Where are the Clowns going?, is a children's picture book that highlights the many challenges of young children that are confronted with the heart breaking life events at these unusual times. If it is not the many natural disasters, it is the pandemic! All these struggling and challenging times, are steering the children away from their daily routines and normal lives. Children may bicker and that is the way they are trying to deal and understand what is taking place. All these events are not what they are used to. Children may express irritability, anxiety, insecurities and regression. This is their own way of exercising their fears and concerns. Nothing wrong with them with all what is happening around them and especially the Corona virus pandemic. They are almost trapped in their homes for many weeks. They are being away from their own peers and social life. They are missing the effect and stimulation of the interactions with their friends. This interaction is a significant aspect in their overall development.Tantoo and his clown friends were trying hard to cheer the children up. The broad sense of imagination is applied in this whimsical colorful story with its positive effects in helping out to steer away from the dreadful and negative consequences of the harsh events. The upheavals of the present times are unthinkable that the children are experiencing.The story shares the sense of caring for each other and all. The gift and joy of having a broad sense of imagination is the expression for believing and in the hope for everything will be OK! This enticing and colorfully illustrated picture book places the emphasis on the notion of imagination and the passion for nature and life and everyone that lives on this planet of ours. We are together in this journey. The Grasshopper and the tiny bugs, were influencers in bringing hope and going forward in life! All things will get better. Imagination is a word that initiates and encourages the many possibilities of wonderful things to come to be for the child. Children have the ability to imaging many wonders with natural spontaneity and passion. This sense of creativity is a way for children to develop their own sense of independence to cope with what they may face. The story is about any child's own way to ease the fear of the unusual events. The sense of a creative imagination of a child is the escaping of fears and worries. Escaping through imagination is an outlet for a more comforting outcome. This is what Tantoo, his friends and the wise bugs made happen. In the story, Tantoo the clown connects with the wise bugs that are enjoying the natural world with all what is taking place fThe story Where are the Clowns going?, is a hopeful and full of imaginative adventures that which explores the not imagined. Imagination is the ability to develop and form stories, images with desired outcomes. It is an ability that contributes to the sense of the child's apparent imagination that lacks criticism. It stresses the inner sense of security that will remain with the child to become a centered and successful adult. The objective of the story is to deal with the events that are happening in real life. Events that are catastrophic in nature. Like hurricane, fires, earth quakes and illnesses. The possibilities of these events when it is happening will place children in a fearful situation. Many may be displaced and become homeless. Some may lose a loved one in the event of the pandemic.The story is to share the joy of enticement and wittiness of the unusual events in the story to help bring a sense of hope with a smile. The story is whimsical! The story is informative and educational. Children will naturally relate to the story. Children learn from their daily life experiences. The information is drawn and presented based on concrete knowledge and learning processes.
