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Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes
Una colección inspiradora de 100 historias de hombres famosos y no tan famosos que hicieron del mundo un lugar mejor a través de la compasión, la generosidad y la confianza en sí mismos.
No encontrarás en estas páginas ninguna historia de matar dragones o salvar princesas. En Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes, el autor Ben Brooks -con la ayuda de preciosas ilustraciones a todo color de Quinton Wintor- ofrece una narración alternativa: una que celebra a los introvertidos e innovadores, la sensibilidad y la resiliencia, la individualidad y la expresión.
Esta es una compilación accesible de 75 hombres famosos y no tan famosos desde el pasado hasta el presente, cada uno de ellos rompedor de reglas y estereotipos a su manera. Los cuentos incluyen a Frank Ocean, Salvador Dalí, Beethoven, Barack Obama, John Green, Bill Gates, Ralph Lauren, Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing y muchos más héroes de todos los ámbitos de la vida y de todo el mundo.
No encontrarás en estas páginas ninguna historia de matar dragones o salvar princesas. En Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes, el autor Ben Brooks -con la ayuda de preciosas ilustraciones a todo color de Quinton Wintor- ofrece una narración alternativa: una que celebra a los introvertidos e innovadores, la sensibilidad y la resiliencia, la individualidad y la expresión.
Esta es una compilación accesible de 75 hombres famosos y no tan famosos desde el pasado hasta el presente, cada uno de ellos rompedor de reglas y estereotipos a su manera. Los cuentos incluyen a Frank Ocean, Salvador Dalí, Beethoven, Barack Obama, John Green, Bill Gates, Ralph Lauren, Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing y muchos más héroes de todos los ámbitos de la vida y de todo el mundo.
208 pages, Hardcover
First published April 3, 2018
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About the author
Ben Brooks
62 books428 followersBen Brooks (born 1992 in Gloucestershire) is the author of the novels: Grow Up, Fences, An Island of Fifty, The Kasahara School of Nihilism, Upward Coast and Sadie, Lolito, Everyone Gets Eaten, and Hurra. Writing for children, he has published the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Stories For Boys Who Dare to Be Different, Stories For Boys Who Dare to be Different 2, Stories For Kids Who Dare to be Different, The Impossible Boy, and The Greatest Inventor. His first non-fiction book for adults, Things They Don't Want You To Know, was published by Quercus in September 2020.
He contributed the story Kimchi or a Partial List of Misappropriated Hood Ornaments to Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry, accompanying the release of 2016 album Blonde.
He contributed the story Kimchi or a Partial List of Misappropriated Hood Ornaments to Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry, accompanying the release of 2016 album Blonde.
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July 13, 2018
I have promised to be, above all things, honest in the reviews that I write and so it's for that reason that I must confess that I wanted to dislike this a lot more than I did. These books at the moments for rebel girls and boys who dare to be different conceptually bother me; they speak to ideas of gender in children's literature, for this is what this is, really, and they speak to the state of those ideas being in a somewhat complicated and, perhaps, quite a troubled space. And, because I am somebody rooted in the classics of British children's literature, it seems to all stem from the mid-twentieth century and the notions we have of girls and of boys in the books of that second golden age that still so heavily comes to influence the state of children's literature today.
And yet, and yet -
That strapline bothered me. Boys who changed the world without killing dragons? It's so specific, so madly, utterly, wilfully specific in tone that by perpetuating said tone, that surely it perpetuates a myth of masculinity that the book itself is trying to defy -
And yet, and yet -
That title. Why stories for boys who dare to be different. Different from what? Why is it daring? The transgressive act only becomes transgressive when rendered as such; perhaps this should be a form of normalcy that we should be trying to understand as such. Surely in making something the other, we perpetuate that otherness -
And yet, this isn't a bad book. To be frank, it's actually pretty good.
But I still have questions to resolve, and I will resolve them and I will do so with the full and frank acknowledgement that this is a good, kind and thoughtfully constructed book. It is representative, inclusive and frequently moving, encompassing characters such as Nicholas Winton, Taika Waititi and Lionel Messi. There's elements of it still to challenge, and on fully legitimate circumstances and not 'grumpy scholarly' circumstances. Louis Braille is included and yet there's no acknowledgement of the fact that much of his entry cannot be read by those he sought to help. Similarly, the entry for Junot Diaz suffers from recent events, and I was concerned by some of the looser rhetoric involved in other entries such as "It's time to take their country back". That's a problematic phrase, not in the least for its implicit politicking, and it's a phrase that, really, means very little. And sure, a very young reader might not pick up on that angle, but they'll pick up on the language. The phrasing. And it's that sort of thing in this book that matters and should be fought over, fiercely.
These books are having a moment and I welcome the effort that Brooks has done towards making his contribution a pretty damn good book. I suspect much of its problems come from the hobbles of frame and circumstance, and that I'm maybe demanding a lot of it that perhaps it can't quite achieve in such a context. And yet, I'm unapologetic in doing so because these books - as evidenced by their raw and fierce popularity - are clearly needed. I just ache for them to, somehow, become something more than what they are at present.
And yet, and yet -
That strapline bothered me. Boys who changed the world without killing dragons? It's so specific, so madly, utterly, wilfully specific in tone that by perpetuating said tone, that surely it perpetuates a myth of masculinity that the book itself is trying to defy -
And yet, and yet -
That title. Why stories for boys who dare to be different. Different from what? Why is it daring? The transgressive act only becomes transgressive when rendered as such; perhaps this should be a form of normalcy that we should be trying to understand as such. Surely in making something the other, we perpetuate that otherness -
And yet, this isn't a bad book. To be frank, it's actually pretty good.
But I still have questions to resolve, and I will resolve them and I will do so with the full and frank acknowledgement that this is a good, kind and thoughtfully constructed book. It is representative, inclusive and frequently moving, encompassing characters such as Nicholas Winton, Taika Waititi and Lionel Messi. There's elements of it still to challenge, and on fully legitimate circumstances and not 'grumpy scholarly' circumstances. Louis Braille is included and yet there's no acknowledgement of the fact that much of his entry cannot be read by those he sought to help. Similarly, the entry for Junot Diaz suffers from recent events, and I was concerned by some of the looser rhetoric involved in other entries such as "It's time to take their country back". That's a problematic phrase, not in the least for its implicit politicking, and it's a phrase that, really, means very little. And sure, a very young reader might not pick up on that angle, but they'll pick up on the language. The phrasing. And it's that sort of thing in this book that matters and should be fought over, fiercely.
These books are having a moment and I welcome the effort that Brooks has done towards making his contribution a pretty damn good book. I suspect much of its problems come from the hobbles of frame and circumstance, and that I'm maybe demanding a lot of it that perhaps it can't quite achieve in such a context. And yet, I'm unapologetic in doing so because these books - as evidenced by their raw and fierce popularity - are clearly needed. I just ache for them to, somehow, become something more than what they are at present.
