
Why Can't I Go Outside, Grandpa? (Impreso)
Nahyr, who was very observant, felt it was strange to see only a few cars on the street, unlike before; plus, the people at the supermarket all walked quickly without stopping to talk to each other, and they all wore a mask on their face, just like he and his mother did. "They look funny," he thought, "but I don't understand. What is this game about?" Little Nahyr didn't understand why he couldn't go out to do all the things he enjoyed anymore: play with his friends, have fun with them at school and at the park, and camp out with his mother; therefore, in this tale, his loving grandfather turns to the classic genre of fables and, by means of a beautiful metaphor using animals, reconciles the child with what is happening in the world today: a pandemic that has condemned us to confinement and has limited our coexistence. This timely and entertaining tale brings back the suggestive power of wise lesson-teaching fables using the natural and immediate empathy children have towards animals;