Another story using tools to explain anxiety and how to deal with it. In this instance it’s a trolley and Molly uses it to describe how she feels. Cute book

Poor little Molly, bless her anxious little heart! As someone who suffers from anxiety – and a mom of four that has watched her children suffer from it – this book had me from page 1!! Her little “trolley” takes off in the morning and just goes on its merry way throughout the day – and I could feel and empathize with each of her symptoms. Yay for the conductor that gave her advice on how to reverse her trolley! I love the introduction of a gratitude journal – that’s an amazing tool for kids of all ages (even the super high ones lol). This children’s book is geared for littles from preschool – and up. It’s GORGEOUS – beautiful full color illustrations and it’s packed with real life advice on how to real in your own trolley and take control. Thank you to NetGalley, Boys Town Press and Ashley Bartley for a digital copy of Molly and the Runaway Trolley in exchange for an honest review.

Molly and the Runaway Trolly is a relateable story about a girl who struggles with anxiety. I found the metaphor to be very fitting and easy to understand for a younger audience. I do wish it had been a little less wordy on the metaphor and focused a bit more on the coping skills needed to handle anxiety. While I do believe it gave some valid coping activities, I would have liked to see Molly utilize them more within the story.

Me and my children enjoyed this story with all the characters within. It about a girl that is having trouble with everything that going around her. She is feeling that she on a trolley train that won't slow down.

This was a fun story to read. It had a few giggles within. The illustrations want along with the word in the story.
Also the illustrations were colorful.

I received a complimentary copy via Netgalley. This is my honest unbiased opinions.

This is a title from Boys Town Press. It did not follow the usual story arc of a Boys Town Press book which I did enjoy. The idea of this book is to give a child tools to help them with a problem. In this case, the problem is anxiety. The tool, I think is simple works well, and will be easy for kids to understand. However, the book with the story of getting to the tool is very long, very drawn out, and very easily loses the interest of the reader. This is a great effort but needs to be simpler and with less repetitive wording.

Super Cute Book! Miss Molly has a runaway trolley of anxiety and learns how to control that trolley a bit more.. I love the he illustrations too..

This book is best suited for children who experience anxiety in their daily lives. This is a good way to have a conversation with them about their feelings and some steps that they could take to help manage their anxiety. Obviously, this book isn’t going to solve all the problems of a child dealing with anxiety, but it may be helpful for them to read about another child who has a similar experience to their own. There are tips at the back of the book for educators and parents to use with their kids to help them recognize anxiety, strategies to improve anxiety, and includes the recommendation to seek out medical help and referrals to community programs. Children with anxiety require a good support network. While no single resource will fix a child’s anxiety, this book could be a helpful resource for them. This book would be a good addition to any school or public library.

Thank you to Boys Town Press Publishing, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and NetGalley for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book is a great tool to help teach young children how to deal with anxiety. The use of the red trolley is imaginative and engaging. The tips on how to deal with the anxiety are useful for both children and adults.

Thank you to NetGalley for this advance e copy of Molly and the Runaway Trolly by Ashley Bartley.This is an excellent book to teach young elementary school children how to deal with anxiety..There are many techniques that parents and students can use to deal with their anxiety when it becomes overwhelming.Highly recommend!

As a parent it's easy to forget that kids can feel anxiety too! What do they have to feel anxious about? Running out of Goldfish? No more Bluey? Kids can feel anxiety before a test, big event, or even just a change in routine (we all know how toddler salad children thrive on predictability)! This book does a great job illustrating how anxiety affects children and how to help them deal with it!

Molly and her Trolly illustrates to children who feel anxiety that they're not alone and it doesn't last forever. I really loved the easy-to-digest descriptions of what anxiety can feel like and how important it I stop ask for help.

Molly & The Runaway Trolley by Ashley Bartley is a wonderfully written book with beautiful illustrations. The anxiety representation is great and I loved the way it was compared to a runaway trolley was brillant.

I highly recommend this book to everyone.

A great book by Ashley Bartley that uses the metaphor of a trolly to talk to kids about managing anxiety. The book uses school examples but is translatable into many contexts.
The coping mechanisms are interactive and provide readers a wonderful way to practice grounding themselves.
Kiddos who struggle with metaphors may struggle to connect the trolly to the experience of anxiety and the trolly controls to coping mechanisms.

This book was so adorable, I loved everything about it, the illustrations were so well done, they suited the book perfectly, the story was amazing as well, even thought is very short I could really connect with the characters and feel theirs struggles.
I’m sure the kids are going to be just as enthralled with this amazing book as I was.
I will definitely recommend!

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for this early copy

I really felt that the amazing illustrations helped to push the story through and really hammer home what anxiety may look like for some children and parents. If you or your children want to explore anxiety and how it could make you feel, then Molly and the Runaway Trolly is well-worth a read.

I received an advanced copy of this book via Netgalley.

I like this book. It narrated how anxiety really feels like. As I child, I faced anxiety everyday to the point where I don't want to go outside anymore. It is a good read for children who feels anxious to go to school and for adults who feels the same when going to work. This one really made me smile. Must read!

This is a fantastic book to help children understand their anxieties.
My ADHD daughter said she can really relate to Molly and said she was glad to see that it’s not just her that feels the way she does.
Highly recommend

Dealing with childhood anxiety I feel like this is such a good one and I like the way the author has likened the feelings of anxiety to that of an out of control runaway train.

I think for anyone who struggling with anxiety this book is a great helpful guide with tips and knowledge woven into the story to allow the reader to really take that information and use it in their day to day lives.

Thanks to NetGalley and publisher for an advanced reader copy.

I love this book so much. It has diverse character representation both of ethnicities and abilities. I love the metaphor of anxiety as a trolley. As someone who struggles with anxiety, it is an apt metaphor.

I also loved the illustrations, they kept the book light even if the subject matter is serious. I also love the use of the 5 ways to control the trolley. And the bracelet, such a cute idea, now I want one for myself. I also think reading this book and then making the bracelets would be a perfect follow up activity.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

I teach kindergarten and can't wait to add this one to my social-emotional book collection. Anxiety is presenting itself a lot more in younger children these days and this book will help students gain a better understanding of what they may be experiencing. Having a visual (trolley/train) makes it more concrete. I also like how the book gives strategies for kids and more information for care givers.

What a great way to talk about anxiety to kids and put it into words and feelings that they are more familiar with and may have experienced. I also love that it gives strategies for kids to help manage these feelings they may be experiencing. This is a great adddtion to a classroom library especially in regards to social emotional learning. The illustrations in the book are diverse and very eye catching too which would keep kids engaged in the story as well as allows all kids to potentially seem themselves in the story.