This would.be a valuable book for any school library or counselor's office in a public library's parenting section and family with children.

This is a simple to understand and graphically appealing book to help children identify and address their anxiety. So many kids have so much anxiety these days and this book is an invaluable resource for helping kids articulate their concerns. Based on conversations with my peers, parents are struggling to help their children navigate their feelings so the parent tips provided on the bottom of many of the pages are wonderful. This is a thoughtful, comprehensive resource for kids and their parents.

An absolute gem of a book. I loved the simple, direct, easy-to-use graphics directing kids to different pages depending on the emotion(s) they are experiencing. The parent tips on the bottom of each page were clear, free of insider jargon, and easily applicable. Emotional awareness is so, so important for kids, and this book is an amazing tool for kids dealing with big emotions. I'd say this book is a must for any child--teach them those healthy coping mechanisms and emotional awareness when they are young! (Even as an adult, I could learn from this book!)

This is a must have book for my daughter, and my classroom too. It explores emotions related to anxiety and gives coping strategies. Children deal with anxiety much more than many adults realize. This book helps normalize emotional health, but I feel the strategy lessons are the best part. Also, the intro by Kirkness helps children understand how adults could have had anxiety when they were children and that it’s okay. Thank you to NetGalley for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Why Do I Feel So Worried? is a gem of a book that helps develop emotional intelligence and the skills to address ones own feelings. The design of the book is smart and easy to navigate. Each page has a question that can provide information on what a child (or person) is worrying about. The child is given the choice to say "no, I don't feel this way," in which case they move one to the next question, or "yes, I feel this way," where they are given a short exercise to process this emotion. The techniques span a variety of fields, including psychotherapy, mindfulness, and yoga, and the book offers a broad selection of methods to help with the many worries it addresses. One can read the book all the way through to get a comprehensive understanding of the way their many worries might be affecting them, or, once a specific concern has been identified and addressed, one can skip to the end of the book and wrap up their session. Readers are prompted to identify the specific emotion they are feeling and its intensity at the beginning and the end of the process. There is also a lovely meditation script included at the end of the book to help relax the body and mind.

I as an adult found this book to be useful, and believe it will be a huge help to lots of families. The power of naming a feeling or worry and taking some small steps to address it is incredibly freeing, and the skills developed in this book will carry a child through life.

This simple flowchart-style guide to dealing with your feelings can help children (and their caretakers) identify what is causing them and how to cope with them. Designed to be read to kids or have the kid read it themselves, the choose your own adventure style, bite-sized text chunks, and simple language make the process manageable and quick. Great resource for those (working) with children through the middle grades.