The police tried to silence me, but he kept talking. In the book, 7-year-old Mai learns about Dr. Lee’s courage and takes action to cultivate hope.
Cavallo told CNN that she believes it has received many requests from parents and educators for the print version of this book because they wanted to give children a better explanation of the deeper events during the pandemic. So she chose not to wait to write a longer version of the book.
Cavallo was also concerned about increasing racism towards Asian Americans and believed that many children would forever link the virus to China – and the Chinese people.
“I didn’t want these kids to associate an Asian face with the virus,” Cavallo told CNN. “This is the kind of racism that is very difficult to eradicate when you get older. I wanted them to associate Dr. Lee’s face with that of the first hero of this epidemic.”
After launching a crowdfunding campaign, Cavallo and her team raised more than $ 52,000 in less than a month through Kickstarter and published the book in November. It has sold more than 15,000 copies worldwide with copies in English, Italian, Simplified Chinese and Filipino.
The book inspires children to be brave in the face of adversity, Cavallo said, adding that it “also celebrates compassion by showing children what this crisis means for everyone and it will introduce you and your children.” [It provides] A space to explore their feelings about the pandemic and an opportunity to be inspired and understand what happened together. ”
The book is sold directly online and is distributed by some publishers around the world in the Philippines, Italy, and Singapore.
Cavallo also recently closed a distribution deal. Starting in July 2021, Andracats’ books will be distributed in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, potentially allowing the “Doctor Li and The Crown-Wearing Virus” to reach millions around the world.
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