![]() ![]() The school worries are typical going-to-school fears-what if Wemberly can’t find the bathroom when she needs it, what if she’s the only one who has brought her doll to school, and so on. The concomitant list of worries it engenders is Wemberly’s longest ever (cleverly depicted by a double-paged spread featuring larger and larger type against a background of question marks). Soon the biggest worry ever in Wemberly’s young life rears its ugly head-nursery school is on the horizon. Every aspect of life raises new worries for Wemberly-she worries in bed in the morning and evenings, worries as she plays in the yard or reads in a big comfy chair, and worries about the equipment in the playground falling apart. And Wemberly’s well-meaning grandmother just tells her to loosen up and have some fun. ![]() ![]() Her worries range from big life issues-what will she do if her parents disappear-to the mundane-what to do if she spills juice on her special doll Petal? Unfortunately her parents, although concerned, are not much help, merely telling her to stop worrying so much, rather than teaching her how to cope with her anxieties. As a chronic worrier and an extremely anxious young mouse, life is hard for Wemberly. ![]()
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