The whole world in a bedroom: seven of the most imaginative picture books for lockdown life

How do you encourage connection, curiosity and adventure in children when you’re stuck in isolation?

Schools are all but closed. Playgrounds are wrapped in hazard tape. Swimming pools, national parks, holidays, birthday parties, cinemas, zoos, grandparents, friends – all the normal places and people of childhood are now off limits to this generation of children. But they still have books.

For children in isolation around the world, books have taken on increased importance. They are a link to the world beyond. So here’s a non-exhaustive list of picture books that emphasise connection, curiosity and adventure within isolation or domesticity. Technically, these are books for young children – but don’t we all need a bit of beauty, play and comfort nowadays?

When everything is strange and new
On days when you need super glue
There’s so much room here just for you
Under my love umbrella.

For this is our world we’ve made from stories
Our house is a home of invention
Where anyone at all can come
For imagination is free.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2RXZPao