Wemberly Worried [Hardcover]

A classic, evergreen, and beloved picture book about making friends and overcoming anxiety from #1New York Timesbestselling author Kevin Henkes. Perfect for back-to-school!

#1 New York TimesBestseller ·School Library JournalBest Book ·Publishers WeeklyBest 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, inWemberly Worriedand 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 #1New York Timesbestselling author who has been awarded the Caldecott Medal forKitten’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 booksWaitinl/