October 23, 2018
Es gibt so Bücher, die kommen unerwartet und begeistern sofort. So war das hier. Normalerweise bin ich eher weniger der Typ für Biographien. Diese Geschichten haben mich aber wirklich umgehauen!
Jeder kann etwas tun, man muss sich nur dafür entscheiden, sich kopfüber in die Arbeit für Frieden und Gerechtigkeit zu stürzen und jeden Menschen auf dem Planeten wichtig zu nehmen.
(Patch Adams)
Ich lebe meinen Kindern auch vor, dass es wichtig ist, sich für die Gemeinschaft einzusetzen. Nur so kann unsere Gesellschaft funktionieren. Jeder bringt sich mit dem ein, was er kann. So entsteht ein starkes Konstrukt das uns auch mal aufzufangen vermag, wenn wir schwach sind.
Manche Geschichten zeigen aber auch, dass es völlig in Ordnung ist, mal zu scheitern. Was wir aus der Niederlage machen, ist entscheidend. Den Kopf in den Sand stecken und jammern hat noch nie die Welt verändert.
Ich bin nicht gescheitert. Ich habe bloß zehntausend Methoden entdeckt, die nicht funktionieren. (Thomas Edison)
Das Beste Beispiel dafür, wie wichtig es ist, nie den Mut zu verlieren ist wohl der großartige Stephen Hawking gewesen. Wie viele hätten angesichts seines schweren Schicksals wohl aufgegeben? Er hat trotz – oder vielleicht auch gerade wegen seiner Krankheit den Mut aufgebracht wunderbare Dinge zu entdecken…
Wie schwierig einem das Leben auch erscheinen mag, es gibt immer etwas, das man tun und mit dem man Erfolg haben kann. Wichtig ist es, nicht einfach aufzugeben.
(Stephen Hawking)
Oder Louis Braille – wäre er nicht blind geworden, gäbe es heute nicht die Blindenschrift…
Gut finde ich, das hier für jeden was dabei ist. Jüngere Kinder können vielleicht noch wenig mit Ghandi anfangen, Lionel Messi sollte allerdings bekannt sein… oder Spielberg?
Das Buch richtet sich zwar an Jungs, das ist aber meiner Meinung nach nebensächlich. Ich finde, diese Menschen, die es gewagt haben anders zu sein, sind genauso auch Vorbilder für Mädchen und Erwachsene jeder Ausrichtung. Die kurzen Geschichten über diese ganz unterschiedlichen berühmten Persönlichkeiten sollten uns allen ein Vorbild sein. Egal ob Junge oder Mädchen, jung oder alt – es ist nie zu spät sich einzusetzen!
Denn darum geht es beim Feminismus im 21. Jahrhundert. Nur wenn wir alle gleich sind, haben wir alle auch mehr Freiheit.
(Barack Obama)
Ich werde mir sicher auch das Pendant für Mädchen Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls holen und auch gerne zu Weihnachten verschenken. Ich vergebe volle 5 von 5 Lieblingslesesessel und lege das Buch wirklich JEDEM ans Herz – nicht nur Jungs ;-)
Jeder kann etwas tun, man muss sich nur dafür entscheiden, sich kopfüber in die Arbeit für Frieden und Gerechtigkeit zu stürzen und jeden Menschen auf dem Planeten wichtig zu nehmen.
(Patch Adams)
Ich lebe meinen Kindern auch vor, dass es wichtig ist, sich für die Gemeinschaft einzusetzen. Nur so kann unsere Gesellschaft funktionieren. Jeder bringt sich mit dem ein, was er kann. So entsteht ein starkes Konstrukt das uns auch mal aufzufangen vermag, wenn wir schwach sind.
Manche Geschichten zeigen aber auch, dass es völlig in Ordnung ist, mal zu scheitern. Was wir aus der Niederlage machen, ist entscheidend. Den Kopf in den Sand stecken und jammern hat noch nie die Welt verändert.
Ich bin nicht gescheitert. Ich habe bloß zehntausend Methoden entdeckt, die nicht funktionieren. (Thomas Edison)
Das Beste Beispiel dafür, wie wichtig es ist, nie den Mut zu verlieren ist wohl der großartige Stephen Hawking gewesen. Wie viele hätten angesichts seines schweren Schicksals wohl aufgegeben? Er hat trotz – oder vielleicht auch gerade wegen seiner Krankheit den Mut aufgebracht wunderbare Dinge zu entdecken…
Wie schwierig einem das Leben auch erscheinen mag, es gibt immer etwas, das man tun und mit dem man Erfolg haben kann. Wichtig ist es, nicht einfach aufzugeben.
(Stephen Hawking)
Oder Louis Braille – wäre er nicht blind geworden, gäbe es heute nicht die Blindenschrift…
Gut finde ich, das hier für jeden was dabei ist. Jüngere Kinder können vielleicht noch wenig mit Ghandi anfangen, Lionel Messi sollte allerdings bekannt sein… oder Spielberg?
Das Buch richtet sich zwar an Jungs, das ist aber meiner Meinung nach nebensächlich. Ich finde, diese Menschen, die es gewagt haben anders zu sein, sind genauso auch Vorbilder für Mädchen und Erwachsene jeder Ausrichtung. Die kurzen Geschichten über diese ganz unterschiedlichen berühmten Persönlichkeiten sollten uns allen ein Vorbild sein. Egal ob Junge oder Mädchen, jung oder alt – es ist nie zu spät sich einzusetzen!
Denn darum geht es beim Feminismus im 21. Jahrhundert. Nur wenn wir alle gleich sind, haben wir alle auch mehr Freiheit.
(Barack Obama)
Ich werde mir sicher auch das Pendant für Mädchen Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls holen und auch gerne zu Weihnachten verschenken. Ich vergebe volle 5 von 5 Lieblingslesesessel und lege das Buch wirklich JEDEM ans Herz – nicht nur Jungs ;-)
February 20, 2020
Kad se rodiš kao dječak, o tebi postoje određena očekivanja. Zbog tih će ti očekivanja, vidjet ćeš, roditelji (ok, vjerojatno ne svi, ali većina) kupovati plavu odjeću (a ne rozu). Oblačit će te u hlače (a ne haljine). Ljudi će očekivati da se igraš s autićima (a ne lutkama). Očekivat će da uživaš u sportskim aktivnostima - primjerice, nogometu (a ne, recimo, plesu ili umjetničkom klizanju). Možeš plakati dok si beba, ali, kad malo odrasteš, to se neće baš smatrati primjerenim. Ako pokažeš slabost, puno će ti ljudi reći da svoju slabost riješiš tako da odmahneš rukom i 'budeš muško'. A ako ćeš viriti iz tog nametnutog ti kalupa, velika je vjerojatnost da će ti se drugi, većinom tvoji vršnjaci, rugati ili ismijavati te.
