The Worrying Worries

Do you ever worry about your worries? This lively rhyming picture book explores what happens when children encounter a worry, and some simple strategies to tame them. 

Everyone has had a worry at some point. Worries can be awful pests, and they hate to see you happy. They can follow you to the library, the park, and back home. They might whisper mean things to you, cause stomachaches, or keep you up at night. But you don’t have to keep your worries.

In upbeat rhymes and engaging illustrations, this book shares some simple exercises children can practice to stay calm and banish those pesky worries for good!

Rachel Rooney trained and worked as a teacher for special needs for many years before rediscovering her love of writing poetry. She was shortlisted for the CLiPPA Poetry Award in 2015 and 2019 and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She has also been a judge for both the CLiPPA and the Betjeman Poetry Prize. Rachel was born in London and now lives in Brighton. Visit rachelrooneypoet.com and @RachelRooney on Twitter.

Zehra Hicks is a tutor at Chelsea College of Arts, where she completed a short course in book illustration in 2009. Since then, she has been highly commended for the Macmillan Prize for Illustration, nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and shortlisted for the Read It Again! Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award. Zehra lives with her family in Epsom, Surrey. Visit zehrahicks.com and @ZehraHicks on Twitter and Instagram.