After last week’s shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, an assistant teacher created a children’s book to help kids process the tragedy.

Alyssa Rawson, an assistant elementary school teacher for Bend-La Pine Schools and a children’s art teacher at Bend’s tea and art lounge, said she hopes the book helps kids understand big emotions.

“I was wondering when we go back to school on Wednesday, how to answer the questions that kids might have,” Rawson said. “I was seeing so many parents that I know, and other families in the community looking for ways to explain to young children in an approachable way about everything going on.”

Rawson started writing and illustrating on Friday, the day after the shooting, and finished the book over the weekend.

She continued, “I think right now the biggest thing families are needing is a bit of comfort.…