a pandemic is, examples of various pandemics throughout history, and ways humanity can fight future pandemics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.4 LAUMarrin, Albert
Summary: In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616 MAREdwards, Sue Bradford
Summary: "This title covers the events surrounding an unprecedented global health crisis, including the origin of the pandemic, how it spread across the world, and how government leaders and health experts worked to respond." -- Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.4 EDWLatta, Sara L.
Summary: Explains the symptoms of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, as well as explains how it's diagnosed, how it's treated, and how it spreads.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 LATAlber, Diane
Summary: A simple guide in the form of a conversation about what kids can expect in an online learning classroom and how to setup their home classroom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diane Albert Art LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALBAlber, Diane
Summary: A simple guide in the form of a conversation about how germs spread, how viruses can cause pandemics, and why washing hands and observing social distancing is important.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.58 ALBCunningham, Kevin
Summary: A history of the plague which caused one of the most catastrophic losses of life in history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.9232 CUNLatta, Sara L.
Summary: "Looks at front-line workers in the COVID-19 pandemic, such as doctors, nurses, store workers, and delivery people who are all helping in everyday life. Additional features include informative captions, interesting factual sidebars, suggested activities, a phonetic glossary, resources for further research, information about the author, and an index." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.35 LATHansen, Grace
Summary: Factual yet simple text about the rise of COVID-19, how it spreads, and steps we can take to avoid spreading disease to others. Colorful diagrams show how viruses enter a host and replicate in cells, and explain how lower-respiratory illnesses affect people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids Jumbo, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 HANLevy, Janey
Contents: Death-dealing diseases -- Evil ebola -- Dangerous dengue -- Killer cholera -- Menacing malaria -- Nasty necrotizing fasciitis -- Murderous meningitis -- Monstrous MERS -- Fighting back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.9 LEVRoberts, Tomos
Summary: A narrator describes life before the Covid-19 pandemic, and the social and personal changes that followed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROBFerrie, Chris
Summary: "Set the children in your life on a lifelong path to learning with the next installment of the Baby University board book series. Full of scientific information, this is the perfect book to teach complex concepts in a simple, engaging way. Pandemics for Babies is a colorfully simple introduction for youngsters (and grownups!) to how pandemics work and what we can do to help flatten the curve...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks eXplore 2021
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE FERHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: "The deadly outbreak of plague known as the Great Mortality, which struck Europe in the mid 1300s and raged for four centuries, wiped out more than 25 million people in the course of just two years. With its vicious onslaught, life changed for millions ofpeople almost instantaneously. Deadly pandemics have always been a part of life, from the Great Mortality of the Middle Ages, to the Spanish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 HOPSilver, Erin
Summary: "The Covid-19 virus changed the world and made daily life much more challenging. This book tells the true stories of what kids around the world did to help others. From making 3-D printed medical equipment to food bank fundraising, to a neighbourhood joke stand, to creating a semi-automatic hand-washing machine, these kids made a difference in their communities. The book features 12 kids from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.1962 SILMessner, Kate
Summary: "With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, this book uncovers the hidden truths about history's pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.4 MESFitzharris, Lindsey
Summary: "This book delves into several illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations. Each chapter explores the history of a specific disease, detailing the symptoms, cures, and medical breakthroughs that it spawned"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 FITPatent, Dorothy Hinshaw
Summary: "In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it's too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: Describes the 1918 influenza pandemic, from how World War I soldiers spread the disease to recent scientific efforts to understand the virus that took between twenty and forty million lives worldwide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benchmark Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.518 PETNardo, Don
Summary: "Similarities between human reactions to onslaughts of deadly diseases separated by millennia illustrates the morbid universality of such outbreaks. It reminds us that large attacks of lethal germs are nothing new, nor are human reactions to them. One problem inherent in such pandemics is that over time people tend to forget the lessons of past"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2021
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 614.5 NARChu, Kaitlyn
Summary: "We're all having to get used to wearing face masks in our daily lives. Let's see how our favorite animals wear their masks and still have fun!" -- page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaitlyn Chu 2020