Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World without Killing Dragons
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Summary
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。
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。
Reviews
Gen L
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3 stars because you know who probably shouldn't be in this book？ Known racist Jeffree Star。 3 stars because you know who probably shouldn't be in this book？ Known racist Jeffree Star。 。。。more
Melinda Brasher
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These are short but compelling biographies of many amazing boys and men who， according to the subtitle， "changed the world without killing dragons" （mostly）。 I like how many types of heroes there were。 The author included people you might expect， like kids who overcame physical issues to become great athletes and scientists who persevered despite social pressures。 There were also smaller stories， like the boy who learned about other kids who had lost their hair because of cancer treatments etc。 These are short but compelling biographies of many amazing boys and men who， according to the subtitle， "changed the world without killing dragons" （mostly）。 I like how many types of heroes there were。 The author included people you might expect， like kids who overcame physical issues to become great athletes and scientists who persevered despite social pressures。 There were also smaller stories， like the boy who learned about other kids who had lost their hair because of cancer treatments etc。 and grew his own hair long to make wigs for them。 And amazing but lesser-known stories， like the kid whose parents couldn't afford to send him to school， but he learned from books and rigged up a windmill to give electricity to his village。In addition to great subject matter， the writing is great。 The illustrations are great。 Obviously I would have liked more detail about many of the people， and some accounts probably simplify away the grayer aspects of their lives。 And yeah， I can see some reviewers' philosophical problems with the title。 But I still thought it was a fantastic book， and a good brief introduction to a variety of people that readers can then research more。More accurate rating: 4。5 stars 。。。more
Wayne McCoy
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'Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different' by Ben Brooks with illustrations by Quinton Winter is a book of short biographies of men who changed the world with alternate methods to violence。There are 77 one page biographies in this book。 There are feminists， pacifists， men who were gay or otherwise oppressed and men who changed the world in other non-violent ways。 The names featured include Alan Turing， Bill Gates， and Tank Man， among many others。Each biography includes a great full color illust 'Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different' by Ben Brooks with illustrations by Quinton Winter is a book of short biographies of men who changed the world with alternate methods to violence。There are 77 one page biographies in this book。 There are feminists， pacifists， men who were gay or otherwise oppressed and men who changed the world in other non-violent ways。 The names featured include Alan Turing， Bill Gates， and Tank Man， among many others。Each biography includes a great full color illustration （my favorite is the one for Frederick Douglass）。 The title including the word 'Stories' might be a tad misleading since this is all non-fiction， but the stories are compelling and interesting， for the most part。 。。。more
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Desireé Romay
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He estado leyendo este libro con mis hijos。 Ha sido una forma divertida de que aprendan que ser diferente es divertido y que aporta mucho al mundo。 También les ha servido para aprender algo de historia。 Bastante recomendable。
Meredith
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In general， this book is great， but I did have a big problem with "Uyaquq。" It clearly states in the text that the Yup'ik people "lived together in underground houses built from grass and walrus skin，" but the illustration shows him in an igloo。 Super frustrating。I also thought the treatment of William Moulton Marston was very interesting。 I realize that it must be very challenging to encapsulate someone's entire life and legacy into a single page， but in a book that purposefully chose to includ In general， this book is great， but I did have a big problem with "Uyaquq。" It clearly states in the text that the Yup'ik people "lived together in underground houses built from grass and walrus skin，" but the illustration shows him in an igloo。 Super frustrating。I also thought the treatment of William Moulton Marston was very interesting。 I realize that it must be very challenging to encapsulate someone's entire life and legacy into a single page， but in a book that purposefully chose to include people who challenge gender stereotypes， it seems an interesting omission to not include William's polyamorous partner， Olive。 。。。more
Rayyan Patel
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Personally， this book is very inspiring and unique。 I think that because of how it displays basically boys who dared to be different with examples of successful men who had a story to tell。 This includes many people such as Muhammad Ali， Vincent Van Gogh， Steve Irwin and many other men who are well-known within their community。 I highly recommend this book to young boys as it makes them aware about successful and inspiring men who could help them through the biographies the author， Ben Brooks， h Personally， this book is very inspiring and unique。 I think that because of how it displays basically boys who dared to be different with examples of successful men who had a story to tell。 This includes many people such as Muhammad Ali， Vincent Van Gogh， Steve Irwin and many other men who are well-known within their community。 I highly recommend this book to young boys as it makes them aware about successful and inspiring men who could help them through the biographies the author， Ben Brooks， has written about them。 。。。more
Carmen Gatti
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A nice selection of inspiring men。 I found it interesting， but extremely repetitive in structure。 The illustrations made all by the same illustrator were nice， but lacked diversity， and the descriptions followed always the same guidelines。 Could be improved。
