"Alex Allen, like lots of children, sometimes worries about things--like dancing badly or getting an answer wrong in class. But unlike lots of children, every time he worries a real-life llama appears! And the more Alex worries, the bigger Llama grows...which starts getting him into all sorts of trouble. Will Alex ever learn how to control his worries and get rid of this pesky llama?"--

In this soul-searching work, a journalist decides to let the Stoics, ancient philosophers who pondered the deepest questions of existence, be her guide, following the wisdom of Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius to provide compelling and sensible reasons not to worry while navigating life in the modern world.