Way Past Worried (GREAT BIG FEELINGS®) - Hardcover

Adelman, Hallee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807586862 ISBN 13: 9780807586860

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2020

Synopsis

Sometimes being worried can keep you from having fun.

Brock is worried. Way past worried, with his heart thumping and his mind racing. Today is his friend Juan's superhero party and he’s going all by himself. What if nobody plays with him? What if everyone laughs at him? Brock doesn’t feel like a superhero, but...what if he can save the day and find a way past worried all by himself? This engaging story speaks to kids’ emerging emotional intelligence skills and helps them learn to manage worry.

About this title

About the Authors

Hallee Adelman is the author of numerous books for children and works to better the lives of kids and families through education, story, and film. With a PhD in education, she has taught elementary through university students and was nominated twice for the Disney Teacher of the Year Award. Hallee lives outside Philadelphia with her family.

Sandra de la Prada has studied art, design, and illustration in Spain and Italy. She loves to draw in the morning with her two cats, Chicho and Rudo, for company. Sandra lives with her family in Spain.

Reviews

PreS-Gr 1-Worries that are not addressed have a tendency to snowball out of control. Brock "feels a little worried" when he finds out his brother will not go to his friend Juan's superhero-themed birthday party with him. Though Brock's father tries to reassure him, Brock's anxiety only grows. His costume seems too small, his friends ride past him on their way to the party, and he arrives late, each mishap adding to his growing list of concerns. Feeling left out and overwhelmed, Brock hides in a tree. To his surprise, he finds another child, Nelly, already there. After getting to know each other and talking about their worries, they feel more brave and join the fun together. Adelman's first-person narration does a reasonable job conveying a child's perspective without slipping into a moralizing adult voice. De la Prada's appealing cartoonish illustrations depict a diverse group of kids in generic superhero costumes, with an assortment of capes and masks. VERDICT A good addition to most library collections, especially those looking to add books on the topic of anxiety.-Yelena Voysey, formerly at Pickering Educational Lib., Boston Univ.α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807586862
• ISBN 13: 9780807586860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: De La Prada Sandra
• Number of pages: 32