Wemberly is a mouse who worries about everything. She worries all the time! Her family tries to reassure her, but it doesn't really help. She worries about being the only butterfly at Halloween, but only after she worried about their being too many. She worries about her doll petal when it is getting cleaned. She is mostly worried about going to school. The author/illustrator uses an entire page of worries without illustrations to show how worried she is. When she gets to school, Wemberly's teacher introduces her to another little girl who is wearing stripes and has a doll that she rubs its nose when she is worried. Having a friend helps Wemberly lose some of her fear. I like this book because it is easy to forget that our students have worries. Some of them have worries that we can't even imagine.
Henkes, K. (2000) Wemberly Worried. Greenwillow Books: New York.
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