Donut Worry

By Christianne Jones and Jack Viant

Poor Donut is feeling anxious. School is about to start again, and Donut can’t stop all sorts of worries from filling her round donut head. She’s tired of her friends and family saying, “Don’t worry!” As if it’s that easy! Can her new friend, Cookie, help her find ways to manage her anxiety?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Apr 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781684463312

Christianne Jones

Christianne Jones grew up in a small town with three sisters, no cable, and parents who were teachers. After college, Christianne became an editor at a children’s book company and began writing. She has found her niche in the picture book genre and has written many popular titles, including Donut Worry, Miles McHale, Tattletale, Harrison P. Spader, Personal Space Invader, and Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker. Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker won a 2013 Gelett Burgess Award and was a Midwest Book Award finalist. Christianne lives in Mankato, Minnesota, with her husband and three daughters.

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Reviews for Donut Worry

[librarianryan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book has just the right amount of puns, including the title. The author and illustrator didn’t take it too far and make it farcical. Donut has lots of worries and everyone telling her it will be okay isn’t helping. Until she meets a crumbling cookie who tells her “It’s okay to not be okay”. I think this is a lesson we need to teach children more. So many people want happy healthy children, or make light of a child's worries and fears, it’s nice to have something, or someone says, It’s okay to not be okay. This book works in all ways. The illustrations are great with the puns and the topics. It’s approachable without seeming like a lecture, and a fun to read book that isn’t just about it’s lesson.