Big Thoughts: Catch and Release Your Worries illustrated by Ashling Lindsay

Illustrated by Ashling Lindsay and written by Laura Dockrill, Big Thoughts: Catch and Release Your Worries is a reassuring picture book about managing emotions, feelings and worries, with hints and tips for children and parents to start conversations about mental health.

Everyone has worries: BIG THOUGHTS. These Big Thoughts can be invisible, but loud – nobody else can hear the racket they make inside your head. Big Thoughts can be about the future – things that haven’t and won’t ever even happen – or about the past. Big Thoughts can even be make-believe. That’s the annoying thing about Big Thoughts … they don’t always tell the truth.

In her distinctively fizzy voice, Laura Dockrill connects with her readers – making them feel completely seen and heard – and offers children very real coping strategies to calm their worried minds; strategies they can carry with them throughout their lives. Richly detailed and emotive illustrations from Ashling Lindsay make this a vital read to reassure the anxious minds of children of all ages.

Big Thoughts: Catch and Release Your Worries was published in the UK by Walker Books, 25th September 2025. Get your copy here!

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