"Fears are given physical form in this humorous and insightful picture book that helps even the youngest child find ways to cope with fearful feelings"
Award-winning poet Rachel Rooney and illustrator Zehra Hicks have already tacked Problems and Worries. Now they look at Fear using the same winning combination of Rooney’s simple and highly effective text which names and looks at several different kinds of fear and where you might find it without ever making them seem too alarming and Hicks’ bold illustrations which show that though fear may be all around us it can quite easily be seen off. An excellent book for parents and children to share and return to often.
What happens if you meet a Fear? It's a frightening thing, and it's different for us all. Some are helpful and keep us safe, others cannot be explained. You can fight them and tame them, but sometimes, you might find you were mistaken, and the Fear was really excitement all along!
One thing's for sure... often the things you fear are more afraid of you.
'A masterclass in how to do children's self help well... the medicine will go down very easily' - Telegraph
Author
About Rachel Rooney
RACHEL ROONEY trained and worked as a teacher of Special Needs for many years before re-discovering 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.
