Leon and Bob by Simon James (1997) is an adorable story about an imaginary friend. Young Leon's dad is in the army. Leon and his mum move to a new town. Leon has an invisible friend named Bob. Bob has a seat at the kitchen table and Bob walks to school with Leon. Bon listens to Leon read aloud letters from his dad. One day, a new young boy moves in next door and Leon invites him to the park to kick around a soccer ball. But on his way to this new neighbor's house, Bob goes missing. "Leon sat down. He was all alone. . .Why wasn't Bob there to help him?" Leon does stand up, press his new friend's doorbell, and go off to the park.
