Is A Worry Worrying You? Is a wonderful children’s book that describes and illustrates the concepts of worry and feeling anxious about something through silly scenarios that children can understand. It also normalizes this feeling and informs children that they have control over their worries if they practice. This book would be great for a variety of ages, and could be used by both parents and professionals who are helping children who worry. The illustrations are engaging and fun.

I am an elementary school art teacher and I read to my students all the time. The pictures in this book are awesome! They are so colorful and fun. This is a great book for children that worry and have anxiety. That is a hard thing for even adults to deal with. This book helps explain that emotion to children in a way they can understand. It also suggests things they can do when they are worried to help cope. I deal with anxiety and worry constantly and found this book quite wonderful.

I really enjoyed this book, I think that it explains anxiety to kids in a great way. In addition, it presented the idea that you can overcome anxiety, a message I think is amazing. The illustrations were good, but freaked me out a little to be honest

This book was amazing. Described worrying about things so well, and how you can try to not worry. The artwork was cute too. Would definitely pick up a physical copy of the book.

Let's face it, at least at one point in our lives, we all worry. Some of us more than others. And there are people who live in a constant state of worrying. As adults, it may be easier to deal with whatever causes our distress but who likes to see their children worried? No one, right? So, if your child is concerned about something, Is a Worry Worrying You? might help you teach them how to deal with it.

As it is defined in this book, "a worry is a thought that stops you from having fun, from feeling good, from being happy." We all want our kids to be joyful, and there's hardly anything more heart-wrenching than an unhappy child. However, worry is a natural consequence of being human, and all we can do is embrace this fact and learn how to handle our anxieties.

The authors use some pretty absurd examples to show children what a worry is, but these are nevertheless funny ideas. If a gorilla borrows your skateboard and doesn't return it - that's a worry. If you think that a bald eagle will make a nest in your hair and you'll look ridiculous - that's a worry, too. Some other examples are more down-to-earth, though: a new teacher might be worried in her new class, or your friend may be worried that she can't go to a party after falling and scraping her knees.

There are tips on how to deal with your worry. For instance, you can send it packing. Or even better, you can discuss it with someone else. And my two personal favourites: if you think there's a monster under your bed, sing lullubies until you both fall asleep, and "let a worry thought remind you to smile."

There's only one advice I think I must disagree with. It's hiding your worry in a closet and closing the door. To me, that sounds pretty much like repressing it, and that's not something I'd want my child (or anyone else for that matter) do.

My one other concern is that highly imaginative kids might be more worried after seeing this lurking furry worry-monster (even thought it's occasioanally kind of adorable). Children have a vivid imagination and pictures may impress them more than words, so even though the message of the book is hard to criticise, the illustration might cause problems. But hopefully everyone knows their own kids and how much they can take without being frightened.

When all is said and done, I think this is an awesome little book with a unique style and it covers an important subject.

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I really liked this book’s approach to worry. Everybody worries! However, the way to handle it is to think about realistic solutions to the situations. The author states, “…A worry is as big or small as you let it be…” so that helps the reader to realize that they are in the driver’s seat and can choose better approaches for handling the worries. This is a great book with fun examples for starting the conversation with children about real solutions.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.

I think I loved this as much as my 5-year-old. The pictures are wonderful and the practical help for dealing with a Worry is really great.

This book tackled a serious subject in an adorably creepy and amusing way. I never thought I would be typing those words together in a review, ha ha. The illustrations are glorious! The colors and a bit of the style remind me of Where the Wild Things Are.

This book is great for children with anxious minds. It talks about worry in a fun way and then reminds you that there are ways to make it go away. That sometimes you just need to think of a solution. The pictures are fun. This book would be great not only in the library but a guidance counselor’s office or a child psychologist’s office. Such a good positive message that opens up a channel for discussion between children and adults!
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This book explains worry wonderfully for children. It is hard to explain things you can’t see to children. However, this book does a great job of giving numerous examples of what a worry could be. It gives ways to make the “worry” go away and not think about it. Adults could heed some of this advice also!

