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.

My son absolutely loved this book. He got great delight out of finding the worry monster on each page and totally empathised with the description of the worries. Hopefully he takes on the advice as well, but this is the kind of book he'll happily reread until he really gets it.

Charming pictures and easy to read text make this a great book for any little worrier.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC without obligation.

Great concept, well done. An enlightening children's picture book now that subjects like anxiety are on the public radar. It looks at the issue of worries and anxiety without catastrophizing.

I enjoyed Marie LeTourneau's illustrations a lot - they are a great blend of menacing, gothic and humour in just the right colour palette. I will keep an eye out for other work by that illustrator.

I read #IsaWorryWorryingYou? via #NetGalley.

Tanglewood and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Is a Worry Worrying You? I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Many children worry or are anxious about both the known and the unknown in their lives. This book is designed to help remind children that a worry does not have a physical existence and can be dealt with in a way that helps to lower their anxiety.

The only issue that I had with the book was regarding the illustrations, which are entirely too dark for a younger audience. Is a Worry Worrying You? is designed to help alleviate anxiety, but the artwork is quite scary at times. I understand that the illustrator was trying to convey the story in picture form, but she seems to have forgotten that the target audience for the book is very young. It would have been better if the worry pages were balanced out with brighter, happier pages when the author proposes a solution. Despite this small issue, the author did a good job of writing in a way that young children will understand. I would recommend Is a Worry Worrying You? for both parents with small children and educators.

As someone with an anxiety disorder that was not diagnosed until the age of 30 I really wanted this book to be a good message to children. Thankfully it is!
Is a Worry Worrying You starts off by discussing what a worry is, because let's face it kids don't really know. It's hard to understand how a 'thing' can be a 'thing' without being a 'thing' that you can touch. Ferida Wolff does a wonderful job of talking about how a worry can feel heavy and huge and make you sad; even though you cannot see it or might have trouble describing it.
We then move into what can a worry be. From elephants showing up uninvited to monsters under the bed to annoying relatives there is a wide gamut of worries described and in each instance the worry is resolved somehow. Most of the worries are really simple, but certainly something a child might be worrying about.
Towards the end it discusses how to get rid of a worry that can't be solved immediately. And this is where the real magic of this story is, as it talks about facing that worry head-on. Talking to someone about it, and seeing if the worry even makes sense! These are things that I feel would have been invaluable to child me. But as with all children's books the final page and written line are what everything is all about! I won't spoil it for you, except to say that it's perfect.

The illustrations in this book are a little bit darker and I really loved them. You can also play a game with your little one to find the monster on every page. He's there, lurking like a worry might, sometimes easy to see and other times harder to see. I would happily read this story to a small child night after night. I can even see gifting it to someone older or about to embark on a trip or new stage of life. It serves as a reminder that worries are only worries if you let them be worries. Because, after all, you can always sing the monster to sleep.

Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review.

It is a book about worries, from the most simple one to the most extravagant one, and simple steps to get rid of them. The illustrations were quite dark/creepy to me and made me feel tensed as I was reading it. I would have preferred an art style that makes me feel relaxed and calm instead.

This was a cute little book to help kids with common fears. It gives humorous examples of how our fears can sometimes be unreasonable, but scary none the less. It also gives coping techniques but disguises them so that the child dosen't feel they are being taught, just entertained.

This was a well written ok about the feelings of worry. It gives great examples of what worry is and how to overcome it. I would recommend this book to anyone from "able to read" to adult.

A really great book about our everyday worries andvhow to handle them. Just loved it and the pictures are amazing. Goid job.
Thank you Netgalley and the author for this lovely copy.

This children's picture book was so much more than I expected it to be. I am so glad that mental health is getting more and more represented and explained to kids because they deserve to know more and be educated on the topic.

Thank you NetGalley and Tanglewood for this DRC.

Teaching kids how to overcome worries is a great idea.
The authors introduce some likely and totally unlikely (100 elephants for tea?) reasons to worry and how to overcome those worries in simple steps. I liked how they described some of the physical anxieties you can experience as well.
I did find that from page to page the writing was either great or lackluster. I'm not sure if the authors were switching from page to page or if they just had directional differences, whichever it was this caused a little weirdness in the writing.

The illustrations are really what made this so delightful for me!
Marie Letourneau's style reminded me of something between Maurice Sendak and Tim Burton.
Very very cool stuff!!!

Book about worries, how it makes us feel and tips to overcome them. Wonderful illustrations.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher

My 5 year-old daughter (also new to kindergarten this year) came home from school one day struggling with why another little girl treated her badly at recess, rather than me give her a big, long explanation about human behavior, i read her this book. Immediately after we were done she asked “Mommy does this book mean that I shouldn’t worry because by worrying I’m only hurting myself?” I was so impressed that this was able to convey to her exactly what I wanted to say, but because of the way the book was worded along with the illustrations, it was able to get my point across much easier than I’d be able to. I definitely recommend reading this to children, especially children who are just entering into school or maybe even daycare and have just started socializing and/or dealing with different situations and circumstances.

If there was a point where. whimsical and therapeutic can meet up in one story . The book called,” Is a worry worrying you” is that book. For it being a children’s book , it’s just as insightful as if it was adult.

The writing just compliments the story at whole, Along with its whimsical illustration that just makes it filled with youth. its unique, pure funny, and downright pleasing to read..Especially , with the wonderful tips they give to help you to not worry anymore.

Would I ever read this again. Yes, especially if I’m ever feeling down . This would be such a great way to just laugh and not burden myself with anything at all.