Tiny Bear Goes Missing

When a child loses their beloved stuffed bear, they have to find the courage to overcome their worry and set off an a rescue mission!

Losing something important is always scary, but what if that something is your best friend?

There once was a very small, very brave knight, who loved to go on adventures with their best friend Tiny Bear. They had even faced down the dreaded Anxiety Monster, and trapped it in a jar. But when they wake up one morning and Tiny Bear is nowhere to be found...

CRASH!

The jar breaks and the Anxiety Monster is loose again, swirling bigger and bigger and trying to get in their way. But Tiny Bear is lost and alone, and probably scared, and Small Knight WILL save him, even if they have to drag the monster along every step of the way.

Maria Biktimirova aka Manka Kasha is the author of Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster. A University teacher and a children's book illustrator, Manka has a postgrad degree in English Language and Literature, and is reluctantly trying to work on her PhD in her free-from-illustrating time. When they are not teaching their students (who are absolutely the best), or drawing, they prefer to read, listen to cast recordings of some musicals, or binge-watch TV-shows.

"A charming and creative take on adapting to life with anxiety." --Kirkus

Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster:
"This fairy tale is partially, and powerfully, about facing anxiety, but also about finding the courage to defy expectations...The illustrations, done in watercolors and ink, provide astonishing bursts of color and comic, or sometimes scary, details. The sort of book that may stick with kids years after reading." --Booklist

"Kasha tells an encouraging story about being brave and conquering anxiety in service of being true to oneself.... The emotionally charged illustrations effectively depict Small Knight's worries about parental disappointment as a creature-shaped mass of angry, sharp lines." --The Horn Book

ISBN: 9781250856999