It’s hoped that a generous donation from a Hawke’s Bay writer will assist some Tasman District youngsters to get over the trauma created by our recent floods.
Author Stacy Smith has donated 200 copies of her book The Lucky Little Pig to be given to Tasman schools and preschools.
The story follows Pig as she navigates her way through the harsh impacts of the flood following Cyclone Gabrielle, with bravery and hope leading her thinking.
Woven through Pig’s journey are coping mechanisms that the reader, with the help of their parent or caregiver, can replicate when life is getting hard. At the back of the book are simple ways parents or caregivers can support their child when faced with trauma.
Stacey is a mum of three young children, who along with her husband and brother, escaped the cyclone’s flood waters by getting onto their shed roof.
Having worked in the social work sector for 14 years, she understands the impacts of trauma and wanted to create a resource that parents could use to help support their own children in learning to cope with tough times.