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FOREST CITY, PA (WNEP) — Sporting a masks makes you a superhero. That’s the concept behind this new youngsters’s e book, “I’m a Superhero! Again to highschool with COVID.”
Marianne Drasler is a trainer in Forest Metropolis and all the time wished to write down a e book geared for youths. When college students began to return to highschool, she observed a lot of her dad and mom had issues. That’s when Drasler knew what to write down about.
“My dad and mom would all the time say that they’re afraid to ship their children again as a result of they must put on a masks on a regular basis. Are they going to have the ability to put on it? Who’s going to assist them put it on or take it off? And completely different issues that they have been having,” mentioned Drasler.
Drasler started writing the e book on the finish of Might. By mid-October, she held the primary copy of her e book. She self-published the e book to avoid wasting prices and even labored with a tattoo artist pal who drew the photographs.
As somebody who has been working with college students for almost 25 years, this e book allowed her to show them in a manner she’s by no means finished earlier than through the use of superheroes and carrying masks as methods to show caring for others.
“it’s simply to assist the youngsters really feel higher and safer and extra comfy carrying a masks on a regular basis. And simply, , to type of inform them in a children-friendly manner as to what’s happening,” mentioned Drasler.
The e book is devoted to Drasler’s grandmother, who contracted coronavirus on the age of 107 and survived.
Drasler’s message is that by carrying our masks, not solely will we assist hold ourselves and others protected, however we can be reunited with the individuals we love.
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