Read this when
Mr. Worry: A Story About OCD
When the worry gets a name, it gets smaller 💭
Who it's for
Kevin's checking and worrying are shown plainly, without making him strange or silly, and the book gives the worry a name so a child can see it as separate from themselves.
Stuck and worried→Understood and hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
A picture book about Kevin, a boy who keeps checking things and can't stop worrying. A counselor helps him understand that he has obsessive-compulsive disorder. Kevin names his OCD "Mr. Worry" and slowly learns to stop following its demands. The author wrote it as a mother whose own son has OCD.
Where to find it
Print from Albert Whitman & Company; widely held in public libraries.
Before you start
Age: All ages (picture book)
The mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 50
