My Never Ending List

What’s so fun about this book is that it brings a not-so-fun topic to light.  So many times children worry but they do not want to acknowledge that is what they are doing so they just deny it.  They come up with excuses or have other illnesses when what really is the issue, they are hiding behind.  This book deals with that problem.  The first couple pages explain exactly what a worry does and then goes on to explain ways on how to deal with it and that other individuals the child may know worry too.  This book is not a cure-all but it just might help the child talk about their issues, help them feel that they are not alone and help them find ways to deal with their issues.  This book relays to the child that it is okay to worry but that sometimes that all worries do not occur and you have just wasted all that time worrying.  What would happen if you confronted your worry? What would happen if you ignored your worry, would it go away?  The book also lists other things to do when they start to worry to take their mind off it and also how to find a happy thought.  The illustrations are cute and add to the text and make this subject not a cumbersome topic.

Kids struggle with pressures and they worry about all kinds of things.  I used to see this in my own kids and I see this in the schools. I wanted to get this book to read to the kids where I sub and I hoped it was not a preachy book but was a fun and informative book and it is.  The pictures in the book are cartoonish and pull off the notion they set off to accomplish.  Great book to help talk about worry or help children see that worry is nothing to be ashamed of or to hide.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me a copy of this book