What Is the Coronavirus Disease Covid-19? (What Was?)

by Michael Burgan (Author) Manuel Gutierrez (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: What Was?
Told in a new Who HQ Now format for trending topics, this is the story of how COVID-19, a coronavirus, was first identified and how it spread throughout the world. The Coronavirus COVID-19 emerged in November of 2019. By March of 2020, cities all around the world closed schools, offices, restaurants and other public spaces deemed "non-essential" in an attempt to contain the fast-spreading virus. People struggled to follow government orders, stay indoors, and limit contact with others.But the virus that caused one of the world's deadliest pandemics eventually killed over two million people worldwide. This is the story of how COVID-19 changed the world seemingly overnight, and forever.
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Michael Burgan
Michael Burgan has written more than two dozen biographies for young readers, including Who Is Richard Branson?, Who Was Henry Ford?, Who Was H. J. Heinz?, and Who Was Theodore Roosevelt?
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780593383803
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
June 22, 2021
Series
What Was?
BISAC categories
JNF007090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
JNF024020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living | Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
JNF051050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Biology
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