Please Don’t Feed the Fears
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Paradox Press · Children’s Education

Please Don’t Feed the Fears

An illustrated story about understanding fear

An illustrated children’s book about what happens when you feed fear—and how courage and care can help it shrink.

August 28, 202552 pagesHardcover case wrap

Meet Fear. He’s small, anxious, and very hungry.

Please Don’t Feed the Fears gives children a gentle way to think about worry and the stories it tells. Through Cynthia Breheny’s illustrations, readers see how feeding fear can make it grow—and how courage, care, and understanding can help it shrink back down.

The book is designed as a warm starting point for conversations between children and the adults who care for them. With 50 vibrant, heartwarming illustrations, it offers a lasting lesson: fear is an emotion within us all, meant to be understood.

About the author

Cynthia Breheny wrote this book after her great-grandmother passed away, an inspiration and guiding light in the face of fear. The book is intended to offer hope and strength to readers who are finding their way out of fear’s grip.

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52 pages · Hardcover case wrap