Is a Worry Worrying You?
Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz
Marie LeTourneau (Illustrator)

Tanglewood Press
September 8, 2011/ ISBN 1933718056
Children's Picture Book / Psychology
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Reviewed by Beth E. McKenzie

What is it that keeps you awake at night? In the adult world it is anxiety related to money, work, kids, the house, and more, but when we were children it was the thing lurking in the closet or under the bed. It could have been the kid waiting for your lunch money, having to take a test, or a loud, scary relative. "Is a Worry Worrying You?" gives practical advice to help children overcome some more common anxiety triggers.

The art and the story do an amusing little dance. First I read the lines, then I searched the page to see how the children and pets interacted with WORRY, chuckling all the while. There is a monster on every page that is WORRY, skulking through the children's lives. The creature is large and jubilant when the children worry, and as they face and defeat their stress, it mopes and shrinks away. The colors in the book are cool and help create a calm mood, even when the 100 elephants run out of tea!