OUTSIDE, INSIDE

In a youthful, gentle voice, narrator Anastasia Nguyen imagines various world communities during the time when almost everyone went inside to protect themselves from the COVID-19 virus. Sound effects and music enhance this gentle audiobook and provide contrast between life outdoors and the new indoor life. Without the illustrations, this audiobook is still a vivid and engaging story, but when paired with the pictures, it becomes an immersive time capsule of a unique moment in history. Nguyen reads the author's note in a calm voice, explaining what LeUyen Pham personally saw when the world shut down and highlighting the roles of essential workers and the Black Lives Matter protests. S.C. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2021]