Uvriježeno je mišljenje da su muškarci snažni, hrabri i nikada ne pokazuju osjećaje. I svi oni koji se u ovaj stereotip ne uklapaju automatski su čudaci, 'curice', jadnici, šmokljani... sto je različitih naziva koje će ljudi prilijepiti onima koji su po nečemu drugačiji. A biti drugačiji često je prilično teško, čak i kada si odrastao čovjek, a kamoli kad si tek dječak.
Ova će ti knjiga pokazati da nisi sam, da nisi čudak i da nema nište loše u tome ako ti se sviđaju neke druge stvari od onih koje se sviđaju tvojim prijateljima. A to će ti pokazati na primjeru priča čak stotinu iznimnih dječaka, koji se također nisu uklapali u svoju sredinu, koje su zlostavljali ili im se podsmijehivali, ali koji su, unatoč tome, izrasli u iznimne ljude, ljude koji su dali svoj doprinos da svijet u kojem živimo bude bolje i ljepše mjesto.
Jer, vidiš, i James Earl Jones imao je teško djetinjstvo, tijekom kojeg se mučio s mucanjem, i to toliko da je osam godina proveo gotovo potpuno nijem. No, na kraju je ipak pronašao svoj glas, i danas je taj glas jedan od najpoznatijih glasova na svijetu: onaj Dartha Vadera.
Danielu Radcliffeu išlo je jako loše u školi, budući da se mučio s dispraksijom, zbog koje su mu i najjednostavnije stvari bile strašno naporne. A ipak je uspio pobijediti svoj problem uronivši u glumu, i utjelovivši jednog od najpoznatijih likova u svijetu književnosti i filma: Harrya Pottera.
Billu Gatesu su se smijali kad je s drugima podijelio svoje uvjerenje da će jednoga dana svaki dom na svijetu imati računalo. Bill je uložio puno vremena i truda, ali na kraju je izgradio najveće računalno carstvo na svijetu i dokazao da je njegova tvrdnja bila istinita.
A u ovoj je knjizi još 97 ovakvih priča, popraćenih prekrasnim ilustracijama, koje ih sjajno nadopunjuju.
Ono što mi se kod ovih priča najviše svidjelo je to da se većina njih ne odnosi na one ljude koji su se pokazali najuspješnijima u nečemu, ili najpoznatijima i slavnima, već se većina njih odnosi na ljude koji su odlučili učiniti nešto da poboljšaju svijet. Bilo da su pripremali obroke za siromašne migrante, osmislili tehnologiju kojom će očistiti oceane od plastičnog smeća, podigli ruke protiv nejednakosti i rasizma znajući da će ih to koštati karijere, spasili stotine djece od sigurne smrti u 2. svjetskom ratu, oslobađali dupine iz zatočeništva, zalagali se za očuvanje životinja, ili učinili još mnoga, mnoga herojska djela, ovi su ljudi učinili čudesne stvari za naš planet i pokazali nam da se uvijek isplati biti ljubazan, suosjećajan i svjestan svijeta oko sebe.
Za neke od junaka ovih priča sigurno ste već čuli, neke ćete ovdje tek upoznati, ali ovih će vam stotinu priča pokazati nevjerojatnu inspiraciju i snagu uma i djela, koja je sposobna postići nevjerojatne stvari.
Da, ponekad je jako teško biti drugačiji. To je nešto što se moraš usuditi biti. Ovih 100 ljudi svojim će te pričama inspirirati da učiniš upravo to - usudiš se.
Ne nose svi superheroji plašteve. Vrijeme je da upoznaš neke kojima ne treba plašt da bi učinili iznimne stvari. A, najbolje od svega, i ti možeš biti jedan od njih. Ako zaboraviš kalupe u koje te žele strpati i - usudiš se (tj. dopustiš si) biti drugačiji.
Uvriježeno je mišljenje da su muškarci snažni, hrabri i nikada ne pokazuju osjećaje. I svi oni koji se u ovaj stereotip ne uklapaju automatski su čudaci, 'curice', jadnici, šmokljani... sto je različitih naziva koje će ljudi prilijepiti onima koji su po nečemu drugačiji. A biti drugačiji često je prilično teško, čak i kada si odrastao čovjek, a kamoli kad si tek dječak.
Ova će ti knjiga pokazati da nisi sam, da nisi čudak i da nema nište loše u tome ako ti se sviđaju neke druge stvari od onih koje se sviđaju tvojim prijateljima. A to će ti pokazati na primjeru priča čak stotinu iznimnih dječaka, koji se također nisu uklapali u svoju sredinu, koje su zlostavljali ili im se podsmijehivali, ali koji su, unatoč tome, izrasli u iznimne ljude, ljude koji su dali svoj doprinos da svijet u kojem živimo bude bolje i ljepše mjesto.
Jer, vidiš, i James Earl Jones imao je teško djetinjstvo, tijekom kojeg se mučio s mucanjem, i to toliko da je osam godina proveo gotovo potpuno nijem. No, na kraju je ipak pronašao svoj glas, i danas je taj glas jedan od najpoznatijih glasova na svijetu: onaj Dartha Vadera.
Danielu Radcliffeu išlo je jako loše u školi, budući da se mučio s dispraksijom, zbog koje su mu i najjednostavnije stvari bile strašno naporne. A ipak je uspio pobijediti svoj problem uronivši u glumu, i utjelovivši jednog od najpoznatijih likova u svijetu književnosti i filma: Harrya Pottera.
Billu Gatesu su se smijali kad je s drugima podijelio svoje uvjerenje da će jednoga dana svaki dom na svijetu imati računalo. Bill je uložio puno vremena i truda, ali na kraju je izgradio najveće računalno carstvo na svijetu i dokazao da je njegova tvrdnja bila istinita.
A u ovoj je knjizi još 97 ovakvih priča, popraćenih prekrasnim ilustracijama, koje ih sjajno nadopunjuju.
Ono što mi se kod ovih priča najviše svidjelo je to da se većina njih ne odnosi na one ljude koji su se pokazali najuspješnijima u nečemu, ili najpoznatijima i slavnima, već se većina njih odnosi na ljude koji su odlučili učiniti nešto da poboljšaju svijet. Bilo da su pripremali obroke za siromašne migrante, osmislili tehnologiju kojom će očistiti oceane od plastičnog smeća, podigli ruke protiv nejednakosti i rasizma znajući da će ih to koštati karijere, spasili stotine djece od sigurne smrti u 2. svjetskom ratu, oslobađali dupine iz zatočeništva, zalagali se za očuvanje životinja, ili učinili još mnoga, mnoga herojska djela, ovi su ljudi učinili čudesne stvari za naš planet i pokazali nam da se uvijek isplati biti ljubazan, suosjećajan i svjestan svijeta oko sebe.
