Answering Kids’ Questions About the Recent Floods

As this August article in Forbes states, “The U.S. has experienced four separate flooding events this summer that each qualify as 1-in-1,000 year rain storms.” Children who have heard about these disasters on the news—or who may have been directly affected—will very likely have continuing concerns and questions. My title Flood! is one helpful resource, written at the easy-reader level so that beginning readers can tackle it themselves. And if you’re looking for advice on how to talk to children about flooding and other disasters, you can find a lot of helpful information at the Disaster and Trauma Resource Center.