worry

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worry

Lost and found

2008
When her class goes on a wilderness overnight trip, fourth-grader Amy worries about how she will fare since she has never gone camping.

Angel's mother's wedding

1987
Angel is worried because her mother does not seem to be making any preparations for her upcoming wedding.

Stuart's cape

2002
Bored because there is nothing to do in the house to which his family has just moved and worried about starting third grade in a new school, Stuart makes a magical cape out of his uncle's ties and has a series of adventures.

Mrs. Meyer, the bird

1997
Mrs. Meyer, who worries excessively about everything, tries to help a young bird learn how to fly and discovers the thrill of flying herself.

Winter woes

2004
Rhyming lament of a young worrywart who wants to go outside and play in the snow but fears what could happen if he does, from slipping on steps to freezing his brain.

Sophie's fish

2012
Jake starts to worry about everything that could go wrong when he agrees to take care of his friend Sophie's fish for the weekend.

Stuart goes to school

2003
Worried about his first day at a new school, eight-year-old Stuart wears his magic cape and hopes that it will help him.

Changes

1990
As he waits at home for his parents to return, a young boy ponders his father's remark "Things are going to change around here" and begins to imagine all kinds of changes in the world around him.

Mom, it's my first day of kindergarten!

2012
A five-year-old boy, ready and eager on his first day at "the big kids' school," must calm his very worried mother.

Justin Case

shells, smells, and the horrible flip-flops of doom
2012
Justin is trying really hard not to be a worried kid anymore, and before fourth grade he must survive summer camp, including new kids, mess hall food, bugs, flip-flops, and swimming.

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