Bench Coaching: Defensive Book

This is a great book. It a story about a boy called Leon who moves to a new place. It is just him and his mother as his father is in the army. Leon has an invisible friend called Bob. Bob is always with him at breakfast, on the way to school, when he reads a letter from dad etc, etc.

Soon a new boy moves next door. Leon decides to go and visit him the following day. As he is about to approach the door, however, he finds that his invisible friend Bob has left him. Leon is unsure whether to continue, but decides to go ahead. The new boy answers the door and they decide to go the park.

Leon asks the new boy what his name is and the boy replies 'Bob'.

I thought this was a really nice story with a good ending. I think many younger pupils will relate to this story as they may have an invisible friend of their own. There is also a nice lesson for children here on not being afraid when it comes to trying to make new friends, especially if you move to a new place and a new school.

I think this is a great story to read to the class and should be enjoyed by reception to year 2. It is also a good book for children to read individually with pictures on every page, nice large writing and simple easy to read sentences.