Abstract
Indonesia is a country that is prone to natural disasters because it is located on a tectonic plate fault in a row of active volcanoes in many areas, making Indonesia at risk of natural disasters such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and further disasters such as floods. Mini-type disasters certainly have an impact on society, especially children. Therefore education is needed regarding alertness to natural disasters. Using qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, namely data collection through questionnaires to 150 respondents, interviews with expert sources, as well as literature studies, existing studies, and comparative studies. The design of this augmented reality-based picture story book uses a style adapted to children, starting with the formulation of keyword concepts, verbal concepts, to visual concepts including titles, synopsis, language style, image styles, colors, typography, character designs, cover designs, to the contents of the page that produced a picturebook with augmented reality entitled “Zalfa the Nature Explorer”. This design has the aim of educating children aged 9-12 years with creative and innovative methods, through this design it is hoped that children will be more aware and alert when facing natural disasters so that they can reduce victims of natural disasters that occurred in Indonesia.
 Keywords: picture storybook, augmented reality, alert for natural disasters, education, children
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