Gallery 13, Threshold, Pocket Books
September 2017
In the graphic novel format, Chabouté's warm, evocative story is a delight to the eyes and the mind.
With the warm, loving pathos of Silverstein's The Giving Tree, the slow, steady passage of days, seasons, and years in Park Bench shows the reader the multiple stories and people who have played out their lives in the presence of the park bench.
It is those stories, and the bench's witness to their value, that make the book compelling. The story reads calmly, peacefully, poignantly. The depth of communication through the simple drawings makes the impact all the more powerful. You'll want to enjoy --and share-- this one.
