King Of The Playground
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Author: Phyllis Reynolds NaylorIllustrator: Nola Langner Malone
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-01-01
ISBN: 0689718020
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Summary: 5 Stars
I hear what R. D. is saying. As R. D. reminds us, there are indeed bullies who really can hurt us. But most of the bullies we meet intimidate us through words rather than fist.
Stop and think for a moment of all the bullies you have met. Hasn't that been true in your sample?
As I look back, I feel somewhat foolish when I think of all the people who have won my emotional dependence by pretending to be wiser and more intelligent than they really were. If only I realized that they were putting on a false front, I could have been spared most of that misery.
I am thinking especially of my academic counsellor in college. Her self-confident image fooled me into thinking that she was little short of a prophet, and that her condemnation of me was little short of a condemnation from God.
Out of curiosity, I recently looked her name up on the Internet. I found that she died of cancer a few years ago, but had written two books. I ordered those two books from Amazon, read them, and found them to be incredibly stupid. I only wish that she were alive to read the reviews which I submitted.
Although the main character in this book asserted his rights, he was more forgiving than I am.
Summary of King Of The Playground
Kevin loves to go to the playground, but not when Sammy is there. And Sammy, who boasts that he is King of the Playground, is there most of the time. If he catches Kevin on the swings or the slide or the monkey bars, Sammy says, he will do awful, terrible things to him. Kevin tells his dad what Sammy says and they talk it over.And then one day Kevin gets his courage up and goes to the playground even though Sammy says he can't come in. Even though Sammy tells him to go home. Even though Sammy says he will put Kevin in a cage with bears in it.
Will Kevin stay, or will he go home? How will he deal with Sammy?
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