Affiliation:
1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
2. North Coventry Elementary, USA
Abstract
In this chapter, the co-authors explore the power of children's and youth literature as high-quality materials for building connections online during the pandemic. Both authors note their experiences, as well as texts that provided a range of connections. The chapter is a narrative case study of the first author's experiences, while the researcher/co-author includes experiences that line up both practically and theoretically. The difficulty of pandemic teaching, as mitigated by some steps in instruction, is a theme of the chapter.