Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Diffe..., Ben Brooks
Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Diffe..., Ben Brooks
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Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different
True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World without Killing Dragons

Author: Ben Brooks

Narrator: Joshua Higgott

Unabridged: 2 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/25/2018

Synopsis

Boys can be anything they want to be! This timely book joins and expands the gender-role conversation and gives middle-grade boys a welcome alternative message: that masculinity can mean many things.

You won't find any stories of slaying dragons or saving princesses here. In Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, author Ben Brooks-with the help of Quinton Wintor's striking full-color illustrations-offers a welcome alternative narrative: one that celebrates introverts and innovators, sensitivity and resilience, individuality and expression.

It's an accessible compilation of 75 famous and not-so-famous men from the past to the present day, every single one of them a rule-breaker and stereotype-smasher in his own way. Entries include Frank Ocean, Salvador Dali, Beethoven, Barack Obama, Ai Weiwei, Jesse Owens, and so many more-heroes from all walks of life and from all over the world.

About Ben Brooks

Ben Brooks is the author of the bestselling and ground-breaking Stories for Boys Who Dare To Be Different, which was the winner of Children's Book of the Year at the National Book Awards. The Impossible Boy is his first novel for children. He lives in Berlin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daisy May on July 13, 2018

I have promised to be, above all things, honest in the reviews that I write and so it's for that reason that I must confess that I wanted to dislike this a lot more than I did. These books at the moments for rebel girls and boys who dare to be different conceptually bother me; they speak to ideas of......more

Goodreads review by Lieblingsleseplatz on October 23, 2018

Es gibt so Bücher, die kommen unerwartet und begeistern sofort. So war das hier. Normalerweise bin ich eher weniger der Typ für Biographien. Diese Geschichten haben mich aber wirklich umgehauen! Jeder kann etwas tun, man muss sich nur dafür entscheiden, sich kopfüber in die Arbeit für Frieden und Ger......more

Goodreads review by Učitaj se! | Martina Štivičić on February 20, 2020

Kad se rodiš kao dječak, o tebi postoje određena očekivanja. Zbog tih će ti očekivanja, vidjet ćeš, roditelji (ok, vjerojatno ne svi, ali većina) kupovati plavu odjeću (a ne rozu). Oblačit će te u hlače (a ne haljine). Ljudi će očekivati da se igraš s autićima (a ne lutkama). Očekivat će da uživaš u......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on May 14, 2019

Beautifully designed book with great pictures and inspirational stories! I think it’s great value as it has a lot of content that provides good role models for Kids. It’s going to be given as a gift. I’d say it’s ideal for older children aged around 8+ and young teenagers.......more

Goodreads review by Philip | Book Walk on December 07, 2018

Bereits seit einiger Zeit sind mir die Bücher Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls ein fester Begriff und obwohl ich diese leider bisher noch nicht gelesen habe, finde ich die Idee hinter diesen Werken von Elena Favilli und Francesca Cavallo wahnsinnig wichtig und inspirierend. Diese stellten bisher 20......more

Quotes

Filled with interesting stories about boys (and men) that contributed and changed the world in their own ways, this text is sure to inspire young readers and show them that there are many, many different ways to make a difference.—Booklist

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