Worry Monsters

One of our regulars made these fabulous creatures in response to a charity initiative that the library service are running in conjunction with a group called Knit for Nowt. Eventually they'll be used by therapists to help children who have suffered from abuse or neglect - "when a worrying or troubling thought comes into a child's mind they can write it down, or draw a picture, and feed it to their monster. They will often be willing to tell the monster about the worry when they have been unable to voice it to an adult."