There’s a page number next to each emotion, and children can turn to that page to read suggestions of things they can do when they’re feeling that way. In the beginning of this book, there is a page with different ways a child might be feeling- happy, angry, bored, grumpy, scared, quiet, worried, sad, excited, jealous, embarrassed, and shy. Instead it deals with a range of emotions. Just like the last book, this one doesn’t deal exclusively with anxiety and worrying. Often, anxiety can manifest itself in other emotions like fear and anger, so this one is super helpful. While this book is about emotions and feelings in general, this book can help children with anxiety and worries name their feelings. This book does a great job of helping children know they’re not alone and gives them the courage to voice some of their worries to others. Ruby Finds a Worry has a wonderful message about how everyone has worries, and that sometimes the best thing to do is to talk about them. In this sweet and relatable tale, Wemberly learns that often times there’s no need to worry because things turn out okay in the end. Wemberly worries about just about everything, but her biggest worry of all is starting school. This classic Kevin Henkes books is great for back to school, or any time. With some helpful advice from his mom and the kindness of a friend, Worrysaurus learns to try to enjoy the moment. However, on the way, he begins to worry about all of the things that go wrong. The Worrysaurus is a cute but helpful tale of a little dinosaur who is planning a picnic. My own children and students have really enjoyed this one. She acknowledges that it will come back sometimes, but now she has the tools and power to deal with it.

The book ends with her worry getting smaller and smaller.

The little girls learns to talk to and confront her worry and no longer let it control her. Children will relate to the types of worries the girl deals with- worrying that she’ll mess up in school, worrying her friends don’t want to play with her, anxiety over trying something new. The books follows a little girl throughout her day as she’s met with worry (personified as a monster) after worry over all kinds of things. Worry Says What? helps children understand that worries are common, but that we can conquer our worries. Picture Books for Anxiety and Worry Worry Says What? Here are 6 children’s books about anxiety, worrying, and feelings. It can be hard to handle feeling like you can’t control what will happen. Worrying and feeling anxious is very common in children.

Wemberly worry