Though it was hard to read his expression behind the mask he wore to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, 7-year-old Jasias Waters of Allentown did not appear to be having a “Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” when he selected that book about Alexander’s troubles from the table of free children’s books offered by Lehigh County Children & Youth caseworkers at Harrison-Morton Middle School this week.
The book giveaway, one of several the department coordinated with the Allentown School District during the district’s grab-and-go free lunch program, is just one method caseworkers are using to keep watch over children while schools are closed due to the pandemic …