Free disaster resource developed jointly with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The tornado was over,
but life was not the same yet.
Trinka and Sam, two small mice, become scared and worried after they experience a tornado and witness damage to their community. The story describes their reactions and shows how their parents help them to express their feelings and feel safer.
A companion parent guide suggests ways that parents can use the story with their children.
Resources
Free PDF Version
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Free Video Version
COMING SOON
Listen to the story as read by the author. You may share this version in trainings, provided you follow the Use Guidelines.
COVID Considerations
Families who are evacuating face threat not only from fires but from COVID. As they talk to their children and use the book, it may be helpful to use the pages from the book Fighting the Big Virus: Trinka, Sam and Littletown Work Together, to draw masks on the characters and think about ways that they keep themselves safe while in shelter or out of their homes.
More Trinka and Sam Stories
to Support Families After Other Types of Disasters
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COVID-19
Fires
Earthquake
Hurricane
