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If you create a translation or an adaptation or this Work, kindly note that: All completed translations will be posted on the IASC Reference Group website. The IASC MHPSS RG has coordinated translation into Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.Ĭontact the IASC Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) ( for coordination of translations in other languages. Under the terms of this licence, you may reproduce, translate and adapt this Work for non-commercial purposes, provided the Work is appropriately cited. This publication was published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO ). This IASC MHPSS RG acknowledge Helen Patuck for writing the story script and illustrating this book.

This is a story developed for and by children around the world. A big thank you to these children, their parents, caregivers and teachers for completing our surveys and influencing this story.

Over 1,700 children, parents, caregivers and teachers from around the world took the time to share with us how they were coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Feedback from children, parents and caregivers was then used to review and update the story. The book was shared through storytelling to children in several countries affected by COVID-19. A framework of topics to be addressed through the story was developed using the survey results. A global survey was distributed in Arabic, English, Italian, French and Spanish to assess children’s mental health and psychosocial needs during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The project was supported by global, regional and country based experts from Member Agencies of the IASC MHPSS RG, in addition to parents, caregivers, teachers and children in 104 countries. This book was a project developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC MHPSS RG).

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