What a great idea

Why can’t I go outside? is a question we’re sure many of you have heard from your kids in the past few weeks.

Being under lockdown is certainly a difficult and rather scary concept to explain to kids.

Author Emily Merrifield and illustrator Ciara Long have teamed up to create a book to help you. Why Can’t I go Outside? is a story about a little boy at home during the COVID-19 outbreak. He questions why he’s not allowed outside and uses his imagination to come up with some interesting ideas, helping children broach this difficult subject and also helping parents explain it better.

The e-book is free to download from the duo’s Justgiving page, and any donations made go to UNICEF and Refuge charity.

Visit www.justgiving.com and simply search for Team Merrifield and Long.