Way Past Worried (Great Big Feelings)

by Hallee Adelman (Author) Sandra de la Prada (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

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.

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This true-to-life depiction of social anxiety is simply but effectively rendered...It is worth making space on the shelf for this one.

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1Worries 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.

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Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780807586860
Lexile Measure
470
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date
October 01, 2020
Series
Great Big Feelings
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV039090 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Parties
Birthdays
Worry
Anxiety

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