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Is a Worry Worrying You?

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Such a cute book! I love that this acknowledges that children often have worries and anxiety. It offers examples that children can relate to with realistic solutions, helping children realize they can be in control of their emotions. It also can help children realize that what they are feeling is normal. A very useful book for parents and teachers to share with young children.

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Pros: the illustrations are nicely detailed and encourage visual exploring, reminiscent of the Black Lagoon series
Tackling a subject matter every child feels with solid solutions.

Con: the first page rhymes and I kept expecting rhyming with each turn of the page, didn’t flow well.

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Cute, imaginative, fun, just a bit on the spooky side. My sons both greatly enjoyed this book, and the various "worries" contained with in, most of which are just silly enough to incite several giggles and ease any misapprehension while providing thoughtful imput on easing the troubled minds of children who are worriers. The illustrations are fun and the story is very easy to follow. The worry creatures might be just a bit scary if your child is easily prone to nightmares, but most of the silly situations and unlikely scenarios ease any tension this might cause. Overall, I loved it.

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Found this really engaging, my kids found it useful and the pictures were entertaining for them. Great book for children.

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I recently downloaded a preview copy of this book on my Kindle. I sat down with my 6 year old daughter and read it to her.
We both really enjoyed the illustrations. That monster was amazing. from page to page and really represented worry to her. She could see and feel the emotion of worry and it was solid to her.

She told me the gorilla part was her favorite. I love that she recalls it so vividly.

The book talks about types of worries, and in a light way. It shows concrete examples of fears, and how a young person could handle them.

I think this is a book we will come back to again during stressful times. It is light, was read in a few minutes and it was great!

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A cute children's book about worrying. It helps children look at the worry as being something separate from us, something we can treat as a separate entity and ignore, or at least think differently about. A great book for kids who tend to over-think and yes, worry about so many things. Great illustrations!

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Wonderful book for students of all ages to read. Teaches children that it’s okay to have some anxiety and positive ways to deal with it. Definitely plan to share this book with my students at the beginning of the school year.

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A very helpful tale about worry and how to cope with its insidious nature. Dark scary illustrations mirror the way anxiety can cause children angst. 5/5

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC, in exchange for my true opinions.

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Great way to open up a discussion with a child who appears to worry a lot. Very vivid artwork that seems a bit scarier than the actual worry being described but overall it's a great topic.

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Thank you to Netgalley, Tanglewood, Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz for the digital copy of this book that I received in exchange for an honest review.

Is A Worry Worrying You? by Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz has 32 pages and was published in 2007 by Tanglewood.

Is A Worry Worrying You? is an ineresting book for school-aged children. It has a wonderful concept for little worrywarts. I love the idea of this book. I love how the author demonstrates that worries are often silly by her over-the-top examples.

"Suppose, just suppose, one hundred elephants come to tea and you discover you don't have any tea bags.
Uh, oh. What will you do with a herd of thirsty elephants?
Now that's a worry!"

I love how she demonstrates how to resolve the problem.

"But you can get rid of that worry by offering the elephants lemonade instead."

The artwork on the other hand, is a bit dark for a children's book. It is beautiful. The illustrator is amazingly gifted. I do think that it fits well with the concepts of worry and anxiety. However, it is creepy. I "worry" that it could exaggerate the anxiety of an already anxious child. I personally would have liked to see a concentrated difference between the artwork for the worries and the solutions - specifically brighter colors and more light.

Would I read this to my child with anxiety? Yes, I would. 

Would I show her the pictures? Really not sure about that.

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Great premise, but I don’t entirely agree with worries being viewed as bad or monsters. At times, worries and anxiety can be healthy and beneficial for growth, resilience, and performance. I wish the scenarios were more applicable and the illustrations supported a sensitive topic like this. However, I enjoyed the message that children have control and power over their worries when they may become too great.

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I read this book with my children but they dd not seem to care for it very much. Nor did I. While the message behind it was good, so I really, really wanted to like it, the pictures were a little dark and my kids found them to be a little odd. The story is supposed to be silly and goofy so I suppose it fit. It just wasn't really for us I guess!

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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This is a delightful little book that explains in funny and amusing ways what worrying (and even anxiety) is. Through small examples accompanied by beautiful pictures, the authors show us that everybody worries sometimes, but we don't need to let that get us down. After all, as the book says, "a worry is a s big or as small as you let it be". The story also contains fun ways for children to get over worrying about something. Overall an amazing little book, which leaves you with a smile when you finish it!

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This book gives great tips on how to ground yourself whenever you get anxious. Awesome for kids with anxiety, but even a silly and helpful reminder to adults.

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Great for kids, but as an adult who worries a lot, I must confess this book helped me as well. Problem solving instead of worrying is very important!

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3 things about this book
1. Fun way to talk about worries
2. Fun illustrations
3. Fun examples
All in all, a book who brings a fun way to discuss a somewhat difficult theme, to help children deal with their worries.
Recommended!

Note: Received from Netgalley

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Love it, has the feel of graphic novel artwork, I love the humor and message, very real for kids. This reminds me of Julia cook,s Wilma jean and the worrymachine.

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I really enjoyed it. Everyone worries sometimes and this book really great describes worry to little children. I like the illustrations but i can understand that some children can scared little bit.

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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.

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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.

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