About this item
Suddenly, masks are everywhere. Are your kids confused and anxious about wearing a mask? Lucy's world turned upside down. She's bored. She can't be together with her friends. But when she finds out her mom is making her a new mask her boredom turns into excitement. Lucy loves masks! She dives into her toy box full of costumes and opens a world of imagination and make-believe adventure, far beyond the walls of her room. Of course, she doesn't realize that the mask her mom is making is not a costume at all but one that will keep her safe and make her a real-life superhero.For parents, grandparents and teachers searching for stories that give kids comfort and reassurance about the sudden changes around them, Lucy's Mask is a welcome new addition to reading time.
About the Author
Lisa Sirkis Thompson is a graphic designer, a former decorative painter, a writer and a co-owner of a small children's product business called Oh Bessie. Lucy's Mask is her first published picture book, although, as the mother of four children herself, surely not the first story she has created to comfort and delight young kids. She and her illustrator husband John wrote Lucy's Mask in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic to speak to young kids in a reassuring way about very serious issues like social isolation and personal protection.
