An absolutely lovely book but so critically important in today’s society.
I think as an adult you should learn from this and it changes a scary worry into a non issue with many many examples of how to turn it around or how to solve the situation which is excellent for the kids reading it.
I read it to my nephew and his response at the end was aren’t they clever and - no point worrying it can be fixed
I think this sums up this book. I would encourage all children to read this very valuable yet wonderfully lovely book

Is a Worry Worrying You? is an interesting book that discusses different types of worries, giving very imaginative examples and offering solutions on how to alleviate that worry. The book also includes the different types of feelings and symptoms worry can cause in a child, and what a child could do to make them feel better. This book would be a great curriculum resource for teaching Kindergarten children about feelings. The illustrations are interesting and really personalize the many facets of worry for children. #IsAWorryWorryingYou? #NetGalley

I loved this book. My young son is a worrier and I've read several books about worries and being anxious but this seems to be the best.
I like how the worry is a "monster" in the book so it makes the worry easier to picture. It gives several scenarios on what you may be worried about and ways to solve the problem but in a fun way suitable for children.
I will definitely be adding this to my collection!

I enjoyed the premise of the story and the art is quirky and fun. It had an appropriate tone to go along with the worries that are ailing each page. I found the text a bit clunky. As though, it should have rhymed or had a better flow. Overall, it has a nice message.

This is a very cute children’s book that addresses worrying and anxiety. While a lot of the scenarios are silly, the book provides good solutions of how to get rid of the “worry” and face it head on. Even as an adult, it was a good reminder for me that you can get rid of a “worry” anytime you want. A worry is only as big and strong as you let it be. I would recommend this to teachers of all elementary grades!

Thank you Netgalley and Tanglewood Publishing for the digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was a cute children’s book about worries and how they’re basically just thoughts. This is a good reminder for anyone, but could especially be a good way to calm an anxious child. The illustrations were not my favorite, but it was still a quick and uplifting read overall.

4 and a half stars
A great book for children to learn that anyone of any age have worries and anxiety about anything big or small, noticeable or nonexistent. A worry is a worry and is not so easy getting over. A child needs to know on who they can go to in asking for help in getting over a worry. By putting a monster in place of the worry is a different way for a child to visualise the worry and what it might look like for them.
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This cute little book is all about Worry. What is a worry? How can we get rid of a worry, by occupying ourselves with a physical activity, thinking happy thoughts, envisioning the worry sent packing? Yes please! This book is really good. I only gave it three stars because I was reading it to a 4 yr old and she lost interest quick. So the star rating is effected by a four year old lol. But seriously, it would be great for an 8 or 9 year old and is a cute story that probably is worth reading! With our society's increase in mental health issues, its important to empower kids with tools to solve the issues in their lives that can debilitate them - worry is one of those things! Great job on this subject!

INTRODUCTION

What DOES a worry look like? What is it? Where does it comes from? What does it want? That’s what authors Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz answer in their book, “Is A Worry Worrying You?” A book composed for young children, the books emulates worry as a monster stalking the children in the book and blocking them from taking part in their everyday activities and feeling good. The narrator however shows children they can stop it by engaging in positive behavior like helping a friend or by turning a bad situation (that is in their control) into something good.

MY THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK

I LOVED this book, because one, what a better way to better describe what worry—-anxiety is by showing illustrations? The artist behind the book, Marie Le Tourneau, draws “worry” as this apathetic monster that keeps children from experience good feelings and experiences. You see “Worry” throughout the book in many different ways and forms to show children how it can interfere in their lives.

Two, along with the illustrator’s work, the authors use the PERFECT words to help describe this “monster” and it’s “existence” in everyday life:
“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 mean what better way to describe anxiety? I mean I could identify with that right away! Thirdly, the book also isn’t too wordy. Whether you read the book to your child or the child reads the book themselves, the book makes anxiety/worry easy enough for anyone else to understand. The book uses practical situations (albeit the talking animals or skateboarding monkey) to show how troublesome the Worry Monster can be. However, the book also shows how to subdue worry.

