The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The title ‘Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster’ is written down the length of the centre in large white capitals. The author’s name “Manka Kasha” is written in the lower right corner in smaller black text. The background is white, with art of a young child standing in front of a monster down the length of the centre. The monster is large, made up of dark purple scribbles, and reaches both ends of the cover. The child is stood in front of it, underneath the title and significantly smaller. There are wearing a long blue shirt dress, a knights helm, holding a large sword in their hands and have a small bear on their head. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Monsters
• Gender Roles

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Summary:

A picture book that follows the quest of a knight finding the courage to confront an ever growing monster.

The worry kept growing day by day, until… one morning Small Knight woke up to see a huge inky monster in their room.

When Small Knight feels pressure from their parents to be a perfect princess, an anxiety monster shows up. No one else can see the monster, so Small Knight and their best friend Tiny Bear, decide that it is up to them to save themselves. They set off on a magical quest, only to discover that the answer was inside themselves all along. Turning to face the Anxiety Monster, they learn how to keep it under control.

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Notes:

There is a kindle edition.

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Archivist Comments:

This book looks adorable. The art, the concept. It’s just cute.

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