Title: A.B.C. Worry Free
Author: Noel Foy
Artist: Olga and Aleksey Ivanov
Genre: Children's / Self Esteem
Year Published: 2018
Year Read: 2018
Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues
Source: Physical Copy Received from Publisher
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (One Intense Scene)
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I
would like to thank the National Center for Youth Issues for providing me a
copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I had
previously read the book “Worry Says
What?” from the National Center for Youth Issues and I really enjoyed that
book! It is always nice to have
children’s books that deal with children being worried about certain situations
and how they should handle it. So,
imagine my surprise and delight when the National Center for Youth Issues sent
me a copy of “A.B.C. Worry Free” by Noel Foy along with artwork by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov and it was such
a brilliant story that deal with the issue of being scared and worried!
The story starts off with a young boy named Max who
loves playing hide and seek with his two best friends Casey and Sam. During the game, Max found a hiding place
among the bushes and believed that he found the best hiding spot when suddenly,
a swarm of bees attacked Max and he ended up running to his mother after he got
stung by the bees. This incident was so
traumatic to Max that he decided not to go outside at all and he even avoided
his friends to do so.
Will
Max ever go outside to play again?
Read
this book to find out!
Wow! This book
was simply amazing! As I mentioned
before, it is nice to have children’s books that deal with the issues of being
worried and scared of certain situations as many children do go through these
situations every day. Noel Foy had done a brilliant job at
writing this book as the story is extremely relatable to children and adults
who had been through a situation where an experience had traumatized them and
they were afraid of going through that situation again for fear of being hurt
again. I can actually sympathize with
Max in this story as I also got into certain situations that terrified me and I
was so afraid of going through those experiences again that I never bother
tried getting over my fear of that situation.
I also loved that fact that Noel
Foy introduced a new strategy about how to deal with being worried called “A.B.C. Worry Free,” which basically
means:
“A”
stands for “Accept,”
“B”
stands for “Breathe,”
And
“C” stands for “Change.”
Olga
and Aleksey Ivanov’s artwork are adorable to look at as all
the characters look so cute, especially Max himself. I also loved the way that Olga and Aleksey Ivanov drew the backgrounds in this book as they
look truly realistic and fit so well with the heartwarming atmosphere of this
book.
Overall, “A.B.C.
Worry Free” is a truly fantastic book for children who also have to deal
with being worried about certain situations and how to deal with being worried. I would recommend this book to children ages
five and up, since the scenes with Max being stung by bees might scare some
smaller children.
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