You would possibly not in finding any tales of slaying dragons or saving princesses right here. In Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Other, author Ben Brooks-with the assistance of Quinton Wintor’s hanging complete-colour illustrations-gives a welcome selection narrative: person who celebrates introverts and innovators, sensitivity and resilience, individuality and expression.
It’s an available compilation of 75 well-known and no longer-so-well-known males from the previous to the current day, each unmarried one in all them a rule-breaker and stereotype-smasher in his personal means. Entries come with Frank Ocean, Salvador Dali, Beethoven, Barack Obama, Ai Weiwei, Jesse Owens, and such a lot of extra-heroes from all walks of lifestyles and from everywhere the sector.