The Feeling Good Club: Smash Your Worries, Bella!: 1

A relatable, friendly story with likeable characters and the brilliant bonus of positive well-being messages throughout. We love well-written diary narratives and this one is fab.The well-being issues or mindfulness tips were beautifully integrated and gave us talking points for real life friendship issues. It opened up conversations we hadn’t unearthed, yet kept us engaged with the story throughout, because we liked all three main characters and the storyline was strong.The one little issue I do have is with the ‘bestie’/BFF thing … it’s not exclusive to this book in this genre, but it is unhelpful for the children left out. Thankfully the main characters didn’t operate like this and showed healthy behaviours which were more inspirational.My 9 yo daughter said ‘I like this book because it really expressed my feelings and how I could do things.’One evening when she was sad she even said ‘Let’s read the book, it helps me.’ Priceless!