I received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was excited when I seen this book, as I feel like it touches on a very important subject for children, especially with children who have anxiety. This book talks about how things can make us worry, and how to help you feel better when somethings worrying you. The illustrations are cute, and brought the book together nicely.

This book is so simple with interesting illustrations! The topic is one that is dear to my heart, as I spend much time with children who battle with BIG WORRIES. This book not only takes the shame and fear out of the worries but gives kids simple and practical examples to help them overcome their worries. This book is great for any little one!

A big thank you to NetGalley and Tanglewood Publishing for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. First time reading this author. I date this a 4.5. I found it to be thoughtful, and thought invoking. A great book to start discussions about problems, worries. It was still fun, cute and had great drawings. I would recommend to early children and learning to read children.

This is a well written and cute story that presents a helpful message with great style.

I read this with my 3 year old. The illustrations are BEAUTIFUL. For his age, some of the worries are a bit wordy, but overall we loved it and it led to a great discussion about what we worry about. Very cute book!

Wonderful, wonderful book! First, I love the pictures; they have crooked lines and uneven colors so they kind of give an idea of how people feel when they have a worry. I also like that the author gives examples of what a worry might look like and then offers ideas on how to deal with these worries. Great book to read with your kids at bedtime or at school during story time. This is a topic that adults may find difficult to explain to children, but with the help of this book, it should make the experience a lot easier and fanner for parents, teachers, and children. I received a free copy via NetGalley.

This is a good book to cheer up an anxious child, worried about real things like something at school, with her friends, in her family or some imaginary danger.

The worry/anxiety is personified by a stubborn monster who insists on being on every page. 

The authors teach readers how to overcome worries giving solutions to silly situations/worries. Through humor children learn how to deal with their worries, real or imaginary. (But we have to be careful so that the child doesn’t think we are making fun of her worries).

Illustrations are dark and a bit spooky without losing their humorous feature. They make perfect sense and complement perfectly the text. I like that the text starts with a simple definition of worry, easy for the child to understand.

Never underestimate children’s anxieties as unimportant or simple nonsense. Grab this book, read it with them and talk about what a worry is and how to deal with it. To talk about it is the most important thing. Don’t let them alone with their fears. Help them solve them. Start with this book.

Adult worriers can also gain from reading it: an inevitable smile and some simple truth can´t harm anyone.

This looked like a great book to read with my little guy and I have to say that he loved every bit of it! The 'worry' scenarios given in this book are such fun! My son giggled through this book and he also could relate to some of the worries. It's a cute book that tickled the sides of an imaginative little reader...and gave the mom a sense of satisfaction for picking another awesome book! To the author, I'd say "great job and keep writing."
I would recommend this book to all parents, to help understand the little and big worries of children; and also help them to know that worrying about things are normal, no matter how small that worry is.

A lovely picture book with some humorous ways to explore worrying and anxiety with children. A good way to create an opportunity to talk about any issues.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The illustrations throughout this book work great. It wasn't overwhelmed with color and the color scheme was simplistic, in my opinion. Now, one might ask why that would matter. Some children (young adults depending on the mental capacity) may get overwhelmed if there is too many colors. Since this book is designed to help the child understand that they can be in control of what they feel (to a degree), keeping things simple helps them to get the idea and not lost in the details. I read this to my 5 year old son (soon to be 6). He really enjoyed the "worry monsters" and the fact that you could tell them to go away and they have to listen. As having experienced a traumatic situation recently, worrying about things that he shouldn't are a big issue. This book came at the perfect time for us. It also helped him realize that when he is thinking about things before bed, he has the ability to control what he gets upset about. His favorite part was the skateboarding monkey. He related to the story and, at 5 years old, was able to apply parts of it to himself with a little prompting (ie: what did the kid do in the book that you could do, etc). I think this is a great tool and can be used for worrying and anxiety help in kids. As an adult, I enjoyed reading it to him. The story line and the funny worries provided some much needed laughs.