As quoted earlier, a worry doesn’t care about how you feel, but it will stay as long as allow it to. The narrator reminds the young reader not to feel hopeless about this “uninvited guest”, but to instead to take heart and show him a thing or two. One of the advices the narrator provides to children is to help people. There have been studies that have shown that by adults helping others, they in turn are reducing their own emotional and physical stress. And since these results have shown to hell adults, why not encourage children to do the same?

CONCLUSION

Anxiety—-worry (sometimes the words can be used interchangeably) can be hard to understand, even for adults. The book does a great job of talking about what it is and what it does without using medical explanations, but rather how it looks like in real life, because well sometimes we may not always know, for example, what “a pervasive feeling of apprehension” may look in our everyday lives, because well... living in anxiety is so “normal” to you. And can you imagine for kids, who’s earlier symptoms of anxiety disorder will show as “always needing reassurance”? How would that look like? And while yes, there animals dressed up as humans and taking part in human activities, I think it’s good idea they are drawn in the book while talking about a serious subject such as anxiety/worry.

Is a worry, worrying you? By Ferida Wolff; Harriet May Savitz
Is an awesome book for children.
This book is written in a fun and silly way but talks about a deep trouble many children struggle with. I love this book and have recommended to all my friends with younger children.

Wow. Even as a 25 year-old this was what I needed to hear.

This give the young reader a thought on worrying and anxiety. Letting them know it's normal and okay. And ways you can help make it go away. I will definitely be going out an buying this to have it on my physical bookshelves.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* This is not a bad book to help kids with worrying, its humorous and I liked the artwork, personally not a book I would have liked as a child but if your child is a "what if" child they would probably love this book.

I originally gave this book 3 stars in 2017. Having re-read the book today, I am adjusting my rating to 4 stars.
As an educator, we spend quite a bit of time on social/emotional skills. Our focus is on emotions such as anger, sadness, happiness, but rarely on worry. Anxiety is on the rise - even with our littlest learners. We must teach them to recognize and address the things they are worried about. This book takes a practical approach to identifying a worry and then addressing it, without dismissing or downplaying the worry. Sometimes it requires action, sometimes it requires a shift in thinking.
This books is fabulous opener to discussing worry and letting children know that they do not have to face it alone.

I received an eARc from the publisher via Netgalley. This is my honest review.

This was one of the sweetest children’s books I’ve read and I have certainly read my fair share. Even on the Kindle the pictures are beautiful and will certainly entertain. The message is not only relevant for worried children, it is also relevant for grown adults. I have added this little gem to my devotional collection so I can re-read it quite often.
I thank the publisher for giving me the opportunity to receive this book from Tanglewood through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. This one gets the highest 5*****’s. What a sweet children’s book.

I absolutely loved the illustrations! They went with the story so well. They will definitely keep a child interested! This also will help any kid with anxiety issues, and it will be a fun way for them to learn ways to control it!

My son loved this book. He struggles with anxiety. It's definitely not meant to be read on Kindle. Will definitely purchase the physical. It can be read over and over again.

Great book about handling worry. This is presented with nice illustrations. Worry is a big emotion with all ages of education. Is worry worrying you

Such a great book!
My kids really enjoy this book and they request it very often.
We received this book many years ago when I worked for the distribution company National Book Network.
We will enjoy this book for years to come.

This book teaches children to deal with anxiety. I would recommend it for all kids, not necessarily children with a diagnosis-it opens a conversation and helps by providing some tools for calming and insight. I wished the illustrations were a bit less dark, it made the book less attractive.

I read this book to all of my kids a couple of times. They are 7, 5, and 3. None of them loved it. They enjoyed the illustrations. I was somewhat indifferent about this book. I see where the author was coming from, but see places where it could have been presented differently to better speak to children. I'm not sure what age this is geared to, but it seemed somewhat above the ages of mine. We did take the opportunity to discuss the topic further, so in the sense of introducing the topic as a jumping point for further discussion this book was good. I also have not read another book specifically on this subject for children and I definitely think the topic of emotions in general and worry in particular are very important to discuss with kids. It's hard for the them to understand many of the things they are feeling. This book helps break it down into words and illustrations that are simplistic and understandable to them.