Rising Tide by Sarina Dickson

Rising Tide is a really special book as it works at multiple levels to demonstrate that 'what we think about ourselves' isn't always the truth.

The book helps tamariki challenge their thinking by demonstrating how our thoughts impact our feelings, which in turn impacts our behaviour. For instance if you think you're not very smart, and don't feel that great about an upcoming test, a likely outcome is that you don't bother studying. Understanding this can help us to change this cycle.

Rising Tide has been created by the clever team from The Worry Bug (Sarina Dickson and Julie Burgess-Manning), who sought to support tamariki after the Christchurch earthquakes with books that gave them fantastic strategies to manage and be more resilient.

Rising Tide is a book all tamariki can relate to - they don't need to have lived through a disaster or major challenge to benefit from the strategies contained in the book to help build resilience and understand strengths.