Review of Is a Worry Worrying You? by Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz

Adults think of childhood as a carefree time, but the truth is that children worry, and worry a lot, especially in our highly pressurized era. This book addresses children's worries with humor and imagination, as hilarious scenarios teach kids the use of perspective and the art of creative problem-solving.

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**My thoughts**

This story takes the concept of a worry and gives it a physical form that kind of reminds me a furry version of the mucous monster in those medicine commercials. So it gives kids a kind of tangible idea of this worry monster. And then it takes kids through a variety of potential worries that they could have, some very realistic (loud uncle visiting), some semi-realistic (a new teacher in class, though this teacher is a bear), and some completely silly (a rhino walking down the road), and gives ideas on how to turn that worry around. It's a fun way to talk about anxiety and can provide a good foundation for a discussion as to how to alleviate worries that the child may have. I think some kids will relate to this well.

Thank you to the publisher for fulfilling my review request via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.