The Worry Monster
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2024

The Worry Monster

By Dr. Catherine Cook-Cottone, Lena Podesta (Illustrator)

Join the Worry Monster to learn calming techniques and conquer anxiety.

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40 pages
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Meet the Worry Monster, who's anxious about an upcoming field trip. Discover six Mindful Monster Moves to help him—and you—tame overwhelming worries. Will you join him on this journey to calmness and self-soothing? This interactive story offers kids practical tools to manage anxiety and find peace.

From the publisher

Give kids tools to calm their inner worry monster with this interactive, vibrantly illustrated book! Tried-and-true methods from a child pscyhologist will have little ones mindfully breathing, practicing gratitude, and gracefully surfing their worry waves. “We all have a worry monster, but Dr. Catherine Cook-Cottone teaches us how we can tame it with a bunch of strategies in her adorable The Worry Monster.”–Christopher Willard, PsyD, Harvard Medical School, and author of Alphabreaths Everyone worries sometimes! But when your worries are giant, overwhelming, and constant–you’ve turned into a worry monster. Fortunately, the Worry Monster is here to help. He’s going on a field trip tomorrow that he’s very anxious about. Is there something that makes you very anxious, too? You’re in luck! Worry Monster knows six Mindful Monster Moves that will help him–and you–stop the worry spiral. Will you join the Worry Monster and practice these skills so that you can both feel calmer? In this therapeutic story from Dr. Catherine Cook-Cottone, kids are able to see themselves in the Worry Monster and learn step-by-step practices for self-soothing and reducing their own anxiety.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
40
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD510L
Themes & topics
Books about feelings and emotionsBooks about mindfulnessBooks about self-esteemBooks about anxietyBooks about worrying
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.4
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
December 3, 2024
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780593567913

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