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Reviewed by Erin Nicole Cochran for Readers' Favorite
The Coronaboogaloo by Angela Svirbely, M Ed is a children’s picture book about a girl named Bella, who experiences what school life is like at home and at school during COVID, as well as what life is like in general during the pandemic. Her understandable questions throughout the book make you feel for this fictional character even more because she represents real children with their fears, uncertainties, and wishes for normalcy.
Angela Svirbely’s The Coronaboogaloo is a moment in our history: a real and struggling part of the world that continues today. Its bright and colorful illustrations are beautifully drawn in a style that conveys a sense of warmth. The pages invite you into the story, and into the world of Bella’s life, into the mind of a child who is experiencing something that no child should have to ever experience. Author Angela Svirbely depicts her journey through this pandemic in a way that is believable and full of ups and downs. The Coronaboogaloo is the perfect children’s book for youngsters to read and feel a part of. It may mirror the feelings they have also felt, and may help them adjust to the world around them now. The narration is simple while still having a large presence because the subject matter itself is an ever-expanding unknowable thing. Angela Svirbely's The Coronaboogaloo will entertain children while teaching them valuable information at the same time, as well as validating some of their own feelings.