Za neke od junaka ovih priča sigurno ste već čuli, neke ćete ovdje tek upoznati, ali ovih će vam stotinu priča pokazati nevjerojatnu inspiraciju i snagu uma i djela, koja je sposobna postići nevjerojatne stvari.
Da, ponekad je jako teško biti drugačiji. To je nešto što se moraš usuditi biti. Ovih 100 ljudi svojim će te pričama inspirirati da učiniš upravo to - usudiš se.
Ne nose svi superheroji plašteve. Vrijeme je da upoznaš neke kojima ne treba plašt da bi učinili iznimne stvari. A, najbolje od svega, i ti možeš biti jedan od njih. Ako zaboraviš kalupe u koje te žele strpati i - usudiš se (tj. dopustiš si) biti drugačiji.
May 14, 2019
Beautifully designed book with great pictures and inspirational stories! I think it’s great value as it has a lot of content that provides good role models for Kids. It’s going to be given as a gift. I’d say it’s ideal for older children aged around 8+ and young teenagers.
March 11, 2020
La verdad no sabia que esperar de este libro,solo que queria leerlo.
Este volumen se centra en 100 hombres que se han atrevido a ser ellos mismos y al hacerlo cambiar el mundo.
Siento que en algunos casos lo que se cuenta sobre ellos no es suficiente y deseas saber mas sobre la vida de ellos y de todo lo que hicieron ya que las biografias son muy cortas.
Sin embargo en algunos casos ya no queria saber mas o sentia que lloraria por lo injusto que fueron tratados en vida, simplemente por ser como eran.
Pero una de las cosas que mas me gusto en esta edicion fue reconocer a varios de los hombres mencionados debido a que aparecen en la serie de Doctor Who, literal que cuando miraba que la biografia era sobre ellos,pensaba al instante en la serie.
Tengo entendido que en otras versiones del libro en ingles son como 70 personajes solamente y no entiendo el por que les han sacado a los otros pues todos hicieron cosas muy importantes.
Creo que este tipo de libros puede ser de mucha ayuda para que los niños y jovenes se acepten tal y como son.
Este volumen se centra en 100 hombres que se han atrevido a ser ellos mismos y al hacerlo cambiar el mundo.
Siento que en algunos casos lo que se cuenta sobre ellos no es suficiente y deseas saber mas sobre la vida de ellos y de todo lo que hicieron ya que las biografias son muy cortas.
Sin embargo en algunos casos ya no queria saber mas o sentia que lloraria por lo injusto que fueron tratados en vida, simplemente por ser como eran.
Pero una de las cosas que mas me gusto en esta edicion fue reconocer a varios de los hombres mencionados debido a que aparecen en la serie de Doctor Who, literal que cuando miraba que la biografia era sobre ellos,pensaba al instante en la serie.
Tengo entendido que en otras versiones del libro en ingles son como 70 personajes solamente y no entiendo el por que les han sacado a los otros pues todos hicieron cosas muy importantes.
Creo que este tipo de libros puede ser de mucha ayuda para que los niños y jovenes se acepten tal y como son.
December 7, 2018
Bereits seit einiger Zeit sind mir die Bücher Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls ein fester Begriff und obwohl ich diese leider bisher noch nicht gelesen habe, finde ich die Idee hinter diesen Werken von Elena Favilli und Francesca Cavallo wahnsinnig wichtig und inspirierend.
Diese stellten bisher 200 weibliche Persönlichkeiten aus der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart in den Fokus und porträtierten diese kurz und prägnant.
Als auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse Ben Brooks, Autor des neusten Werks Stories for Boys who dare to be different – Vom Mut, anders zu sein anwesend war und sein Werk vorgestellt hat, habe ich die Chance genutzt und mir sowohl das Buch gesichert als auch mit dem Autor kurz gesprochen und der Funke ist direkt übergesprungen.
Stories for Boys who dare to be different ist dabei, ähnlich wie die Vorbildbücher für Rebel Girls, eine Portraitsammlung von außergewöhnlichen Persönlichkeiten. Diese Persönlichkeiten sind dabei quer über die Jahrhunderte verteilt und haben ganz unterschiedliche Dinge geleistet. Angefangen von Galileo Galilei über Oscar Wilde bis Nelson Mandela sind insgesamt 100 männliche Persönlichkeiten in diesem Werk aufgeführt und werden dabei auf jeweils einer Doppelseite näher beleuchtet. Dabei hat jedes dieser Portraits nicht nur einen beschreibenden Text, sondern gleichzeitig auch eine sehr schön anzusehende Illustration, die die Persönlichkeit und überlieferte Eigenheit der jeweiligen Person treffend darstellt.
Die Auswahl dieser Persönlichkeiten ist dabei zwar stellenweise etwas fragwürdig, da ich mich schon darüber wundere, wieso Männer, die für alkoholische Eskapaden oder Steuerbetrug ebenso bekannt geworden sind, wie für ihre guten Taten, es in dieses Buch geschafft haben und dagegen wirklich wichtige Männer, wie beispielsweise Sir Isaac Newton oder Albert Einstein übergangen wurden. Dies finde ich um ehrlich zu sein nicht ganz plausibel. Alles in allem ist die Auswahl dieser Persönlichkeiten aber sehr stimmig und gelungen. Es ist eine vielfältige Auswahl aus Männern aus der Gesellschaft, der Forschung und vielen weiteren Bereichen, die mit ihrem Willen großes geleistet haben und dadurch eine tolle Vorbildfunktion einnehmen.
Mein größtes Problem mit diesem Titel, was ��brigens auch für die Rebel Girls Bücher gilt, ist die Titelgebung. Wieso sind Bücher mit männlichen Persönlichkeiten speziell an Jungen und Bücher über weibliche Vorbilder speziell an Mädchen gerichtet? Wer sagt denn, dass eine Frau mit ihren Leistungen nicht genauso gut einen Jungen inspirieren kann, wie ein Mann ein junges Mädchen? Diese titelgebende Geschlechtertrennung finde ich leider absolut unnötig!
Ich finde es wichtig, dass man der heranwachsenden Generation Vorbilder gibt, die durch ihre Leistungen erstrebenswerte und imitierbare Ideale vermitteln, aber dann bitte ohne eine klare Geschlechtertrennung, die der jeweilige Buchtitel impliziert.
Wenn man darüber aber einmal hinweg sieht, dann ist das Buch Stories for boys who dare to be different aber eine absolut (vor-)lesenswerte Buchempfehlung. Tolle Illustrationen gepaart mit einer vielfältigen Personenauswahl sind eine spannende Kombination, die für jung und alt geeignet ist und eine hervorragende Inspirationsquelle abgibt.
