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.

“Do you have a worry that won’t go away? What is a worry anyway”

A great way of explaining to younger children what a worry is and how best to deal with it. Children may not understand the feeling but this book will certainly help them.

Offering lemonade because you are out of tea, someone borrowing something and not giving it back, solve the problem by asking for it back. Very relatable for children.

I love the style of illustration, however unfortunately it could be a little dark for some children. Has a Tim Burton feel about it. My 6 year old daughter likes unusual things, so this would be a plus for her.

I enjoyed it and thrilled to see a story that can help children identify issues and help them to solve them.

I shall be reviewing this book on Goodreads and Amazon

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.

As the mother of a child that was always very worried, I found the suggestions on dealing with your worries to be sensible and charming and the illustrations are delightful!

This book gives me the creeps. While teaching children coping skills for their worries is laudable, it's also probably a good idea not to introduce new worries into the minds of highly creative kids.

One of the main problems with this book is that it presents worries that are impossible. Like a herd of elephants coming to tea, and you're out of teabags. The solution? Serve them lemonade. The problem? That's never going to happen! In addition, some of the worries might cause kids to worry about things that they might not have considered before. Like a monster taking up residence under their bed. (I was the type of kid who, had I believed in monsters, probably would've started to worry about something like that simply because I'd read about it in a book.)

The illustrations are a mixture of interesting and downright scary. Worry is represented throughout the book by a creepy blue monster. I had a bit of fun trying to pick it out on each page. But it's also kind of ominous, and the way it's lurking about makes me feel really uncomfortable. Illustrations are really important for me in a picture book. They help set the tone, and often provoke an emotional reaction. Unfortunately, in this book, my emotional reaction was one of revulsion; once I'd found the monster, I just wanted to stop looking at the dark, unappealing pictures.

The one thing this book has going for it are the suggestions on how to banish your worries. They might work for some kids, which is a plus. However, overall, I think a much better book about worrying is Worry Says What? by Allison Edwards. While it doesn't go into dealing with worries as much, the illustrations are much nicer to look at and clearly show the worry getting smaller and smaller (and much more manageable). I would recommend that book over this one since it doesn't inadvertently introduce new worries (and the worries presented there are much more realistic).

Is A Worry Worrying You?
By Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz
I can’t even begin to say how much I like this book. I struggle with anxiety and depression and it all started back in my youth. The older I got the more I understood what I was feeling but it was so hard to put my “worries” into words as a child. This book not only defines and addresses different ways that worries enter our thoughts but gives creative advice on how to ease our worries away. I think the best part of reading this book is the validation that your feelings are real and can be helped. As an adult you can feel like you are going crazy when you have mental health problems but as a child, I imagine it is so much worse. Everyone else is living care free and you are stuck with overwhelming thoughts that is crushing you. I really enjoyed this perspective and imaginative book and would recommend it to others.
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion which I share here.

What a delightful book geared to younger children. I love how the author gives a worry and then a solution to the worry. The illustrations were perfect to the story line.