benches

Agnes and the Secret Knock Club members have a new project to help kindergartens read by making the neglected school courtyard a new reading space and are trying to collect 1,050 milk cartons to make a recycled reading bench.

". . . gives readers a window into shared and enduring moments between a diverse group of fathers and sons--moments of peace and reflection, trust and belief, discovery and learning, and lasting comfort"--Provided by publisher.

When Padma notices a boy sitting by himself every day, she enlists her friends to create a buddy bench, where anyone at school can go if they want or need a friend.

"When it's time for recess, Miss Mellon's students pour through the school doors and swarm over the playground. They fly make-believe planes, tame dragons, and ride elephants. But wait, why are there a few kids standing alone and watching? Why aren' they joining in? Why do they look so forlorn? They all have their reasons, but all they really need is a little encouragement. They need a kind word. They need a buddy bench.

"Ren Miller has died aged seventeen and yet her consciousness lives on, inhabiting her memorial bench by the River Thames in London. Ren longs to be reunited with her boyfriend Gabe, but soon discovers why he has failed to visit. Devastated, she must learn to break through and talk to the living so she can reveal the truth about her untimely end"--OCLC.

Bored with haunting their bench, two ghosts pass the evening by telling each other stories of what has happened, or could have happened, there.