The Buddy Bench

The Buddy BenchA school playground can be a solitary place for a kid without playmates; in one survey, 80 percent of 8 to 10 year old respondents described being lonely at some point during a school day. Patty Brozo's cast of kids brings a playground to raucous life, and Mike Deas's illustrations invest their games with imaginary planes to fly, dragons to tame, and elephants to ride. And these kids match their imaginations with empathy, identifying and swooping up

A school playground can be a solitary place for a kid without playmates; in one survey, 80 percent of 8- to 10-year-old respondents described being lonely at some point during a school day.

Patty Brozo's cast of kids brings a playground to raucous life, and Mike Deas's illustrations invest their games with imaginary planes to fly, dragons to tame, and elephants to ride. And these kids match their imaginations with empathy, identifying and swooping up the lonely among them.

Buddy benches are appearing in schoolyards around the country. Introduced from Germany in 2014, the concept is simple: When a child sits on the bench, it's a signal to other kids to ask him or her to play.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Published: 08/06/2019
ISBN: 9780884486978
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.10h x 9.30w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 07/01/2019
School Library Journal 08/01/2019 pg. 50

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 507141 / Buddy Bench
Reading Level: 3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5