Wemberly Worried is a children’s book about a mouse, Wemberly, who is worried about everything. Wemberly worries about going to bed at night, spilling her drink, and being sucked into the drain in the bathtub. She worries all day, every day, and is told by everyone she knows that she worries too much. She is especially worried about going to school, and seems to feel alone in her worry until she meets a friend at school who worries as well.

This children’s book can be recommended to parents to read to their children who seem to be anxious or overly worried. The book normalizes worrying for children, allowing them to not feel as alone in their worry. It also shows how knowing other people who worry and really understand their worry can be healing. Parents who read this book to their children can use it as a way to open up conversations regarding their worries, and find ways to help children feel understood and potentially help problem solve with some of the worries. Counselors can use this book during parenting sessions or parent consultations when working with parents of anxious children. Counselors can role-play with parents to help them figure out how to read this book to their children and help their children process their anxiety. Counselors can respond as the child, allowing parents to practice developmentally appropriate ways of addressing their child’s anxiety.