Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World Without Killing Dragons (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780762465927)

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.

Author: Ben Brooks
ISBN-10: 0762465921
ISBN-13: 9780762465927
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2018
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.50w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2018
Booklist 09/15/2018 pg. 50