Alessandra
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Storie meravigliose di uomini unici。 Scritte e riassunte semplicemente per essere accessibili e di facile letture anche per ragazzi e adolescenti。Per chi ha un figlio， imperdibile。
Douglas
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Checked out from library and read with my son。 We both loved it。 Easy to read a few stories each night。 Susan B Anthony’s dad was really cool - I do wish though that there didn’t have to be a “boy’s book” and a “girl’s book”。 Let’s just do stories about really cool boys and girls who dare to be different or whatever。
Keisha Frantom
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I read this to my 10 year son and the stories are amazing。 From famous people like Spielberg to men I wasn't familiar with， the stories are only one page yet poignant。 Tomorrow we're going to research them more online。 The illustrations are creative and unique to each person。 I read this to my 10 year son and the stories are amazing。 From famous people like Spielberg to men I wasn't familiar with， the stories are only one page yet poignant。 Tomorrow we're going to research them more online。 The illustrations are creative and unique to each person。 。。。more
Beth
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This was loaned to me by a student and I thoroughly enjoyed it despite there being a couple that weren't edited that well！ In any case， I love the spirit of this。 I love the idea of curating a collection of boys who aren't famous for being aggressive or dominating a sport， but rather for being an outsider of some kind and persevering。 This was loaned to me by a student and I thoroughly enjoyed it despite there being a couple that weren't edited that well！ In any case， I love the spirit of this。 I love the idea of curating a collection of boys who aren't famous for being aggressive or dominating a sport， but rather for being an outsider of some kind and persevering。 。。。more
Liz :）
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 • "Quienes no creen en la magia， nunca la encontrarán" • "Quienes no creen en la magia， nunca la encontrarán" 。。。more
Mau Toledo
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Seré muy breve en este comentario。。。Es un libro perfecto para empoderar a cualquier chico y hacerle saber que todo es posible si te lo propones， trabajas muy duro， defiendes tus ideales， eres auténtico， tu mismo y no te importa lo que digan los demás de ti。Y nos enseña a que todos tenemos las mismas capacidades para poder cambiar al mundo de forma positiva aunque no siempre tengamos las mismas oportunidades。
João Teixeira
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Livro que pretende dar a conhecer histórias que inspirem crianças a procurarem o seu caminho e a não se deixarem abater pelas dificuldades。É interessante ficar a conhecer o percurso de vida de algumas pessoas （algumas das quais ainda estão vidas actualmente）。 No entanto， fica a sensação de que estas pequenas biografias são demasiado resumidas。 A determinada altura também se torna um bocadinho chato ler tantas entradas。 No fim， o que nos fica na memória？De salientar igualmente que a versão portug Livro que pretende dar a conhecer histórias que inspirem crianças a procurarem o seu caminho e a não se deixarem abater pelas dificuldades。É interessante ficar a conhecer o percurso de vida de algumas pessoas （algumas das quais ainda estão vidas actualmente）。 No entanto， fica a sensação de que estas pequenas biografias são demasiado resumidas。 A determinada altura também se torna um bocadinho chato ler tantas entradas。 No fim， o que nos fica na memória？De salientar igualmente que a versão portuguesa deste livro tem uma tradução e revisão muito más。 A título de exemplo， a última entrada é relativa a William Moulton Marston， o criador da personagem Wonder Woman （Mulher-Maravilha em Português） e não "Supermulher"。。。 E esta é uma informação tão fácil de se confirmar que se torna incompreensível a razão pela qual aparece no texto。 Outro exemplo ainda da péssima tradução: "Trevor também sofria de muitos pontos dolorosos e tinha de tomar remédios para controlar a dor"。。。 o que significa "sofria de muitos pontos dolorosos"？ Enfim， uma pena， que a edição portuguesa não tenha sido feita de forma cuidadosa， ainda por cima levando em conta que o público-alvo deste livro é o público infanto-juvenil。 。。。more
3liah。v4siu_אליהו
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Absolut perfect
Elin
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Inspirerande historier， lättläst， fina bilder。 Saknar att få veta vilket land var och en levde/lever i för att få en klarare bild av ex var i världen Achmat Hassiem fick benet avbitet av en haj。
Boris Jalusic
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Incredible book on extraordinary gentlemen。
ELIANA
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Ben Brooks pag。 207Una raccolta di brevi biofrafie che può incuriosire per approfondire le storie di personaggi che hanno cambiato il loro mondo， e in alcuni casi il mondo。 Tencia， coraggio， intrapredenza sono valori comuni in queste persone più o meno conosciute， che attraverso mezzi moderni e tecnologici ， oppure con la loro parola， hanno saputo "lasciare il segno"。 Ben Brooks pag。 207Una raccolta di brevi biofrafie che può incuriosire per approfondire le storie di personaggi che hanno cambiato il loro mondo， e in alcuni casi il mondo。 Tencia， coraggio， intrapredenza sono valori comuni in queste persone più o meno conosciute， che attraverso mezzi moderni e tecnologici ， oppure con la loro parola， hanno saputo "lasciare il segno"。 。。。more
Silvia Cimpeanu
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Intr-o lume in care lumea e rea cu tine， tot ce putem sa mai facem este sa fim buni， iar intr-o lume plina de conflicte tot ce mai putem sa facem este sa fim pasnici。 Cartea prezinta povesti inspirationale si emotionante care au scris istorie。 Din fiecare poti invata cate ceva， iar fiecare este tocmai buna de citit inainte de culcare。
Alejandro Garzón
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Recopilación de mini biografías de hombres que han dejado huella con sus acciones y su vida en diferentes ámbitos。Este tipo de libros se me hacen super necesarios leer。 Hay muchos personajes que no conocía y me pareció muy interesante todo lo que hicieron o han hecho en varios temas como ciencia， política， medio ambiente， sociedad， lucha contra discriminación e injusticias， literatura， deportes， etc。
