![]() Inventing Vaccines by Nathan Sommer: Focus Readers 9781644875261Īlthough books about Covid 19 dominate the field, there are other-we think-interesting trends that are worth noting and hopefully provide some respite from the Covid-weary reader.The Micro World of Viruses and Bacteria by Melissa Mayer: Capstone Press 9781666321135.Real Superheroes: A Celebration of Essential Workers by Julia Seal: DK Publishing 9780744037012.Germ Theory for Babies by Chris Ferrie: Sourcebooks 9781728234076.They’re Heroes Too: A Celebration of Community by Pat Brisson: Tilbury House 9780884489368.Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor by Kate Messner: Simon and Schuster 9781665902434 ![]() A Pandemic is Worldwide by Sarah Thomson: Harper Collins 9780063086265.With the tsunami of literature that’s already on a publishing calendar, one can logically ask: After 2022, what areas of the pandemic will be left to write about? Seriously, we haven’t had enough Covid-19 fatigue? Now, we get to be flooded by children’s books on the topic?īelow is a very small sample of new books with Covid as a major theme: Books about washing your hands, books with illustrations of people wearing face masks, books that mock Covid, etc. Books about germ science, virus theories and plagues of the past-interestingly many titles about past plagues. Publishing calendars all over the world were simply tossed out and re-made through 2020 and we now see and feel the full impact of an industry making a sharp turn in real time.īooks that have Covid 19 as the principal topic include wistful books about how everyone stayed home, books that discuss the heroism of medical workers and scientists. The rush to publish Covid-related titles dominated the second half of 2021. There will be hundreds of new Covid-based titles released before the middle of 2022. In fact, 2020 was a fairly big year for new works and 2021 follows along.Īlthough the number of new works in the market remains consistent, trends have changed more quickly than might considered "normal".Ĭoming through 20, we are seeing a dominant trend for 2022, and, surprise! The trend is books about Covid 19. In any given year, the number of new books published can move 15 to 20%. ![]() Looking at the sheer number of published books in juvenile fiction and nonfiction from 2019 to 2021, there is not a statistically significant change in the number of new books. At present, there are approximately 7,300 new juvenile titles set to be released in 2022. Authors, illustrators, editors and, most importantly, readers keep writing, drawing and reading. Pandemic or not, the publishing industry carries on.
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