This children's book was great and was a great way to open up a conversation about worries and fear with my 4 year old. She really enjoyed the story.

This book handles a complicated issue quite well for kids--and even offers good suggestions for adults! While it's not brilliantly written, it offers up enough to lead to good discussion and will leave kids with tools to deal with anxious thoughts when they come.

Is a Worry Worrying You is an excellent book for children who worry a little bit or a lot. The advice in the book about how to deal with worries is written in a kid-friendly format and makes even the biggest worries seem manageable. A wonderful book that is a must purchase for counselors, classroom teachers, and parents.

Is a Worry Worrying You is a fantastic book about what a worry is and how to deal with it when it happens. Worries happen to us all and can feel like a cloud over our heads or a weight on our shoulders. I loved the absurdity of the worries in this story. Even as adults many of our worries will never become reality and it’s absurd to worry about them, and children’s worries are no different.

With colourful fun illustrations and simple language this book is a great tool to help children learn how to deal with their worries in a healthy way.

This was really great. I have absolutely no complaints and I found it very cute. I would recommend it! It would make a great gift.

My son loved this children's book. The illustrations reminded me of Tim Burton. Perfect book for little ones with anxiety issues or being shy. Very well written.

While functioning as children book, there are coping mechanisms that I think may help adults. Many children's books that I have read as an adult provide content that guides children to make the right choices and do what is right when confronting difficult situations - but what if those situations are happening internally and you do not know what to do. Even though the content may apply to children - I would recommend that a parent or adult read this with a child so they can help process and be clear about what the child is experiencing. As our world becomes more complex, books of this nature will be helpful to children and families who are trying to navigate those complexities.

The imagery is a bit dark and scary. It may be intimidating for smaller children. Very helpful in explaining what worry is and puts it into terms that children would be able to easily understand. The message is amazing and very soothing though. It helps to focus on what can be done to conquer worry without letting it take over your life. Love the message of this book and it helped me to feel calm while I was feeling worried.

"You can feel tired from a worry. Or sad. Or sick. A worry can feel like a heavy sack on your back."

"A worry isn't polite. It has no manners. It doesn't ask if it can enter. It just barges in. And it will stay as long as you let it."

I think sometimes as adults, with adult pressures and worries, we don't realize that the things our littles worry about are just as real for them. This outstanding book not only validates feelings but provides several helpful strategies children can deploy in order to manage, distract themselves from, or directly face their fears, worries and concerns.

It's not a bad reminder for adults either! Cute illustrations too!

Thank you to Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz, Tanglewood, and NetGalley for providing me with this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but I enjoyed reading this. An interesting story with fun characters. Well written.

“Is A Worry Worrying You?” is an amusing, fun and brilliantly illustrated book about worries. Children worry about things too, as well as parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, friends and just about anyone. This book very neatly explains what worries are, using funny and humorous examples. It then goes on to suggest practical ways to get rid of them. I loved that each page showed an image of a different worry. My favourites in the book were Uncle Herman, the bald eagle and the blue furry monster.

The text is straight-forward and easy to understand for small ones and it is nicely complemented by good, strong artwork. This wonderful book is perfectly balanced between the story and the message it delivers.

For a neat little book, “Is A Worry Worrying You?” is chock full with some really useful coping skills for overcoming worry such as being flexible and talking with a friend. The book demonstrates that all of us have the power to control our worries.

Highly recommended for both adults and children, “Is A Worry Worrying You?” by Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz would be a great addition to a family library.

Thank you to NetGalley, Tanglewood Publishing and the authors, Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz, for my free ARC of this book. My honest review is entirely voluntary.

This book uses simple text and pictures to describe worry in children. It gives ways to make the worries go away.
This would be a great read before testing for those anxious kids, or really anytime. Worry is shown in the pictures as an annoying monster that you didn't invite over. I like how it provides responses for each worry, and how to deal with worries that don't have simple answers.

I'm so glad I came across this book on NetGalley! This is great book for small children to begin to understand the abstract feeling of being anxious. The book provides solutions to each worry in a kid-friendly way.

This is a delightful and helpful children's book. The illustrations are engaging, and the text is simultaneously realistic and fantastical, catching the attention of children (and elders) and bringing across the point without belaboring it. Some of the suggested situations are realistic (a loud uncle), others are more imagined (involving animals), but every one is a real-life potential for anxiety, and the author soothes the reader through each of these situations. I found it very helpful and will delight to share it with my grandchildren.

I appreciate what this book is trying to do.
Anxiety is something that my daughter struggles with, and I am keeping my eyes open for some materials to help her cope. I do like that this book has some recommendations for how to overcome worry, however I will most definitely NOT be reading it to her.
The illustrations are way too creepy for a children’s book. I’m a big fan of Tim Burton, and these pictures STILL creeped me out. I also did not like the style of the writing. It would be more beneficial to purpose real life worry-inducing situations to children rather than some of the absurd situations in this book. The only one I felt like my kids could relate to was the uncle whose voice was as loud as a lion.
But as I said before, I appreciate the intention behind this book.

*i was provided an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I read this with my 8 and 11 year old and they both loved it. The illustrations are fantastic and they liked finding the "worry" on each page. The examples of worrisome situations were silly but also things that kids could relate to. We also liked the suggestions for how to take away the power that worry can have over you. Recommended for children grades K-5.

What a cute book. I have three boys, the middle of which suffers from anxiety and I had hoped that reading this book might help him. The illustrations are amazing! However, I felt that the story itself was good and well-written but geared towards older children. Eight or older.

Many children have worries. Often they don't know the term "worry" but they know they have things they think about that bother them. This book (aimed at 4-7 year olds) gives a name to that feeling - worry. It goes through some scenarios (some funny and unrealistic like a rhino in the street and some real like the first day of school) and helps provide solutions.
Is A Worry Worrying You? normalizes worrying. While some of the solutions and scenarios are outlandish, the message is clear: you can find a solution. The end of the book offers some real advice about putting worries in a box, out of your head. It talks about facing your worry and allowing others to help.
Everyone worries. This book explains to kids that it is normal and provides some strategies on how to deal with worries.

I read this book with my 7 year old daughter. It is a great book to open discussions about what is worrying your child. It was also written in a way that she could read it herself.

For so many children worry is a big issue but hard to talk about or name. Some children do not know what they are feeling is worry or how to deal with it. This is a great story for all children to help combat and overcome worry.