“It brought tears to my eyes, just giving up on it.”

Donny Sirisavath, owner and chef of Khao Noodle Shop in Dallas, Texas, on being forced to close the restaurant on April 18 because of lost business due to COVID-19 restrictions. 

2020 Children’s Books of the Year

 Feb. 29—Amy Flanders Bunch on Facebook 

Thank you for WORLD’s children’s book recommen­dations! I look forward to them and always save those articles for future reference. They are a gold mine for parents.

—Holly Massie on Facebook

“It was like somebody was beating me like a piñata.”

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on his COVID-19 symptoms. 

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“Did you ever wonder how you would have acted if you had been caught up in one of those difficult times in history—the American Revolution, the flu of 1918? Do you hope you would have been one of the brave, helpful ones? Here’s your chance.”

Seattle, Wash., writer Christy Karras on the coronavirus pandemic.