Feeling
Scared
by Rosalyn Clark
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Clark, Rosalyn, 1990
Title: Feeling scared / by Rosalyn Clark.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, c2017. | Series: Bumba books. Feelings matter | Audience: Age 4 7. |
Audience: K to grade 3. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017002405 (print) | LCCN 2017013817 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512450286 (eb pdf) | ISBN 9781512433692 (lb :
alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512455489 (pb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Fear in childrenJuvenile literature. | FearJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC BF723.F4 (ebook) | LCC BF723.F4 C53 2017 (print) | DDC 155.4/1246dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017002406
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Contents
Feeling Scared
Scared is a feeling.
When do you feel scared?
Maybe you are in
a big crowd.
Y ou are afraid of getting lost.
Why else
might a big
crowd make
you afraid?
Maybe it is your first day
at a new school.
Meeting new people can be scary.
Maybe you had
a bad dream.
Sometimes people dream
about their fears.
What is
something scary
a person might
dream about?
Maybe you climbed the ropes
at the park.
Y ou were up very high.
This made you feel scared.
Many people have the same fears.
Do you get scared in the dark?
Y our friend might be afraid
of the dark too.
When you are scared,
your heart beats fast.
Y ou may want to run and hide.
Try taking deep breaths.
Are you afraid to
do something?
Ask a friend to
come with you.
Y our friend can help
you stay calm.
It is okay to feel scared.
T alk to friends or family
about your fears.
T elling someone about it can help.
Who do you talk
to when you feel
scared?
Picture Quiz
Which child is scared? Point to that picture.
Picture Glossary
calm
not angry
or excited
crowd
a large group
of people
fears
things that
scare you
feeling
an emotion or
thought
Read More
Butterfield, Moira. Scared! London: QED Publishing, 2016.
Kawa, Katie. I Feel Scared . New York: Gareth Stevens, 2013 .
Parr, Todd. The Im Not Scared Book . New York: Little, Brown, 2011 .
Index
calm,
crowd,
dark,
dream,
fears,
help,
high,
lost,