Good Fun for Bad Days
Given the opportunity, resources, and guidance, children have the capacity to meaningfully contribute to disaster preparedness and recovery activities, which aids in their rehabilitation and resilience to future events. Engaged and informed children have a greater sense of power over their circumstances. Playfully engaged children have a greater capacity to see challenges as being temporary rather than permanent. We created our Good Fun for Bad Days Series to serve as a communication and learning tool for kids and caregivers in planning for or responding to disasters and provide a kid-friendly, low-tech activity that keeps children engaged.
Kids Can Be Hero Helpers!
Available in English and Spanish
Even the most calm and prepared adults experience stress, worry, and disarray after a disaster or emergency event. Kids experience the same emotions as adults, often without rational thinking or knowledge to ground them.
The author and her team have created this book after many years of living and working in communities after crisis events. They have listened to and observed numerous community-based responses to disasters. A consistent theme in all communities – regardless of the disaster type – is when and how to best talk to kids about these traumatic events. This book is a tool to support these important conversations at a family level, at school, or in the community. Our hope is that it will:
- Serve as a communication and learning tool for kids and caregivers in planning for or responding to disasters
- Provide something for your little ones to do post-disaster when they need safe, kid-friendly, low-tech activities and when parents need to do the “adult things” in response and recovery
- Take time to color or solve a puzzle with the kids in your life. Fun and connection are healthy for adults too!
For bulk book or sticker orders, or to learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please email info@strongerthanthestorm.com.
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Henry and the Hurricane
Available in English and Spanish
Written by Brittany Perkins Castillo, CEO of the national rapid response emergency management, logistics, and disaster response business and illustrated by award winning illustrator and widely recognized kid expert Nathan Y Jarvis. Brittany’s vast experience with natural disasters combine with Nathan’s ability to engage, inform, and enchant children in Henry and the Hurricane as Henry and his family prepare for a hurricane. What is a hurricane? How do we know when one is coming? Is there a safe place to go? Is it okay to feel afraid and uncertain? Henry and the Hurricane helps children prepare for the big feeling a big storm brings. The pages are full of kid-friendly information about hurricanes, feelings, and facts, as well as peppered with hidden objects for the readers to search for. Some are easy to find for the youngest readers—some are a real challenge to keep older eyes on the lookout! Join Henry’s family as they help him figure out what to do with his feelings while also showing him what kids can do to be stronger than the storm.
For bulk book or sticker orders, or to learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please email info@strongerthanthestorm.com.