Waterstones Me and My Fear
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Price: £12.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: A beautiful tale of conquering fears and spreading empathy from award-winning author and illustrator Francesca Sanna. When a young girl has to travel to a new country and start at a new school, her Fear tells her to be alone and afraid. How can she hope to make friends if she doesn't understand their language?A heart-warming and relevant new tale from the bestselling author and illustrator of The Journey, this book shows us the importance of sharing your Fear with others - after all, everyone carries a Fear with them, even if it's small enough to fit into their pocket!. Waterstones Me and My Fear - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781911171539
Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781911171539
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Author: childrenofbooks
Rating: 5
Review: The girl in the book moved to another country and started a new school, she doesn't speak the language at first and the settling in is difficult. Her fear is depicted as a white koala-like creature mostly clinging on to her back and affecting her freedom of movement as she grows in size or gets smaller depending on the situation and which looks like a koala to me, as he is As Francesca slowly settles into the community, Fear becomes a manageable, polite friend, and she also finds out that everyone else lives with some sort of fear. The winning point of the story is that the girl's emotions are depicted as a tangible, visible entity: this makes it more grounded and understandable to young children, and less negative and gloomy at the same time. Although Fear is annoying at times, she looks more like a cute, mischievous puppy needing some training. Fear is also a matter of safety: 'Fear has always looked after me and kept me safe' and that's a very good point which has aroused my daughter's interest. The sense of fear keeps us away from danger when kept at a healthy level, which is somehow an interesting idea to remind children about. A therapeutic read with a bittersweet end, and the comforting finding that we all live with our own pet-Fear. And that’s ok.
Author: Hope-Librarian
Rating: 5
Review: New country, language, school, and wanting to fit in. A young girl moves to a new country and finds a lot is strange. She has an imaginary friend she calls, Fear, but he’s actually a stark, real emotion she struggles with. He grows larger as she finds it harder to adapt. Both not knowing anyone at school, and language differences, contribute to her fears. She eats a lot at home to cope and has trouble sleeping. Then we start to see another student appear in the pictures a few times, quietly looking at her. Not in a bad way, just interested. Finally, he shows her a picture and they begin to paint and draw together. And, you guessed it…they become friends and she wants to go to school now. Her companion, Fear, gets smaller over time. She also discovers that she’s not the only one with fears; her new friend is afraid of a barking dog. Hmm, she thinks that maybe everyone at school has something they are afraid of. The story ends with her playing with the other kids and smiling.
