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Bea is excited for her birthday party! Until her anxiety interferes.
What if my friends don’t like the games?
What will I do if they call me names?
Like the fast-growing willowtree in the yard, Bea’s anxiety takes root and keeps growing and growing. She imagines all the worst possible outcomes and doesn’t think she can go through with her party. Using deep-breathing and mindfulness techniques, Bea has to get control of her anxiety before she can enjoyher party.
Includes a Note to Parents & Caregivers, by Ara J. Schmitt, PhD, with more information on helping children copewith anxiety and worries.
Gail Silver is the author of the
award-winning Anh’s Anger,
Steps and Stones, and Peace,
Bugs, and Understanding, as well
as director of Yoga Child, Inc., and
founder and CEO of The School
Mindfulness Project, Inc. She lives
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Visit @GailPSilver on Twitter and
gailsilverbooks.com.
Franziska Höllbacher has been
illustrating children’s books for
three years. She currently stud-
ies multimedia art in Salzburg,
Austria. Visit @franzi_illustrates
on Instagram, @franzi_illus
on Twitter, and franzi-
illustrates.com.
by Gail Silverillustrated by Franziska Höllbacher
Mindful Bea
WORRY TREE
and the
Children’s / Emotions / MindfulnessAges 4–8
Bea’s anxiety threatens to ruin her birthday party…can she get it under control before her friends arrive?
Includes a Note to Parents & Caregivers by Ara J. Schmitt, PhD, with more information on helping children cope with anxiety and worries.
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Bea lives here, in this house with its yard and wide willow tree that towers and sways and bends in the breeze.
Bea climbs and swings, and dances and sings, and when she’s inspired (and not too tired), makes make-believe towns from twigs and things she finds on the ground.
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But today, the swing is still. The air untouched. Twigs and things are strewn around. There’s no singing or dancing. Today there’s no sound.
Except for the one from inside the home. It’s a soft and steady, whimpering groan.
If you look through the window, you can see Bea. She’s curled up in bed with a case of—well, come and see.
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“It’s time for your party,” Bea’s mother says.Bea moans and quivers and shakes her head.
“What’s wrong?” Mama asks, though she already knows.She’s seen before how this thing grows—on Bea’s skin and in her hair. Soon it will be everywhere.
Like a seed from underground,It sprouts alive, unleashed, unbound.
With gnarled roots, this kind of tree feeds on thoughts…
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What will do if
they call me names?
What if no one plays
with me?
What if my friends don’t like the games?
What if the piñata
doesn’t break?
What if we didn’t bake enough cake?
“ t’s my AnxieTy,” sighs Bea. She lifts her head and worry peaks.Worry springs. Worry speaks.
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