Courageous Lucy - The girl who liked to worry

Her knees may knock, her tummy ties in knots and Lucy may worry quite a lot, but with a small sprinkle of courage, Lucy takes tiny steps of bravery to be in the school play and becomes the best tree ever, despite her anxiety. One tiny step is all it takes to be courageous!

About the author

Paul Russell is a primary teacher, artist, playwright and children’s author of Grandma Forgets and My Storee, among others, with Grandma Forgets making the CBCA list of notable picture books in 2018. He is passionate about children’s literacy and building young appetites for the written word. He has a daughter who has worries of her own and he wrote her this story so they could talk about worries together.
Cara King initially studied anthropology before moving across to multimedia and starting her own design business, Caratoons. As a designer and illustrator, she has produced images for T-shirt designs, books, cards and posters. She is the illustrator of five picture books, including: Mummy and Mumma Get Married (2015), Scaredy Book (2018; with EK Books), The Box Cars (2019; with EK Books), and Brave-Bottomed Wombat (2020).

Product details

• Authors: Cara King, King Cara, Paul Russell, Russell Paul
• Assisted by: Cara King (Illustration)
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2021
• EAN: 9781925820775
• ISBN: 978-1-925820-77-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 254 mm x 245 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 425 g
• Illustrations: 35 color illustrations
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience, Picture storybooks, School stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories