Oaky and the Virus: An eBook to teach your kids about coronavirus, and it’s free

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Oaky and the Virus is an educational story about acorns Oaky and Oaket who learn how to avoid the virus when it comes to their town. There is a fun song which Oaky and Oaket sing while washing their hands.

This book is dedicated to all healthcare and emergency workers working to fight the coronavirus.

The book has been written by award-winning South African poet and social philosopher Athol Williams and illustrated by Taryn Lock.

The husband and wife team are co-founders of literacy NGO Read to Rise that promotes youth literacy in under-resourced communities in South Africa. To date, Read to Rise has conducted over 3,600 class programmes and given out over 200,000 new story books.

Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, the book is free to download. Please visit www.readtorise.org to download.

Read to Rise is a non-profit organisation committed to promoting youth literacy in schools in South Africa’s under-resourced communities. As the name indicates, they firmly believe that children need to read in order to rise in their personal development and contribution to society.

Children who love reading, excel at school and go on to become constructive members of society. It all starts with reading.

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