About Me - Sherry Lottero - Author
MY WORK
WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK :
The children of the world are experiencing a situation unlike any other we have known in our lifetime. As a passionate and life-long educator, I am deeply concerned with the current, as well as, residual effects of the pandemic upon global youth. Their fears, lack of true understanding and confusion with the dramatic changes in their lives, will have lingering effects on them and their psychological development. I have written this “pandemic playbook” to serve our world’s youth and make their day-to-day lives more understandable and less threatening. It will also assist parents, caretakers, and educators in having honest discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic with their children and students. My overriding philosophy is “When you change the life of a child, you change the world!.”
MY COMMUNITY
YOU ARE MY COMMUNITY!
Children need to know the facts! Their fears, lack of true understanding, and confusion with the dramatic changes in their lives caused by the pandemic, will have lingering effects upon them. This book is designed to help children deal with the shifting landscape while understanding the facts, and to provide a compassionate acknowledgement of their feelings. They will certainly find comfort in realizing that we are all navigating uncharted waters, have many of the same questions, and all share the same feelings. TARGET AGES 3-8
JOIN MY JOURNEY
Children are my passion! I have been an educator for over 50 years and have worked with students at all educational levels – from 2 ½ years old in diapers to graduating university seniors. I am dedicated to to “making a difference” in the lives of my students, and I am always in search of better ways to help children learn, whatever their individual needs, abilities and learning styles.
I was a CORE TEAM member who opened HOPE SCHOOL, a preschool in Machakos, Kenya, in 2010 - a truly life changing experience- and still remain highly involved with the school.
PLEASE JOIN ME in making the world better because TOGETHER, we made a difference in the life of a child.
All profits from this book will be donated to the
"FEED MY CHILDREN'S FUND"
About Tori Schoen - Illustrator
TORI'S STORY
COVID-19 has completely disrupted the world we live in! As a 2020 graduate of Lafayette College, my senior year certainly did not go as planned. At the end of May, as I was "virtually" finishing up the last of my college classes, I received a text from Sherry. She told me she had written a children's book on the pandemic and asked if I would illustrate it. Sherry, a reading specialist, was my tutor from second to eighth grade, and we have maintained a close relationship ever since. I, being a double major in art and psychology, jumped at the possibility of illustrating a book with my friend and teacher. After months of edits, I am so glad to be able to share "WHY CAN'T I PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS? - A Pandemic Playbook For Kids" with the children of the world. I am also thrilled to be able to support and give back to children through the "FEED MY CHILDREN'S FUND" in the process. This has truly been a special journey for me!
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