A new place or plan can feel enormous before it begins. These stories let worry appear on the page and give the character time to face it.
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Ruby’s worry grows when she ignores it and keeps it to herself. When she notices another child with a worry and invites him to talk, his worry shrinks, and so does hers when she shares it.
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Worrysaurus packs for a picnic on a clear day, but questions about supplies and a lizard’s warning about rain set off his worry. He remembers his mother’s reassuring words, looks through his happy things and goes back to enjoying the day.
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Wemberly imagines everything that could go wrong, and the thought of school makes it worse. At school she meets another child with worries like hers, and sharing them eases her own.
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