  | Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster Author: Kasha, Manka | |
| Price: $23.28 | ||
Summary:
When Small Knight feels pressure from their parents to be a perfect princess, an anxiety monster shows up. No one else can see the monster, so Small Knight and their best friend Tiny Bear decide that it is up to them to save themselves.
Reviews:
Booklist (08/01/21)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 08/01/2021 This fairy tale is partially, and powerfully, about facing anxiety, but also about finding the courage to defy expectations. Small Knight is a wild-haired child living in a castle, whose parents, the king and queen, expect them to become a “proper princess.” Small Knight wants nothing to do with being a princess, confined to looking pretty and behaving beautifully. They want to go on adventures, but as soon as they defy the royals, they notice a small, dark, hairy blob nearby, which keeps growing until it becomes a truly scary, inky, evilly grinning monster. Small Knight’s parents tell them not to worry about the monster and that a prince will someday save them. They set off on a quest through the forest to find how to defeat the monster, learning that facing their anxiety head-on is the answer. The illustrations, done in watercolors and ink, provide astonishing bursts of color and comic, or sometimes scary, details. The sort of book that may stick with kids years after reading. - Copyright 2021 Booklist.