Fazit zu Stories for Boys Who… von Ben Brooks
Eine tolle Auswahl an beeindruckenden Persönlichkeiten gepaart mit wunderschön anzusehenden Illustrationen. Eine tolle Lektüre, die nicht nur zum Vorlesen geeignet ist, sondern gleichzeitig auch als Inspiration für erwachsene Leserinnen und Leser geeignet ist!
Diese stellten bisher 200 weibliche Persönlichkeiten aus der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart in den Fokus und porträtierten diese kurz und prägnant.
Als auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse Ben Brooks, Autor des neusten Werks Stories for Boys who dare to be different – Vom Mut, anders zu sein anwesend war und sein Werk vorgestellt hat, habe ich die Chance genutzt und mir sowohl das Buch gesichert als auch mit dem Autor kurz gesprochen und der Funke ist direkt übergesprungen.
Stories for Boys who dare to be different ist dabei, ähnlich wie die Vorbildbücher für Rebel Girls, eine Portraitsammlung von außergewöhnlichen Persönlichkeiten. Diese Persönlichkeiten sind dabei quer über die Jahrhunderte verteilt und haben ganz unterschiedliche Dinge geleistet. Angefangen von Galileo Galilei über Oscar Wilde bis Nelson Mandela sind insgesamt 100 männliche Persönlichkeiten in diesem Werk aufgeführt und werden dabei auf jeweils einer Doppelseite näher beleuchtet. Dabei hat jedes dieser Portraits nicht nur einen beschreibenden Text, sondern gleichzeitig auch eine sehr schön anzusehende Illustration, die die Persönlichkeit und überlieferte Eigenheit der jeweiligen Person treffend darstellt.
Die Auswahl dieser Persönlichkeiten ist dabei zwar stellenweise etwas fragwürdig, da ich mich schon darüber wundere, wieso Männer, die für alkoholische Eskapaden oder Steuerbetrug ebenso bekannt geworden sind, wie für ihre guten Taten, es in dieses Buch geschafft haben und dagegen wirklich wichtige Männer, wie beispielsweise Sir Isaac Newton oder Albert Einstein übergangen wurden. Dies finde ich um ehrlich zu sein nicht ganz plausibel. Alles in allem ist die Auswahl dieser Persönlichkeiten aber sehr stimmig und gelungen. Es ist eine vielfältige Auswahl aus Männern aus der Gesellschaft, der Forschung und vielen weiteren Bereichen, die mit ihrem Willen großes geleistet haben und dadurch eine tolle Vorbildfunktion einnehmen.
Mein größtes Problem mit diesem Titel, was ��brigens auch für die Rebel Girls Bücher gilt, ist die Titelgebung. Wieso sind Bücher mit männlichen Persönlichkeiten speziell an Jungen und Bücher über weibliche Vorbilder speziell an Mädchen gerichtet? Wer sagt denn, dass eine Frau mit ihren Leistungen nicht genauso gut einen Jungen inspirieren kann, wie ein Mann ein junges Mädchen? Diese titelgebende Geschlechtertrennung finde ich leider absolut unnötig!
Ich finde es wichtig, dass man der heranwachsenden Generation Vorbilder gibt, die durch ihre Leistungen erstrebenswerte und imitierbare Ideale vermitteln, aber dann bitte ohne eine klare Geschlechtertrennung, die der jeweilige Buchtitel impliziert.
Wenn man darüber aber einmal hinweg sieht, dann ist das Buch Stories for boys who dare to be different aber eine absolut (vor-)lesenswerte Buchempfehlung. Tolle Illustrationen gepaart mit einer vielfältigen Personenauswahl sind eine spannende Kombination, die für jung und alt geeignet ist und eine hervorragende Inspirationsquelle abgibt.
Fazit zu Stories for Boys Who… von Ben Brooks
Eine tolle Auswahl an beeindruckenden Persönlichkeiten gepaart mit wunderschön anzusehenden Illustrationen. Eine tolle Lektüre, die nicht nur zum Vorlesen geeignet ist, sondern gleichzeitig auch als Inspiration für erwachsene Leserinnen und Leser geeignet ist!
January 8, 2019
Al igual que "cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes" nos muestra diferente hombre que cambiaron la historia de forma diferente, desde deportistas hasta actores, presidentes e inventores, hay una gran variedad, podemos conocer su historia y cómo llegaron a cambiar el mundo a su manera. Es una lectura ligera, creo que para cualquier edad, y mas si sos una persona que está llena de curiosidad y siempre está dispuesto a saber cosas nuevas. Me pareció un libro super entretenido, que se lee rápido y te deja una linda enseñanza en cada historia, biografía que vas leyendo. Me parece una excelente idea de dar a conocer a grandes hombres que hicieron historia de una manera hermosa, contribuyendo a la sociedad y al mundo, llenándolo de su conocimiento. Al igual que el libro que nombre al principio, super recomiendo esta lectura.
December 23, 2018
I really love Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, so I was really excited about this one... unfortunately, it really isn't up to par. A lot of the stories are great, but I feel that a fair number of them de-emphasized actual achievement and I'm left a bit puzzled as to how to navigate what feels like the over-representation of transgender "success", there's a definite agenda here and while I'm all for transgender rights there's something about this positioning that I find quite inappropriate.
What I find particularly weird, however, is the tagline's "without killing dragons", when the sixth story is of a leper who defeated a larger army in physical battle with the power of prayer. That... doesn't sound like a boy who dares to be different at all, even if it is an interesting story.
What I find particularly weird, however, is the tagline's "without killing dragons", when the sixth story is of a leper who defeated a larger army in physical battle with the power of prayer. That... doesn't sound like a boy who dares to be different at all, even if it is an interesting story.
August 26, 2025
Storie per bambini che hanno il coraggio di essere unici è un meraviglioso albo con il quale scoprire la vita di uomini che hanno cambiato la storia. Una collezione di 100 storie esemplari, di uomini celebri e uomini comuni, del passato e del presente, che hanno reso il mondo un posto migliore grazie alla loro generosità, al loro altruismo e avendo fiducia in se stessi. https://ilmondodichri.com/storie-per-...
July 20, 2021
Este libro no es malo tampoco bueno
Incluye hombres que cambiaron la historia como Gandhi, Tesla y a hombres que solo han aportado entretenimiento a un target específico . Por eso la calificación baja
Incluye hombres que cambiaron la historia como Gandhi, Tesla y a hombres que solo han aportado entretenimiento a un target específico . Por eso la calificación baja
January 7, 2019
4.5 stars!✨
November 17, 2018
As a (curious) (with no head for hard science whatsoever) parent, I'd've loved to see a touch more informative pieces about all the wonderful men in the book; as an avid ballet-goer and a John Green fan, I can't help but appreciate that both John and Sergey Polunin are mentioned.
