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Worries are annoying, but they’re also normal, and unfortunately pretty common.

EVERYONE worries at some point, and some of us worry a lot.

Worrying isn’t a bad thing, and often it can help you to do a good job or be a better person. But it’s important to be able to cope with worries so

they don’t stop you living your life.

For advice, support, and more unworry activities, visit

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TIME TO UNWORRY

That’s why we’ve created the Usborne Unworry Pack, a collection of fun, mindful activities to help children and adults UNWORRY. It’s full of

things to calm you down and distract you, and places where you can put your worries, instead of

letting them hang around in your head.

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THE GIRL WITH SPACE IN HER HEARTREAD AN EXTRACT:

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:• What is a ‘worry suitcase’? Why is this a good analogy to explain how Mabel feels?

• Who does Mabel worry about most and why?

• What advice would you give Mabel if you could? What might help her to feel less anxious?

• Can you think of other examples of things that students your age might worry about? Give examples.

• Why is it sometimes diffi cult to talk about what is worrying us?

ACTIVITY: • Make a list of 10 worries. They should be a mixture of both small and bigger things that have been on your mind

recently. For example, a small worry may be that you forgot your PE kit. A bigger worry may be that a family

member isn’t very well at the moment.

• Then write a poem about one or several of your worries. Try to ‘think deeper, look deeper, write emotionally’. You

don’t need to write your name on it, you can keep your poem anonymous!

• Your teacher will then hand out a balloon to you. Blow up your balloon and stick your worry poem onto it, being

careful not to let it fl oat away.

• On the count of 3, your teacher will ask you to throw your balloon up into the air. As you do, imagine your

troubles being lifted out of your suitcase. Remember the point of this activity – that it is important to let our

worries out rather than squashing them down inside our ‘worry suitcases.’

But as I wander through the school gate, I know that Gavin and Blonde Ponytail Woman weren’t a mirage and now I’ve seen them together there’s no point in pretending I haven’t. So, I have a whole new worry to add to my worry suitcase after all. That’s what I call it, by the way: my worry suitcase. One weekend a while ago, Mum had to go away on a work course and I had to stay at Nana Anna’s house. When Mum was zipping up my pink kitty suitcase she said it was fi t to burst. I said there was still room for my favourite teddy and I made Mum unzip it so I could squeeze it in. Mum smiled and said it was funny how there was always room for more no matter how full it already was. It got me thinking about suitcases and how you could always squeeze in another thing, if you tried hard enough. That’s how I felt about my worries – that there was always room to squeeze in another worry and then another one… And that’s how I came up with the name.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR: In this fi fth read-along video Sophie looks at the power of confi dence, and she also reminds us of some previous literary friendships.

https://bit.ly/amessagefromSophieAnderson

DISCUSSION: Friendship and family plays an important part in the story, and Olia fi nds help and support from both her old friends and her new friends, as well as from her family. There are a

few times throughout the story where Olia feels lost or as if she doesn’t know what to do next, but with her friends and family around her, she begins to believe in herself, and what she can do. Discuss the obstacles in Olia’s path and her attitude towards them, what does Feliks mean when he says belief is more powerful than magic? How?

ACTIVITY: Imagine you’re Feliks, watching Olia worry about her journey ahead. Write a letter to Olia encouraging her – what words of encouragement and support does she need to hear?

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We walk together, deeper into the maze. Thoughts buzz in my mind like a swarm of hoverfl ies, and I try to make them settle. I remember what I said to Feliks after I got the Giant’s Sword: that I thought someone bigger, braver and stronger should be doing this. And I remember Koshka telling me that I’m the only person who can use the blade. I’m relieved and glad to be back with my new friends, but this also feels like something that I alone am responsible for doing. Two worlds depend on me being strong and brave and good enough. But inside, I feel as unsteady and uncertain as the fl oorboards in Sun Dome that broke and fell away beneath me. Babusya enters my thoughts, with her twinkling eyes and huge white hair, telling me that if I believe I can do it, then I will. I look down at Feliks, who is trotting alongside me as a fox, and remember him telling me that belief is one of the few things more powerful than magic. And I think to defeat Chernomor maybe I must be more than strong and brave. I must believe in myself too.

buzz in my mind like a swarm of hoverfl ies, and I try to make them settle. I remember what I said to Feliks

I’m relieved and glad to be back with my new

I feel as unsteady and uncertain as the fl oorboards in

twinkling eyes and huge white hair, telling me that if I believe I can do it, then I will. I look down at Feliks,

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