Reviews for Bench Coaching: Defensive

The average rating for Bench Coaching: Defensive based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-01-23 00:00:00 Frank Chuchla Over the years, I've collected quite a few children's illustrated books. I love both the stories and the illustrations. Quite a lot can be learned from these publications, both adults and children! It is time to get back to reading from my collection and then giving the books away to children who might benefit from them. Leon is lonely. He is a single children living with his mother while his father is away in the service. He has a pretend friend named Bob who keeps him company and walks to school with him periodically. When new neighbors move in next door, Leon gathers the courage to knock on the door bell. As he does this, he notices that pretend friend Bob is fading away and not with him. Continuing to climb up the steps, he is surprised that the new boy in the neighborhood is named Bob!

Review # 2 was written on 2012-04-25 00:00:00 Cecilie Lauritsen 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.