Wemberly Worried - Paperback
by Kevin Henkes (Author), Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)
A classic, evergreen, and beloved picture book about making friends and overcoming anxiety from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes. Perfect for back-to-school!
#1 New York Times Bestseller - School Library Journal Best Book - Publishers Weekly Best Book - ALA Notable Children's Book - ABC Children's Bookseller's Choices Winner - Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award - New York Public Library's One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing - IRA/CBC Children's Choice - IRA/CBC Teachers' Choice - Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book
Wemberly worries about spilling her juice, about shrinking in the bathtub, and about snakes in the radiator. She worries morning, noon, and night. "Worry, worry, worry," her family says. "Too much worry."
Wemberly worries about one thing most of all: her first day of school. But when the big day arrives and she meets Jewel, Wemberly realizes that school is too much fun to waste time worrying!
This warm and comforting first day of school and back-to-school picture book features carefully crafted text perfect for reading aloud and story times and is certain to ease first day nerves. The artwork, in Wemberly Worried and in all of Kevin Henkes's mouse books, is playful, funny, inviting, and timeless.
"Told with sensitivity and filled with perfectly chosen details, this story will speak to young worrywarts everywhere. --School Library Journal (starred review)
Kevin Henkes is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been awarded the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon, two Caldecott Honors, two Newbery Honors, two Geisel Honors, the Children's Literature Lecture Award, and Children's Literature Legacy Award, among numerous other honors. Favorites from his body of work include the picture books Waiting, A Parade of Elephants, and The World and Everything in It, and the novels for middle grade readers Olive's Ocean, Bird Lake Moon, and the Miller Family Stories.
Kevin Henkes's classic and bestselling mouse books include:
A back-to-school favorite
Wemberly worried about spilling her juice, about shrinking in the bathtub, even about snakes in the radiator. She worried morning, noon, and night. Worry, worry, worry, her family said. Too much worry. And Wemberly worried about one thing most of all: her first day of school. But when she meets a fellow worrywart in her class, Wemberly realizes that school is too much fun to waste time worrying!
--New York Times Book ReviewA back-to-school favorite
Wemberly worried about spilling her juice, about shrinking in the bathtub, even about snakes in the radiator. She worried morning, noon, and night. "Worry, worry, worry," her family said. "Too much worry." And Wemberly worried about one thing most of all: her first day of school. But when she meets a fellow worrywart in her class, Wemberly realizes that school is too much fun to waste time worrying!
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