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Big Thoughts: Catch and Release your worries - Cover

Big Thoughts: Catch and Release your worries

Author: Laura DockrillIllustrator: Ashling Lindsay

Colour is used to powerful effect to illustrate how disturbing thoughts and worries can affect moods, resulting in anxiety, depression and a form of paralysis. Told with empathy and kindness through the lens of one little boy's experience, the story highlights the importance of sharing and discussing emotions, and how they can be eased by gentle understanding.

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  • Laura Dockrill is a twice Carnegie Medal nominated author
  • Laura Dockrill is a Waterstones Book Awards shortlisted author
  • Aishling Lindsay is a Klaus Flugge Prize shortlisted illustrator
  • Aishling Lindsay is a Waterstones Book Awards shortlisted illustrator
  • Black representation
  • Diverse cast
  • Class/socio-economic diversity