In 2020, a dangerous new virus spread all over the world, and it can only be combatted through joint societal actions that make great demands on all of us. But what do the terms "virus" and "pandemic" even mean? Through her colourful pictures and short informative texts, Ziska Riemann explains to her preschool and primary school-aged audience why it is that during a pandemic we need to adjust our everyday lives to confront the new challenges, and how, despite the many restrictions, children and their families in fact have an opportunity to discover their surroundings afresh. The aim of course is that we all remain healthy, or recover successfully, so that soon we will be able to play together, learn, work and travel freely once again.

Born in Munich in 1973, Ziska Riemann is a comic book artist, screenplay writer and director. Since 1991 she has publishes comic albums, four of them in collaboration with Gerhard Seyfried. In 1999 she was awarded the Drehbuchwerkstatt München (Munich Screenplay Workshop) scholarship, and in 2001 the Tankred-Dorst-Drehbuchpreis (Tankred Dorst Screenplay Prize) for her script for "Die Hunde sind schuld" ("It`s the dog`s fault"). She has written and directed three films: "Lollipop Monster", "Electric Girl" and "Get Lucky". www.ziskariemann.de