Book description
Life is the same every day for Ben, and that's just how he likes it.
Ben likes things the same way every day at school―he sits at the same table, eats the same lunch, and likes the daily class routine. But when his teacher leaves to have her baby and…
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1 author picked Same Way Ben as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Comfort comes with familiar for lots of people. But sometimes life takes an unexpected turn which can challenge us.
Ben likes his teacher and knows what to expect everyday, but one day there is a substitute who has his way of teaching. He is doing it all wrong!!! Nothing feels right to Ben who now has to veer away from sameness and finds it’s not as bad as he worried it would be.
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