December 31, 2018
As some other reviewers have noted, this book definitely poses several interesting questions who are looking at this book from a feminist perspective. On the one hand, there is the fact that as a short biography book, each entry lacks a certain amount of nuance regarding how some of these figures are problematic and that means that some people who deserve a certain amount of criticism don't get it. Those who have mentioned this make a good point, but I'm also curious about how we view the text that is there, because there was a lot of inspiring material here, but more often than not it gave me mixed feelings.
There were a few entries that I Just Liked and was happy to see them, including John Green, Taika Waititi, Christopher Paoloini, and Daniel Radcliffe. Waititi's entry was good because it focused on his background as a Maori filmmaker and even mentioned Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which is an excellent film. I'm definitely biased towards these guys because I have enjoyed their work as artists, but I do think it's no mistake that 75% of them are white. Part of this would come from my own bias, but the other half would also have to do with the fact that they are written to lack marginalization. What I mean by that is, for example, John Green has discussed his experiences with mental illness—but that is not mentioned, instead focusing on the inspiring story that comes from The Fault in Our Stars (which, come to think of it, could be inspiration porn). Daniel Radcliffe's dyspraxia is framed in the same way that most other disabilities in this book are framed: as something that is "overcome," as something that would have prevented these men from living meaningful lives if they had let it stay in their way.
In other words, those were some of my favorite people, but still. Those mixed feelings stayed on.
And those mixed feelings just continued throughout. On the one hand, I cannot deny that all these men have made really impressive contributions to the world. With their endurance, intelligence, leadership, and creativity, they definitely changed things. Furthermore, I think it's great that boys might grow up following men whose masculinity was rooted in protecting the environment, resisting injustice, educating themselves and others, communicating accessibly, and taking pride in their heritage.
But then I think:
What about the fact that Roald Amundsen is credited as the first person at the north pole when Natives probably had made it there before? Why did Brooks decide to list Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt as "Chief Joseph" when the former is his real name—or, at least, his birth name? What did his family call him, and isn't it worth mentioning that his name was changed to Joseph due to the spread of the settler's religion? On that note, what of Uyaquq? It is so cool that he invented a written language for his people, but shouldn't we also question the missionaries that allowed his language-writing to happen? The people who came "spreading the word of Jesus and the Bible" were colonizers, after all—can't the problems with that setup coexist with Uyaquq's amazing achievements?
How should we feel about Baldwin IV. On the one hand, his military victory would seem to contrast the book's goal of portraying boys "who changed the world without killing dragons," but is his violence meant to get a free pass because he was defending his homeland? (If so, why not feature more indigenous men who resisted the efforts of colonizers?) Is he getting a free pass because he is disabled? Is the fact that Baldwin is pictured in full armor erasing his disability, or does it avoid mischaracterizing someone who we probably couldn't portray accurately? What are we to do with Nick Vujicic, whose entire entry seems to fall under the realm of inspiration porn? In a book meant to inspire anyway, are all the entries that deal with disability for naught?
I definitely didn't like that they decided to deadname Alan Hart (the first trans man to get sex reassignment surgery), especially without noting that many trans people are very uncomfortable with people knowing/using their deadnames. Why not include more trans men, too? One significant thing this book did was include the work of modern boys who have taken a stand on something even though they are not adults yet. Why not include someone like Mack Beggs, who is forced to wrestle on the girl's team at his school? Why not include anybody else? This book did a much better job with addressing gay men, but I will say that sometimes it fell into the trap of prioritizing people who support the LGBTQ community, rather than LGBTQ individuals themselves (see: Barack Obama, Daniel Radcliffe, etc.).
I feel like this book was conscious about including men from a variety of races and countries, which is great. The one thing I would say might be missing would be the inclusion of men who worked in the Civil Rights movement. By that, I don't necessarily mean Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X, because while those two were incredibly important, it took a lot of other men and women to make the Civil Rights movement a thing. Why not include Bayard Rustin, MLK's right hand man, or James L. Farmer, who organized the Freedom Ride? I realize it's a book with limited space, and indeed my own understanding of the world leads me to prioritize the events that took place in what is currently the United States. But still. It's telling to me that while there were men praised for their work for, with, and sometimes as women, people with disabilities, Natives, colonized groups, and, yes, people of color, the people characterized as explicitly fighting against racism were Frederick Douglass, Trevor Noah, and Barack Obama. Not that they didn't/don't, of course. But they sure as heck are not the only ones.
These thoughts consist mainly of my initial reactions; there is much more to say about the people represented in this book and what they did. If I am ever blessed to have nephews, I think I would get them this book. I would want them to see a work where men are celebrated for supporting their daughters and drawing attention to injustice and fighting to make the world a better place. I would hope that this book would inspire them to be that kind of boy. But on that same token, that kind of boy is not without his problems...
There were a few entries that I Just Liked and was happy to see them, including John Green, Taika Waititi, Christopher Paoloini, and Daniel Radcliffe. Waititi's entry was good because it focused on his background as a Maori filmmaker and even mentioned Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which is an excellent film. I'm definitely biased towards these guys because I have enjoyed their work as artists, but I do think it's no mistake that 75% of them are white. Part of this would come from my own bias, but the other half would also have to do with the fact that they are written to lack marginalization. What I mean by that is, for example, John Green has discussed his experiences with mental illness—but that is not mentioned, instead focusing on the inspiring story that comes from The Fault in Our Stars (which, come to think of it, could be inspiration porn). Daniel Radcliffe's dyspraxia is framed in the same way that most other disabilities in this book are framed: as something that is "overcome," as something that would have prevented these men from living meaningful lives if they had let it stay in their way.
In other words, those were some of my favorite people, but still. Those mixed feelings stayed on.
And those mixed feelings just continued throughout. On the one hand, I cannot deny that all these men have made really impressive contributions to the world. With their endurance, intelligence, leadership, and creativity, they definitely changed things. Furthermore, I think it's great that boys might grow up following men whose masculinity was rooted in protecting the environment, resisting injustice, educating themselves and others, communicating accessibly, and taking pride in their heritage.
But then I think:
What about the fact that Roald Amundsen is credited as the first person at the north pole when Natives probably had made it there before? Why did Brooks decide to list Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt as "Chief Joseph" when the former is his real name—or, at least, his birth name? What did his family call him, and isn't it worth mentioning that his name was changed to Joseph due to the spread of the settler's religion? On that note, what of Uyaquq? It is so cool that he invented a written language for his people, but shouldn't we also question the missionaries that allowed his language-writing to happen? The people who came "spreading the word of Jesus and the Bible" were colonizers, after all—can't the problems with that setup coexist with Uyaquq's amazing achievements?
