Issy is a thinker, always wondering about the possibilities around her. Her imagination is healthy and
strong, but sometimes it leads her places that bring her worry.
One night in bed, she is talking with her mother.
What if there is a monster in my cupboard?
What if a tree branch breaks my window…?
What if an alien takes me…?
Her mum explains how powerful those two little words are. What if? doesn’t have to be just for the scary, worrying stuff. What if? can take you fun places too.
Issy’s imagination quickly jumps on the fun What If? ride her mama has shown her, imagining many wonders and magical places.
Lyn Jenkins is a children’s clinical psychologist and Kirrili Lonergan is an art therapist, combining their skills and talents in this book for children with anxiety, or vivid imaginations.
Words – even if only two small ones like What If? are incredibly powerful both in negative and positive ways.
This Hardback picture book What If? shows young readers how to flip their worries into fantastical fun possibilities.Â
Author – Lynn Jenkins
Illustrator – Kirrili Lonergan
Picture Book
(2021, Exisle Publishing, Imagination, Anxiety, Mindfulness, Worries, Fears, Magical, Wonder, Possibility, Positive over Negative)