Out of the Fires A Journal of Resilience and Recovery After Disaster

by Lara, Carrie; Larmour, Colleen

• ISBN13: 9781433840692
• ISBN10: 1433840693
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-07-04
• Publisher: Magination Press

Summary

After a fire destroys his home and neighborhood, a young boy must learn what it means to be resilient and to recover.​

Let me tell you about that one day everything was there, and then there was nothing.

This inspiring journal will help victims of a natural disaster as they follow a boy who is healing after a devastating fire in his neighborhood. A journal filled with drawings, news clippings, and coping strategies, this book is chock full of information on cultivating resilience after a natural disaster. Things may never be “normal” again, but he discovers that he is resilient and strong—even when hard things happen. Includes end matter on the topic of building resilience.

Author Biography

Carrie Lara, PsyD, specializes in working with children and families on child and human development, including foster and adoptive youth, those with learning disabilities and special education, and children dealing with trauma, using attachment-based play therapy. She lives in Sonoma County, California. Visit her on Facebook.
 

Colleen Larmour is a children’s book illustrator and author living in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. She graduated from the Cambridge School of Art masters course in children’s book illustration. Her published titles include Under the Silvery Moon, Little Friend, Making Friends: A Book About First Friendships and Our Green City.