How should we feel about Baldwin IV. On the one hand, his military victory would seem to contrast the book's goal of portraying boys "who changed the world without killing dragons," but is his violence meant to get a free pass because he was defending his homeland? (If so, why not feature more indigenous men who resisted the efforts of colonizers?) Is he getting a free pass because he is disabled? Is the fact that Baldwin is pictured in full armor erasing his disability, or does it avoid mischaracterizing someone who we probably couldn't portray accurately? What are we to do with Nick Vujicic, whose entire entry seems to fall under the realm of inspiration porn? In a book meant to inspire anyway, are all the entries that deal with disability for naught?
I definitely didn't like that they decided to deadname Alan Hart (the first trans man to get sex reassignment surgery), especially without noting that many trans people are very uncomfortable with people knowing/using their deadnames. Why not include more trans men, too? One significant thing this book did was include the work of modern boys who have taken a stand on something even though they are not adults yet. Why not include someone like Mack Beggs, who is forced to wrestle on the girl's team at his school? Why not include anybody else? This book did a much better job with addressing gay men, but I will say that sometimes it fell into the trap of prioritizing people who support the LGBTQ community, rather than LGBTQ individuals themselves (see: Barack Obama, Daniel Radcliffe, etc.).
I feel like this book was conscious about including men from a variety of races and countries, which is great. The one thing I would say might be missing would be the inclusion of men who worked in the Civil Rights movement. By that, I don't necessarily mean Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X, because while those two were incredibly important, it took a lot of other men and women to make the Civil Rights movement a thing. Why not include Bayard Rustin, MLK's right hand man, or James L. Farmer, who organized the Freedom Ride? I realize it's a book with limited space, and indeed my own understanding of the world leads me to prioritize the events that took place in what is currently the United States. But still. It's telling to me that while there were men praised for their work for, with, and sometimes as women, people with disabilities, Natives, colonized groups, and, yes, people of color, the people characterized as explicitly fighting against racism were Frederick Douglass, Trevor Noah, and Barack Obama. Not that they didn't/don't, of course. But they sure as heck are not the only ones.
These thoughts consist mainly of my initial reactions; there is much more to say about the people represented in this book and what they did. If I am ever blessed to have nephews, I think I would get them this book. I would want them to see a work where men are celebrated for supporting their daughters and drawing attention to injustice and fighting to make the world a better place. I would hope that this book would inspire them to be that kind of boy. But on that same token, that kind of boy is not without his problems...
February 4, 2019
Great book for showing diversity, creativity and bravery to young people. Great art which compliments the stories of these interesting humans really well. One of those books for every school library. Highly recommended for schools of all levels.
March 5, 2019
Such a great book about extraordinary people. I really enjoyed reading it.
January 6, 2019
Vor einigen Wochen erreicht mich überraschend dieses süße Buch aus dem Loewe Verlag. Ich war als großer Fan von Good Night Storys for Rebel Girls zu Beginn jedoch sehr skeptisch. Ich finde es unglaublich wichtigm, Frauen jedes Zeitalters, jedes Alters, jeder Nationalität, Hautfarbe und Beruf(ung) eine Stimme zu geben, Präsenz zu geben, sie stark zu machen. Aber brauchen Männer das auch? Meine Meinung dazu lautete ganz klar: nein. Und erst recht nicht Männer, die sowieso schon berühmt sind.
Ganz schnell wurde ich beim Lesen jedoch eines besseren belehrt: Nicht alle Männer in diesem Buch sind berühmt. Es wurden unglaublich tolle Einzelschicksale gefunden, die einen Blick definitiv wert sind. Und noch etwas ist ganz elementar: Die Männer, die hier vorgestellt werden, haben allesamt der Welt geholfen, ein besserer Ort zu werden. Sie haben anderen Mut gemacht, geholfen... In einer Welt, in der sicher nicht jeder von sich behaupten kann, sich genau so zu verhalten und viele das sicher auch nicht wollen, ist es umso wichtiger, unseren Kindern die richtigen Vorbilder zu geben. Und genau diesen wichtigen Schritt unternimmt dieses Buch.
Ähnlich wie auch in Good Night Storys For Rebel Girls, wird in diesem Buch jeder vorgestellten Person eine Doppelseite zur Verfügung gestellt. Auf der einen Doppelseite befindet sich ein gezeichnetes Portrait des Mannes, der vorgestellt wird. Hier waren jedoch nicht unterschiedliche Künstler*innen beteiligt sondern nur Quinton Winter. Für mich eine kleine Enttäuschung, so schön die Zeichnungen auch sind: Ich mochte die Vielfalt in Good Night Storys und hätte hier auch gerne unterschiedliche Stile und vielleicht auch mitwirkende Frauen gerne gesehen. Auf der anderen Seite folgte dann die Vorstellung und in den meisten Fällen schloss diese mit einem Leitsatz ab, den man sich sehr leicht zu Herzen nehmen kann. Toll durchdacht und ich hätte mir genau das nicht nur bei 90% der Portraits gewünscht, sondern bei allen.
Die Auswahl der Männer fand ich in weiten Teilen klasse, wie ich bereits oben schon erwähnt hatte. Es werden Männer in den unterschiedlichsten Nationalitäten, Epochen etc. vorgestellt, die mal mehr und mal weniger berühmt sind. Ich hätte mir hier noch mehr Diversität gewünscht und weniger diese eurozentristische Sichtweise, dennoch kann man von allen etwas lernen und nicht mehr, als sie für ihre Taten bewundern. Ich glaube, jede*r Leser*in findet hier sein oder ihr persönliches Vorbild. Allerdings war ich mit einigen ausgewählten Personen weniger glücklich: Steuerhinterziehung, Drogenmissbrauch und Suizid gehören nicht unbedingt zu Eigenschaften, die einen Vorbildcharakter haben. Auch wenn das nicht explizit gesagt wird und auch nicht jeder eine weiße Weste haben kann, denke ich dennoch, dass es so viele bewundernswerte Menschen auf der Welt gibt, die auch einen Platz in diesem Buch verdient hätten.
Nichtsdestotrotz habe ich das Lesen des Buches sehr genossen, wurde wundervoll inspiriert und bin mit der Gestaltung des Buches mehr als zufrieden. Für mich ist Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different also nicht nur ein toller Geschenktipp oder ein kurzweiliges Vorlesebuch, es eignet sich auch perfekt zur Lektüre, wenn man selbst nicht mehr so jung ist.
Ganz schnell wurde ich beim Lesen jedoch eines besseren belehrt: Nicht alle Männer in diesem Buch sind berühmt. Es wurden unglaublich tolle Einzelschicksale gefunden, die einen Blick definitiv wert sind. Und noch etwas ist ganz elementar: Die Männer, die hier vorgestellt werden, haben allesamt der Welt geholfen, ein besserer Ort zu werden. Sie haben anderen Mut gemacht, geholfen... In einer Welt, in der sicher nicht jeder von sich behaupten kann, sich genau so zu verhalten und viele das sicher auch nicht wollen, ist es umso wichtiger, unseren Kindern die richtigen Vorbilder zu geben. Und genau diesen wichtigen Schritt unternimmt dieses Buch.
