Sunday Scaries
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Picture Book · Ages 3–7 · 2026

Sunday Scaries

Written by Debra Kempf Shumaker · Illustrated by Lavanya Naidu

A perfect weekend starts to sour as a shadowy worry about Monday creeps in.

40 pages· 540L
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Bookroo's summary

Josie loves weekends: movie night, the fluffiest pancakes and her favorite things with Mom and Dad. But on Sunday a tickle in her throat and a shadow behind her back remind her that Monday is coming. With her family's help, Josie learns ways to calm the Sunday scaries and look forward to the week ahead. Includes a note for caregivers.

From the publisher

Do you dread Mondays? Does the thought fill you with anxiety? Then this humorous picture book on tackling anxiety about the week ahead might be just what you need to get rid of the Sunday scaries. Josie loves the weekend. She gets to do all her favorite things with mom and dad like movie night and eating the fluffiest pancakes ever. But then it starts. At first, it’s just a tickle in her throat. A wisp of a shadow behind her back . . . MONDAY is coming. Josie has a case of the Sunday scaries, maybe her parents too. A playful exploration of the anxiety that bubbles up on Sundays when thinking about Monday and the week ahead, with practical methods on banishing those Sunday scaries for good!

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
40
Reading age
3–7
Audience
Picture
Lexile
540L
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.6
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
August 4, 2026
Publisher
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780593904381
LCCN
2025038971

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