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The Great Realisation by Tomos Roberts
Roberts’s poem, The Great Realisation, was released on YouTube on April 29, 2020, and has been viewed tens of millions of times and translated into multiple languages. A simple rhyming tale read as a bedtime story, it takes on heavy themes — corporate greed, familial alienation, the pandemic — and somehow comes up with a happy ending.

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The Great Realization | Storytime Read Aloud

"Tell me the one about the virus again, then I'll go to bed..."

It's storytime! The Great Realization, Tomos Robert’s message of hope and resilience during the coronavirus pandemic, has resonated with millions online. Now he’s partnered with award-winning illustrator Nomoco to bring his inspirational poem into a beautiful picture book that’s perfect for anyone, of any age, who needs to see why hindsight is 2020.

SOURCE: HarperKids, (2020), poste on YouTube, [4:08 mins.], URL: https://youtu.be/LA7fGLK35wQ

The Great Realisation | Tomfoolery | The post-pandemic poem 

A bed time story of how it started, and why hindsight’s 2020.

SOURCE: Probably Tomfoolery, (2020), Posted on YouTube, [4:00 mins], URL: https://youtu.be/Nw5KQMXDiM4

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Transcript: "The Great Realization" by Roberts [Scroll to view]