{"product_id":"a-little-spot-of-anxiety-a-story-to-help-calm-your-worries","title":"A Little SPOT of Anxiety: A Story About Calming Your Worries","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorry can start small and grow until it becomes overwhelming. Diane Alber gives it a shape a child can see: a gray spot that swells when worries take over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor ages 3 to 8 (preschool to grade 3)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten and illustrated by Diane Alber, in her Inspire to Create a Better You! series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubjects: anxiety, worry and naming big feelings, with calming strategies built into the story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, 32 pages, 2024 edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the story, anxiety appears as a gray spot. While worries stay small and protective, the spot stays small too; once they grow too large, so does the spot. The book shows it turning up at different ages and in different settings, then walks through strategies a child can try to return it to a calm green spot. The publisher's stated aim is to give children tools for naming a feeling and handling it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParents, caregivers, teachers and librarians can read it with a child who worries, or with any group learning to talk about feelings. It offers words and strategies to practice together, not a diagnosis or a treatment plan; worry that persists is a conversation for a pediatrician or counselor. The title is also one of eight paperbacks in the store's SPOT emotion box set. Worry still shows up in the story as a gray spot, and the strategies are there to turn it back to green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author and Illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiane Alber earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Arizona State University. She started making children's books to encourage art and creativity, and her later titles focus on recognizing and handling strong emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kayppin Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854478622869,"sku":"NEW-ING-1951287169","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_b12b0105-6e96-44e7-b3cf-b473ef4a4c2e.jpg?v=1787904125","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/a-little-spot-of-anxiety-a-story-to-help-calm-your-worries","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}