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The Inside Book
by Matthew Griffiths

The Inside Book

Written and Illustrated by Matthew Griffiths

Title: The Inside Book
ISBN 978-0-620-87710-7(e-book)
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I wish we could go outside!

We can’t go outside.
There’s an invisible enemy out there.

A virus that’s making people sick!

Sometimes it travels from other people
in tiny droplets through the air.

That’s why some people wear masks.

OATSIES

Sometimes it’s on the things we touch.
That’s why we wash our hands often,

with soap and water.

Cough!

Atchoo!

It can even be inside us. That’s why we
hide our coughs and sneezes,
so we don’t spread it!

The virus is too small to see,
and people are making each other sick.
So we have to keep space between us.

If we do go outside we might have to wear
masks. They might not feel nice but they

help protect us all from the virus.

Being stuck inside can be lonely,
and the virus is scary. We’re all

in this together though.

It’s ok to feel sad sometimes.
We should tell the grown-ups how
we feel, and be kind to each other.

We all have to stay inside so more
people don’t get sick, and so those
who are sick have time to get better.

But it can be
so BOOOOOOOOOOORING!

Boring? I don’t think so.
Yesterday you were a warrior,
and I was a queen in our fort!

vrovormoom

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7

We played hide and seek
and made some art. We were race

car drivers in our box cars!

We were also chefs!
We learnt to bake,
and helped dad clean the kitchen!

Shame, the poor adults, they’re trying
to work from home. Typing and having

meetings... now that’s really boring.

THANK
YOU!

WE U

WORKERS

The doctors and nurses are fighting
the virus and risking their lives.
We should cheer for them!

Arrrgh!

Today, let’s be pirates.
We can shout “Arrrgh!”

and fight the virus!

We’ll wash our hands
and not touch our faces.
We’ll stay inside, where it’s safe.

zzz

Tomorrow, who knows what
we will be? But it’ll be fun,

just wait and see!

THE END

HOW WE WASH OUR HANDS

Soap up Rub palm Rub on the Interlace
wet hands to palm back of hands our fingers

Clean thumbs Rub nails and Rinse hands Dry on clean
fingertips with water towel

on our palms

We wash our hands for 20 seconds...
that’s as long as it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.
So every day is your left hand and right hands’ birthday!

WHY WE WEAR A MASK

Masks can look funny, but if we
are all wearing them we can
look funny together!

Masks might not feel nice on our faces.
We have to wear them when we are around
other people so we don’t make them sick and

they don’t make us sick.

When we are outside with other people we
should also keep our distance. We can still

hug and play together at home though.

Everyone is working hard to find a way to
make this Coronavirus go away.

Then we won’t have to wear masks anymore.

HOW WE CATCH A COUGH OR SNEEZE

The virus can be in the tiny droplets
of our coughs and sneezes. We don’t want
to catch them in our hands or it will get on

everything we touch.

Hide your coughs in your elbow with a
dab, or catch them in a tissue and then

throw them away!