Jackie French is one of Australian's most famous, and most awarded, children's authors and has written a number of books for children on (real life) natural disasters. Fire is about massive bushfires (like the ones that recently hit California); Flood; Drought; Cyclone (about the real life Cyclone Tracy that destroyed the entire city of Darwin); Plague; Earthquake; Pandemic. They don't shy away from the disaster itself but tend to focus on communities coming together in the aftermath.
Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest by Diane Lucas is pretty much what the cover says. (Gagudju are one of the Aboriginal peoples in the far north of Australia.) A lot of Aboriginal-written stuff tends to have a pretty big focus on nature. Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu, Seed to Sky: Life in the Daintree, etc.
I feel like we've also gotten a few from the library -- though names escape me and our local library doesn't seem to keep a history of what we check out -- that are somewhat generically about storms being scary but then they pass which are kinda sorta in the same genre of resiliency.
A few from an Australian perspective:
Jackie French is one of Australian's most famous, and most awarded, children's authors and has written a number of books for children on (real life) natural disasters. Fire is about massive bushfires (like the ones that recently hit California); Flood; Drought; Cyclone (about the real life Cyclone Tracy that destroyed the entire city of Darwin); Plague; Earthquake; Pandemic. They don't shy away from the disaster itself but tend to focus on communities coming together in the aftermath.
Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest by Diane Lucas is pretty much what the cover says. (Gagudju are one of the Aboriginal peoples in the far north of Australia.) A lot of Aboriginal-written stuff tends to have a pretty big focus on nature. Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu, Seed to Sky: Life in the Daintree, etc.
I feel like we've also gotten a few from the library -- though names escape me and our local library doesn't seem to keep a history of what we check out -- that are somewhat generically about storms being scary but then they pass which are kinda sorta in the same genre of resiliency.
Thank you! I always appreciate when you add suggestions, Tran.
Thank you! Looking forward to checking these out!