Books like Wemberly Worried
By Kevin Henkes
For the kid who needs three reminders before goodbye and a full inventory of everything that could go wrong, Wemberly Worried names that feeling and hands it right back with company. Gentle, wry, and quietly reassuring, with the soft chaos of a very full mind.
A young turtle is afraid of the dark inside his own shell, so he sets off asking other animals for help, only to discover that a bird, a polar bear, and a duck all have fears of their own.
A seven-year-old girl flees war in Lebanon and must adjust to a strange new life in Canada, struggling with a language she doesn't understand and everyday moments that suddenly feel frightening.
A young llama starts his first day of preschool, and once Mama leaves for work, the new teacher, new toys, and roomful of noisy kids feel like too much all at once.
A girl starting her first day of school comes home discouraged when classmates mispronounce her name, then decides to go back and teach them to say it right — even if it takes a hundred tries.
A girl stuck wearing her brother's old winter boots feels envy and sting when her friend teases her about them — until one word starts to mend their friendship.
A boy decides it's time to face the nightmare that lives in his closet each night, armed only with a toy gun and his own nerve.
The smallest of twelve little girls living in a Paris house under Miss Clavel's care, one fearless girl isn't scared of tigers or mice — until one frightening night changes everything.
A girl teased for having big hair and unusual tastes gets the chance to embarrass the boy who bullies her when he's stuck on the playground — and has to decide what kind of person she wants to be.
A careful elephant gets a delicious ice cream cone and faces a big decision: should he share it with his best friend Piggie — before it melts away entirely?
On his first day at a new school, a shy boy named Yefferson hears his name mispronounced again and again, until his family helps him find the courage to speak up for himself.
Two identical-looking twin sisters share the same eyes, cheeks, and smiles, but as they make dumplings, get haircuts, and practice magic tricks, their differences keep showing through.
A zookeeper spends every day visiting his animal friends — racing the tortoise, sitting with the shy penguin, reading to the owl — until he wakes up too sick to come, and they decide to visit him instead.