Martina P
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It's a great compilation of biographies of great men but it's just not like Rebel girls。And my best one was about school boys who wanted to wear uniforms like girls at school to feel the breeze on their legs in hot weather。 It's a great compilation of biographies of great men but it's just not like Rebel girls。And my best one was about school boys who wanted to wear uniforms like girls at school to feel the breeze on their legs in hot weather。 。。。more
Michelle
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Well， this is awkward。 Most people talked about are framed in the narrative of overcoming something， of being brave or having great amounts of adversity and are focused on this rather than having entries are complete， showing they are more than that the things they have overcome。 This seems like they wanted to make people seem like inspirational paragons of virtue， rather than real people who young people can legitimately look up to and use their experiences as inspiration to 'dare to be differe Well， this is awkward。 Most people talked about are framed in the narrative of overcoming something， of being brave or having great amounts of adversity and are focused on this rather than having entries are complete， showing they are more than that the things they have overcome。 This seems like they wanted to make people seem like inspirational paragons of virtue， rather than real people who young people can legitimately look up to and use their experiences as inspiration to 'dare to be different' themselves。 。。。more
Ariadna
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me encanta onque no ai muchas chicas
Ali
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This book is a very good admirer for those who are afraid！ This book teach every boy and even girl to follow their dreams。 There is always a hope in the dark if you have the courage to look for it; then nothing will stop you。 Not even the countries， Mafia， Hitler or any other person。This book contains stories of men and boys who follow their dream; maybe they are not famous or even the world doesn't know their names; like Tank Man that no one know his name or what happened to him， but he did his This book is a very good admirer for those who are afraid！ This book teach every boy and even girl to follow their dreams。 There is always a hope in the dark if you have the courage to look for it; then nothing will stop you。 Not even the countries， Mafia， Hitler or any other person。This book contains stories of men and boys who follow their dream; maybe they are not famous or even the world doesn't know their names; like Tank Man that no one know his name or what happened to him， but he did his job in saving people， in being brave！ 。。。more
Colleen
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Overall， the profiles were interesting。 There were a number of people in here that I did not know。 It was also interesting to see two males， whose female relatives get the spotlight more often。 Daniel Anthony， who I am pretty sure is Susan B。 Anthony's father， was highlighted here。 This book also highlighted Hans Scholl， the brother of Sophie Scholl。 There was a profile that I think should have gone into a different book， but that is due to how I am thinking about it。 I am not going into that ta Overall， the profiles were interesting。 There were a number of people in here that I did not know。 It was also interesting to see two males， whose female relatives get the spotlight more often。 Daniel Anthony， who I am pretty sure is Susan B。 Anthony's father， was highlighted here。 This book also highlighted Hans Scholl， the brother of Sophie Scholl。 There was a profile that I think should have gone into a different book， but that is due to how I am thinking about it。 I am not going into that talk for it is totally off-topic， but my next points are relative。 Different How？I wished this book had an introduction to explain the title: "Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different。" What is "different" in this case？ If the book is making the case that these boys are being different then it should explain what marker they are measuring the differences。 What standard is the author using？ Technically， everyone is different。 Nobody is like anybody else。 Sure， there is overlap， but we are all unique individuals。 As we grow up， we are trying to be more ourselves。 From my perspective and my belief， it means becoming more the person that God has made me to be。 Even if you do not believe in God， my next statement is still applicable。 When we are trying to be more ourselves， it means a combination of comparing yourself to a report card and doing an archeology/paleontology dig。 The standards in the report card is what makes you you， but you may be above， below， or at expectations。 Then the dig is discovering those standards。 Sometimes what you think is a bone that belongs to the skeleton that is you is actually petrify wood。 With that said， I am not sure if all of the profiles in this book are being the themselves or not。 ProfilesSpeaking of profiles， I think a profile was missing from this book。 Why is Jesus is not listed here？ If we do not define different as being more like ourselves， instead define it as being different from the times， then Jesus still qualifies on that level。 Jesus interacted with the dregs and outcasts of society。 He also taught people a different way of thinking。 If that is not "daring to be different" then I am not sure what is。 I think there are other profiles that could be included。 While saints do not do what they do to get secular fame， I think they can still be inspirational to non-religious people， such as Saint Maximilian Kolbe。 BibliographyWhere is the bibliography？ There are some parts in the profiles that I wanted to double-check or learn more about。 The Four Chaplains were the only ones that were introduced as a group， but there names were not mentioned at all。 Who were they？ Also why did some people have no birth year？ Verdict: As I said before， this was an interesting read。 。。。more
Fabi
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Diego
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Interesante aprender acerca de la vida de todos estos hombres que han cambiado la historia del mundo de una manera u otra。
Karla Jimenez
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It was a fine lecture， i really like it
Yasmine Ziouziou
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