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Biographical note
Ben Brooks was born in 1992 and lives in Berlin. He is the author of several books, including Grow Up, Lolito, which won the Somerset Maugham Award in 2015, and the runaway international bestseller Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different. Quinton Winter is a British illustrator, artist and colourist. He has worked for many clients including the Guardian newspaper, Walker Books, Gogglebox, 2000AD, Vertigo Comics, Mojo and the BBC.This book [<i>Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different</i>] can save lives. This book can change lives. This book can help to bring forth another generation of boys who dare to be different.
Benjamin Zephaniah
[The stories in <i>Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different</i>] coalesce into a rousing symphony of against-the-odds achievement.
Financial Times
[<i>Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different</i>] will help to inspire a younger generation to understand that you don't have to be tough, strong and a dragon killer to be worthwhile.
Stylist
[<i>Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different</i>] offer[s] a refreshing twist . . . and will encourage young boys to resist the gender stereotypes that can damage men as much as women.
Daily Express
In our evermore hectic and overwhelming world, <i>Stories for Kids Who Dare to be Different </i>is refreshing proof that dreams do come true and that it is ok to be different. An inspiring read for any young person, particularly those struggling to find their place in the world.
Megan Hine
THE JOURNAL TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD-WINNING AND BESTSELLING STORIES FOR BOYS WHO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
John Lennon, Gandhi, Trevor Noah, Grayson Perry, Roald Dahl, Martin Luther King... all dared to be different - and now young boys can too with this fun and enlightening guided journal.
Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different Journal is full of tips and ideas to help boys everywhere explore their dreams and release their creativity in an environment where emotions and feelings are celebrated. Thanks to an array of imaginative and thoughtful prompts, and short biographies of some real-life inspiring figures who followed their personal dreams, this journal will help boys construct their own world away from gender stereotypes and social conventions.
Activities include:
· Devising a plot for a film in which your biggest fear is quashed
· Identifying what cause you would go out and protest for
· Creating a list of characteristics about human beings for aliens
· Imagining what would make you happy a week, a month, ten years from now
It is the must-have journal for all those boys who worry about stuff and all those parents who worry about their boys who worry about stuff.
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Praise for STORIES FOR BOYS WHO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT:
"This book can save lives. This book can change lives. This book can help to bring forth another generation of boys who dare to be different" - Benjamin Zephaniah
"[The stories] coalesce into a rousing symphony of against-the-odds achievement" - Financial Times
"It will help to inspire a younger generation to understand that you don't have to be tough, strong and a dragon killer to be worthwhile" - Stylist
"Offer[s] a refreshing twist . . . and will encourage young boys to resist the gender stereotypes that can damage men as much as women" - Daily Express