Anxious kids, you are not alone! And you, the adults who see this book, please get it for a child you know. Read it with that child or let them read it on their own if they prefer. Maybe just leave the book somewhere where it will catch a kid's eye. Be ready to talk with them about anxiety.

This book does an excellent job of discussing the overwhelming feelings that anxiety can bring. It also offers some hope.

The best part of the book, in my opinion, is that, in addition to some techniques, Destiny find that there are ways to be helped. What a relief! Anxiety does not have to be Destiny's destiny.

This book is great for a home library, for a therapist to use in working with a child and for school resource centers.

This book can be a terrific jumping off point. If more help is needed, remember that it is OK to access emotional support services.

Many thanks to the National Center for Youth Issues and NetGalley for this title. All opinions are my own.

This book called out to me from the cover - and its a book I wish existed when I was a little kid. As someone who has struggled with anxiety my whole life, I think this does a great job of presenting anxiety in a way that is relevant to kids, digestible for them, and comes with actionable insights for kids and adult carers to use when a child is struggling with that anxious voice in their head. The therapeutic approaches are described in a way that would make sense to anyone, and are techniques I find helpful even as an adult. I loved the section for adults at the end that provided advice for helping an anxious child. The dad was so wholesome and loved that he passed on advice from his own mother and was vulnerable with his child - letting her know that he has been there before. All in all would definitely recommend this and will be recommending it to my parent friends when their kids get a bit older!

As someone how has anxiety for over 30 years, and can see the signs in my 9 year old sometimes, I feel this book does a wonderful job reflecting what it is like to have anxiety. The simple break downs through out the story, showing examples of things that maybe triggering the anxiety is a great way for kids to relate and maybe even explain what causes them anxiety. I think that the books being piled on top of her when she is in bed and how she feels frozen is such a simple and yet powerful image. This book will be added to my personal collection.

As someone who's had anxiety their whole life but didn't know it as a kid, this book would have helped me so much! The tips in it are great but also the way they describe the feelings is also good! I didn't have the words to describe how I felt as a kid and this book can help with that.

***Thank you to National Center for Youth Issues and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review***

Destiny carries the weight of intrusive thoughts that make her question herself and the ways others perceive her. When she doesn't know where to start with her book report, her father admits to her that he has anxiety too, that some people have super sensitive amydalae that point out non-existent danger. He tells her about a poem his mother taught him and explains the 4-7-8 breathing technique. Destiny learns to start small and make a plan for her report. Once the day comes to give it, she is wearing her mother's courage bracelet to calm her down. Remembering the poem, she gains confidence to do it.

I thought this was a quick read and really helped with anxiety. I wish it was. Little bit longer though

This is such a fantastic children’s book with anxiety representation and how we can use coping mechanisms to mange our own anxiety. It helps open up the conversation about mental health with kids and I think every household could benefit reading this. The illustrations are cute but also simple which is perfect for the intended readers.

Thank you NetGalley and the Publisher for a copy! We really enjoyed this as a family.

Hello, Anxiety is a terrific book discussing how anxiety works and tips and tricks to help combat that alarm bell that goes off in your brain.

The story follows Destiny, a young girl who gets assigned a book report that she is meant to present in front of her class, and she gets overwhelmed with alarm bells of anxiety regarding this project because she doesn't know what to do or where to start. However, her father helps her by telling her what he used to do when he was young and his mother told him about anxiety: say hello to it.

Great tips and guidance for my daughter, but I found them helpful for myself! Destiny’s journey through preparing, writing and presenting her book report helped my daughter relate and understand what I was causing her to feel this way as well as how to cope!

I found the book to be just okay. While it did share some useful information about anxiety in children, I'm not sure how many children will find it helpful for dealing with their anxiety. Two days after reading it, I am struggling to remember anything about it. Since I would only have given the book three stars, I chose not to review it elsewhere.

A useful and practical book that can help introduce both parents and older children to anxiety management strategies. I appreciate its indirect approach, and its clear method for delivering important information. I think the concept of using one's "whole brain" to strategize is something that hasn't been mentioned by therapists we have spoken to before, and it will definitely be something that we are going to explore more in-depth.

I enjoyed this book as an adult with anxiety. It gives children that are experiencing anxiety a way to identify and cope with it and let's them know they aren't the only one that feels that way.

All in all it was a well written, interesting story but also an informative resource. I think this would work great in a school library and would benefit most children to read.

I actually really enjoyed this! I have anxiety as an adult and I spent a lot of time,t life feeling like I was in constant panic mode, simply because I didn’t know about anxiety. I really like that this book gives parents a way to explain anxiety to their kids in a way that makes sense, and provides techniques that may actually help.

This was a good idea and definitely had some good tools for kids and caregivers to utilize when feeling anxiety. I did feel it felt a bit older and more straightforward and literal than expected.

This story uses a fictional family to break down anxiety into an easily understood topic. It covers the science behind it and includes several tools for coping. I think this would be a perfect tool for young readers, teachers, and counselors. I love the Black representation.

Big thanks to Jessica Sinarski, NetGalley and the National Center for Youth Issues for the digital ARC. All thoughts are my own.

I read this book to my daughter as it is a book that she can relate to. There are some good tips in this book that I think can be really useful especially being in a school environment. Also some techniques that would be good use in everyday life.
Overall I thought it was a well written book that would be good for a lot of children to read.

I highly recommend this book.

Thank you Netgalley, the publisher and author for allowing me to read and review this book.

This was a great age appropriate book about the science of anxiety and strategies for managing it. I especially love the representation of a Black father discussing mental health. It presented extra information for caregivers as well. Thank you to NetGalley and IBPA for this arc. All opinions are my own.

This is a fantastic resource for kids who have anxiety and feel alone. I would have loved this book as a child I always felt like no one ever felt this way besides me.

Destiny suffers from anxiety. In this story, anxiety is represented by a book she carries around in her backpack. This is a nice idea, but the ‘book’ concept doesn’t appear consistently throughout the story.

This reminded me of “The Big Bag of Worries” in that it takes a feeling and turns it into something concrete, but in that story, the ‘bag’ illustration is used consistently throughout - in this story it isn’t, which loses the impact it might have had.

There is an explanation about the amygdala and its purpose as an alarm to warn of dangers, plus some suggestions of strategies that might help in those situations.

I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Awesome book! The main thing that this book achieved effortlessly was widdling anxiety down and making it a less intimidating emotion. The author did this by making Destiny's story highly relatable and comprehensive. Different techniques and steps were clearly written out and explained, perfectly equipping young readers with the tools they need to get through their anxious moments, big or small. Major kudos to the author for choosing such a common source of anxiety; it really sets up a great foundation. I also deeply appreciated that the author went into a "backup plan" in case paced breathing doesn't work, because sometimes it just doesn't cut it! Lastly, the illustrations were done very well, and the level of detail was impeccable. Bravo!