Name: Is a Worry Worrying You?
ISBN: 9780974930329

Harriet May Savitz

Ferida Wolff

This book addresses children's worries with humor and imagination, as hilarious scenarios teach kids the use of perspective and the art of creative problem-solving.

Is a Worry Worrying You?

Deepika Ramesh

This is beautiful, hilarious, and for everybody. Loved it. Loved it so much.

Kritika Narula

We often try to keep negative emotions repressed. If you are taught that as a kid, it can be so harmful for your long-term mental health. We should start talking to kids about embracing all emotions equally since an early age. 
Filling this gap, this book plays a great role. 
It also reminds me of a quote from grey's Anatomy, "When you’re little, night time is scary because there’s monsters hiding right under the bed. When you get older, the monsters are different: self doubt, loneliness, regret and though you may be older and wiser, you still find yourself afraid of the dark."
All in all, a grand book to spark conversation on mental health and anxiety with your little one.

Briar's Reviews

Worrying is natural and everyone will get there eventually. Growing up, anxiety and worrying was something I didn't even think about or really understand. I had some difficult times growing up and always stayed positive, and then one day it hit me like a brick wall. I didn't know how to cope, and a book like this would have helped me understand what was going on inside my brain. I'm glad there are more resources available now to help kids with these issues.

The book itself is a great resource and tool on top of just being a good book. I kinda had a good chuckle reading this book, because the annoying and strange dynamic of worry kinda feels like the weird monster that is representing it in this book. It was on the nose for how I would picture worry, so I'm quite impressed.

This book makes worrying seem so simple. It not only explains what worrying is but also different ways to cope with it. It explains it in an easy to understand way that I think young readers would be able to identify with. It gives a great analogy for worry and helps explain it in ways that just make sense. I would recommend using this book for middle graders, or grades two and up.

The art style was also unique. It felt crayon-y and kind of nostalgic. It was very intriguing and not a style I've seen a lot of. 

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Tanglewood for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Izza

In today’s contemporary society, worrying seems to happen at a younger and younger age every year. The Book Is a Worry Worrying You? by Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz explain to children what a worry actually is, and try to teach them how to cope, suggestion ways to deal with their fears. 

“A worry is a thought that stops your from having fun, from feeling good, from being happy. Don’t bother looking for a worry because you’ll never find it. It is invisible. But it seems very real.”

Great definition of what a worry is; well explain to children. But that explanation and the illustrations are pretty much the only things I liked about this book. As I read on, I couldn’t stop thinking “how is that ever going to be helpful to a kid prone to anxiety?” 

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For a kid of reading age, this book would probably be more amusing than educational. 

The illustrations are gorgeous; there isn’t a doubt about that. A young child would have a lot of fun looking at the pictures and making up their own stories.

Full Review here @ The HungryBookster

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