Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Diffe..., Ben Brooks
Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Diffe..., Ben Brooks
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Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different
True Tales of Amazing People Who Stood Up and Stood Out

Author: Ben Brooks

Narrator: Jasmine Blackborow, Joe Leat

Unabridged: 3 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2019

Synopsis

Boys will be boys and girls will be girls? Not in this audiobook.
The follow-up to Ben Brooks's New York Times bestselling Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, this audiobook offers more extraordinary true stories of amazing people who broke the mold and changed the world for the better. The resulting message? Be yourself, and your dreams might come true.

Brooks offers an accessible compilation of 76 famous and not-so-famous influencers from the past to the present day, every single one of them a rule-breaker and stereotype-smasher in his or her own way. Entries include Emma Gonzalez, Andy Warhol, Bjork, Hans Christian Andersen, Sally Ride, 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 Sophie on May 17, 2019

Lovely illustrations, great range of different people covered- women, men, boys and girls, present and past. Only had a quick look at it so far but it looks interesting and like a book my friends will enjoy for years to come......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on October 28, 2018

Having read Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls (One & Two) and Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different, I was very much looking forward to dipping into this. The message throughout this book is that gender/racial/religious stereotypes do not need to be adhered to and that kids should move in their......more

Goodreads review by Ben on December 05, 2021

Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing People Who Stood Up and Stood Out is a middle grade picture book anthology of mini-biographies written by Ben Brooks and illustrated by Quinton Winter. It is a colorful collection of approximately seventy-five entries, which covers peo......more

Goodreads review by Lieblingsleseplatz on May 26, 2019

Da ich ja generell kein Klischeedenken mag und das Buch Stories for Boys who dare to be different schon mega gut fand, habe ich mich auf diese Erweiterung der Geschichten sehr gefreut. So viele berührende Geschichten… meine persönlichen Highlights aus ganz unterschiedlichen Gründen möchte ich erwähne......more

Goodreads review by mrs k l meade on January 02, 2019

I read the 'boys' and 'girls' version of these and was highly frustrated by the gender split - love that this book fills the gap!......more

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