COPE Books for Children: Storm Surges

Summary

The COPE squad, Candy, Ollie, Ping and Eddy are a team of disaster risk reduction agents travelling all over the world to teach children how to be ready and prepared for natural hazards and disasters. Make the difference, be ready!

Join the COPE squad on another risk reduction adventure. This time they travel to Hong Kong and the traditional fishing village of Tai O.

Candy, Ollie, Ping and Eddy find out how to be prepared for Storm Surges, how to make sure your home is safe, and what to do if you need to evacuate.

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About this book

According to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, children have a vital role in strengthening community resilience. COPE books have been developed in response to that call to empower children.

This child-friendly booklet is for kids 6-12 years old to generate storm surge awareness through animated characters and simple but strong messages.

COPE is a series of illustrated, not for profit storybooks created in 2018 by author Martha Keswick, award-winning illustrator Mariko Jesse and global disaster risk reduction expert Dr Timothy Sim.

Listen to this interview with COPE creator Martha Keswick to learn more about the book series, how and why it was created, and its impact.

For more information about COPE Disaster Champions Christine Messervy [email protected]

Storm surges in other languages

• Storm Surges in Spanish
• Storm Surges in Chinese

Other books in the series

• COPE Earthquakes Book
• COPE Tsunamis Book: Get Up to High Ground
• COPE Droughts Book
• COPE Wildfires Book
• COPE Landslides Book
• COPE COVID Book
• COPE Cyclones Book
• COPE Floods Book
• COPE Heatwaves Book

Further reading