Talking about anxiety using A Totally Big Umbrella

Author Sarah Crossan explores a young child's overwhelming anxiety about rain in her picture book, A Totally Big Umbrella, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb.

In A Totally Big Umbrella, author Sarah Crossan explores a young child's overwhelming anxiety about rain. As she finds bigger and better umbrellas to help protect her from the rain, her family helps her realise that what is helping her cope is also stopping her from enjoying her life; a new solution must be found.

In this month's Q&A with author Sarah Crossan and illustrator Rebecca Cobb, we find out how they drew on their own anxieties in creating this picture book, and the conversations about anxiety they hope the story will inspire.