I have never read picture books before, that is in my adult life. Comics were the only things that I read as a kid. I guess there was less to read and you could just look at he pictures to get what was happening.
Anyway, I was looking to read something casual and didn’t want to really concentrate much on what the author was trying to say. So I picked up this picture book The Worrier’s Guide to Life. The title seemed funny enough. We all worry but some of us literally worry about everything that is happening around from minute to minute.
The Worrier’s Guide to Life
Author: Gemma Correll Pages: 112 pages Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (May 26, 2015) ISBN-10: 1449466001, 978-1449466008
Life for these people must be really hell. Not sure what they think? Pick up and read some of the illustrations an you will get it. Don’t get a wrong impression though. The book, as promised, is funny. And even if you are from the worrying lot, reading the book will give you some light moments if you are ready to laugh at your situation.
Goolge is a boon, they say. It gives you information at fingertips. In the hands of a hypochondriac, Google is a loaded gun. The authors illustration in the first chapter portrays this perfectly when Gemma Correll shows how a simple headache, with the right search tools and a bit of nervousness can lead to a prognosis of death.
The book constructs the world from a worrier’s perspective and tells you how simple things can topple the delicate balance. The author mixes this extreme, but realistic view of an anxious person with some amazing illustrations and text to make the reader laugh.
A funny but real book of what ails the anxious.