By Donna Rempillo SUBIC, Zambales – Noelynne Joyosa, an elementary school teacher here, has illustrated a children’s awareness book on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic entitled “Kakaibang Araw”. The 20-page story book exemplifies the life of a child whose parents work as frontliners in the battle against the deadly viral disease. The solitude brought about by the enhanced community quarantine(ECQ) gave Joyosa the time and idea of putting into illustration the feelings of a child who has going through the recent unusual and extraordinary days as brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. It included the little girl’s experience of finding herself dining alone, not being able to play outside, and sleeping alone. “The story was inspired by the situation of children whose parents were frontliners. Since ECQ was heightened many kids were left on their homes and cannot be on closed contact with their parents (frontliners). Upon writing this story, I am thinking of what was the feeling of the those children” Noelynne said in a phone interview. Joyosa, who is on her eighth year teaching science to Grades 4 and 5 students at the Agusuhin Elementary School, is also an active coach for young illustrators. For three years, she has been an active book illustrator for the province of Zambales, competing in Department of Education (DepEd)-sponsored competitions on story books and illustrations. Her hobby in drawing started in her elementary days when she participated in drawing competitions at their school. And when she, herself, became a teacher, she has been using illustrations so that her students could easily understand lessons. “For almost three years. I’ve been a competitor for story book writing. The recent competition I had was last year’s National story book graphic designing were I won.” Joyosa mentioned. Noelynne finished third place at the DepEd National Storybook graphic design. She also shares her knowledge as a graphic illustrator with different schools in the Zambales district.