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Disability Pride 2022
Disability Pride Month
Disability Pride Month 2023 (WPL-ADULT)
Diversity Equity and Inclusion - Youth
Disability Pride Month
Disability Pride Month 2023 (WPL-ADULT)
Diversity Equity and Inclusion - Youth
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A picture book answering the questions young children ask Shane Burcaw about his wheelchair and life with Spinal Muscular Atrophy with equal parts optimism, humor, and empathy.
4) Pandemics
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What is a pandemic? What diseases are likely to cause a pandemic? How can the spread of a disease be stopped? Find out about how a disease reaches pandemic proportions and start thinking about what people can do to stop the spread of deadly diseases.
7) Lyme disease
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"Learn all about Lyme disease, from what causes it and how it affects people to how it is diagnosed and treated."--
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COVID-19 took everyone in the world by surprise. I mean, what exactly is it? How does it spread? What is a virus and are there others out there that we don't know about? Paul Ian Cross answers these questions, and more in this illustrated book filled with facts about what we know and don't know.
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"Did you know diseases are passed to humans many different ways? If proper care isn't followed or maintained, diseases can quickly spread, creating pandemics that affect thousands of people across the globe. The Ebola outbreak of 2014, which started in West Africa, spread rapidly to tens of thousands of people. Without proper care, thousands of infected people died. In this book, you'll examine pandemics and explore what they are, how they happen,...
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"Addresses the social and emotional needs of kids during the COVID-19 pandemic: their fears, anxieties, and how to manage stress in various ways. Additional features include informative captions, interesting factual sidebars, suggested activities, a phonetic glossary, resources for further research, information about the author, and an index." --
14) The flu
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Profiles the 1918 flu and its effect upon society.
15) The black death
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Discusses the causes of the Black Death, how the disease spread across Europe, how it was treated during a time when medical knowledge was in its infancy, and the legacy of the Black Death.
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"Although many people may become sick because of an epidemic or a pandemic, many of these outbreaks claim very few lives. There are some diseases, however, that are more dangerous. They cause many people to become severely ill and result in many deaths as they spread through communities. It's frightening to imagine a rapidly spreading sickness that could cause death. But medical professionals, health workers, scientists, and emergency responders are...