Friday, September 11, 2020

Heroes Wear Masks: Elmo’s Super Adventure Coming Soon!

A new Sesame Street book "Heroes Wear Masks: Elmo’s Super Adventure" aims to "help children calm school anxiety and understand new and different routines they may experience” during our time of COVID. 


Superheroes wear masks! Come along in this Elmo book as he gets ready to go off to school and be a mask hero!

Today is going to be a SUPER day! Elmo is heading to school, and he wants to be a school superhero! Young children will join Elmo as he gets ready like a hero and learns about wearing masks and washing hands. With the help of Elmo and his mommy, this all new story from world-renowned education brand Sesame Workshop will help children calm school anxiety and understand new and different routines they may experience, such as:

  • Wearing a kids face mask
  • Anxiety about leaving home
  • Washing hands frequently
  • Social distancing
  • Not being able to give hugs or high-fives to friends
  • Staggered schedules
  • Why some friends may not be at school
  • Temperature checks
  • New classroom seating arrangements
Below are a few sample pages:






Check out this CBS This Morning segment on the book:


"Heroes Wear Masks is a sweet and educational mask book for kids that reminds readers it's super to help everyone stay healthy and safe! It's the perfect pandemic book with tools to discuss important topics as kids go back to school, preschool, daycare, or out in any public setting where they'd need a face mask."

This Sesame Street book also includes bonus tips for grown-ups with language parents, caregivers, and educators can use with young children to talk about staying healthy!


"Heroes Wear Masks: Elmo’s Super Adventure" will be in stores September 15, 2020 and is available for preorder from Amazon

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