The Bench

By: Meghan The Duchess of Sussex, Christian Robinson - illustrator

Length: 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex’s first children’s book, The Bench, beautifully captures the special relationship between father and son, as seen through a mother’s eyes. The book’s storytelling gives us snapshots of shared moments that evoke a deep sense of warmth, connection, and compassion.

This is your bench
Where you’ll witness great joy.
From here you will rest
See the growth of our boy.

In The Bench, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, touchingly captures the evolving and expanding relationship between father and son and reminds us of the many ways that love can take shape and be expressed in a modern family.  

Evoking a deep sense of warmth, connection, and compassion, the duchess’ debut children’s book gives us 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 comfort and nurture.  

With a universal message, this thoughtful and heartwarming listen is destined to be treasured by families for generations to come.

©2021 Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex (P)2021 Tundra Books

Beautiful

Beautiful story of a father and son bond
Is inspirational to all fathers. Lot of love and caring

Absolutely inspiring

It gives me great pleasure to present this book to my nephew Max. He also has a sweet relationship with his dad. May God bless Archie and his dad and Max and his dad forever.

Lovely children’s book

Such a lovely and well written children’s book. The words are sweet and heartfelt. The narration is also very clear and her voice is so elegant to listen to.

Sweet and Loving tribute to fathers

This is a sweet tribute to fathers and sons. The poem is lovely and I both listened and read it so I could see the beautiful illustrations of benches and the fathers and sons who inhabit them. This was something I would have liked to have said to the father of my children, that he is so much more important than the world sometimes gives him credit for. Very inclusive with fathers from all walks of life and places around the globe.

My dad wanted a boy and ended up having girls. We knew because we were taught to hunt, fish, camp, love sports (both playing and watching), and generally to be independent. I think this sentiment works just as well for those fathers who had girls because they are all the things we see here for us too. I enjoyed listening because you can feel the emotion in her voice as she reads it and that makes it special that she shares this.

I think this will be cherished by parents and children as something they want to hear at storytime because it can bring them closer. Just my take on things. Give it a read!

Beautiful Poetry

Beautiful writing. Meghan's voice is so soothing. The words are moving. Such a sweet tribute.

Meghan's voice is like honey.

The story, although short, makes you want to lay in bed and have it read to you over and over again. I love it. Meghan needs to do a lot of voice over.

Beautiful Story book with Calming Narration

Meghan really have a way for words. It's a beautiful poem, her soothing voice added to the beauty of narration. It pierce to the heart ❤ to relate to a father-son bonding from a mother and wife's perspective. This one is for the memory lane!!!

So good!

Her voice is so smooth and I caught myself tearing up a bit while she read!

Nostalgia

Reminds me of the times spent with my Father. Now, the encourages me to spend those times with my children. Loved the music in the background, which helps me to visualize events. Thank You Meghan for this gift!🥰

Lovely

Short sweet and wonderful only someone who has the experience can share that’s how others learn and can be used as examples