Ähnlich wie auch in Good Night Storys For Rebel Girls, wird in diesem Buch jeder vorgestellten Person eine Doppelseite zur Verfügung gestellt. Auf der einen Doppelseite befindet sich ein gezeichnetes Portrait des Mannes, der vorgestellt wird. Hier waren jedoch nicht unterschiedliche Künstler*innen beteiligt sondern nur Quinton Winter. Für mich eine kleine Enttäuschung, so schön die Zeichnungen auch sind: Ich mochte die Vielfalt in Good Night Storys und hätte hier auch gerne unterschiedliche Stile und vielleicht auch mitwirkende Frauen gerne gesehen. Auf der anderen Seite folgte dann die Vorstellung und in den meisten Fällen schloss diese mit einem Leitsatz ab, den man sich sehr leicht zu Herzen nehmen kann. Toll durchdacht und ich hätte mir genau das nicht nur bei 90% der Portraits gewünscht, sondern bei allen.
Die Auswahl der Männer fand ich in weiten Teilen klasse, wie ich bereits oben schon erwähnt hatte. Es werden Männer in den unterschiedlichsten Nationalitäten, Epochen etc. vorgestellt, die mal mehr und mal weniger berühmt sind. Ich hätte mir hier noch mehr Diversität gewünscht und weniger diese eurozentristische Sichtweise, dennoch kann man von allen etwas lernen und nicht mehr, als sie für ihre Taten bewundern. Ich glaube, jede*r Leser*in findet hier sein oder ihr persönliches Vorbild. Allerdings war ich mit einigen ausgewählten Personen weniger glücklich: Steuerhinterziehung, Drogenmissbrauch und Suizid gehören nicht unbedingt zu Eigenschaften, die einen Vorbildcharakter haben. Auch wenn das nicht explizit gesagt wird und auch nicht jeder eine weiße Weste haben kann, denke ich dennoch, dass es so viele bewundernswerte Menschen auf der Welt gibt, die auch einen Platz in diesem Buch verdient hätten.
Nichtsdestotrotz habe ich das Lesen des Buches sehr genossen, wurde wundervoll inspiriert und bin mit der Gestaltung des Buches mehr als zufrieden. Für mich ist Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different also nicht nur ein toller Geschenktipp oder ein kurzweiliges Vorlesebuch, es eignet sich auch perfekt zur Lektüre, wenn man selbst nicht mehr so jung ist.
September 21, 2018
Ensinnäkin, tän kirjan suomenkielinen nimi on yksi epäonnistuneimmista, mitä tiedän. Rohkeat pojat, kiltit tytöt, tämä narratiivi alkaa olla jo aika nähty. Olkoonkin, että kirjassa itsessään rohkeus kulminoituu rohkeudeksi olla erilainen, uhmata toksisen maskuliinisuuden normeja ja seistä pienten puolella, on ärsyttävää, että tämä suomenbettiin näin. Etenkin kun alkuperäinen nimi on vapaalla käännöksellä Tarinoita pojista, jotka uskalsivat olla erilaisia. Se kuvaa kirjaa huomattavasti paremmin.
Toisekseen, olen lukenut nyt neljä erilaista sankarityttökirjaa, enkä tiedä riittääkö tästä viidennestä vastaavasta enää mitään sanottavaa. Samaa kaavaa, mutta nyt humaaneja ja inhimillisiä poikia. Täytyy myöntää, että ennakkoasenteeni oli vielä vastahankaisempi, sillä ihan kuin hämmästyttävistä pojista/miehistä ei olisi jo kirjoitettu maailman sivu. Onneksi tässä oli yllättävänkin moninainen ja feministinen lähtöasetelma, joten sain kuitenkin yllättyä positiivisesti. Vaikka no, en tiedä miten hämmästyttävää/erilaista lopulta on, että monet tässäkin esitellyt tiedemiehet ovat alansa uran uurtajia tai Lionel Messi on suursankari.
En tiedä. Tavallaan idea ihan ok, ja sanoma myös, mutta nyt todella alkaisin jo kaivata lastenkirjallisuutta, joka lähtisi uskaliaasti jo huomattavasti kauemmas sekä kaksinapaisesta sukupuolikäsityksestä että uusliberalistisesta henkilöpalvonnasta. Että sitä sitten odotellessa vaan.
Toisekseen, olen lukenut nyt neljä erilaista sankarityttökirjaa, enkä tiedä riittääkö tästä viidennestä vastaavasta enää mitään sanottavaa. Samaa kaavaa, mutta nyt humaaneja ja inhimillisiä poikia. Täytyy myöntää, että ennakkoasenteeni oli vielä vastahankaisempi, sillä ihan kuin hämmästyttävistä pojista/miehistä ei olisi jo kirjoitettu maailman sivu. Onneksi tässä oli yllättävänkin moninainen ja feministinen lähtöasetelma, joten sain kuitenkin yllättyä positiivisesti. Vaikka no, en tiedä miten hämmästyttävää/erilaista lopulta on, että monet tässäkin esitellyt tiedemiehet ovat alansa uran uurtajia tai Lionel Messi on suursankari.
En tiedä. Tavallaan idea ihan ok, ja sanoma myös, mutta nyt todella alkaisin jo kaivata lastenkirjallisuutta, joka lähtisi uskaliaasti jo huomattavasti kauemmas sekä kaksinapaisesta sukupuolikäsityksestä että uusliberalistisesta henkilöpalvonnasta. Että sitä sitten odotellessa vaan.
November 28, 2018
The title pretty much sums up this book's contents. It highlights the contributions of 77 different men in alphabetical order. Many of us are accustomed to seeing the names of famous individuals, almost always males, who served as rulers or presidents or fought this or that war. But here the men, boys too, are of a different ilk. This diverse collection of males wrote music, invented things, gazed at the stars, found fossils, danced, sang, grew their hair long, and led a movement to eradicate child labor in sweat shops, among others. There is something for everyone here, and many wonderful examples of boys who chose different paths, thereby making the world a better place for all those around them and possibly charting the course for others to follow them. Each one receives a page of description and a full-page illustration. This volume would be a nice contrast to a steady diet in which the guy always slays that dragon and rescues the princess or starts a war. This would be a great addition to a classroom library since it opens readers' minds to the possibilities of not following the norm but making a difference in your own unique way. Who says that boys have to be violent? Perhaps there is a better way.
August 6, 2018
I was sent a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
I don't think I've ever had such a hard time rating a book. The thing is, this book has some great ideas and it's trying to achieve beautiful things - erasing our toxic notions on masculinity and teaching little boys (and girls) that boys can be something more than muscles and sports and whatever old-fashioned notions we grow up with. And I think this is truly wonderful.
Unfortunately it falls in the category of books from the recent trend of books presenting great humans but not offering more than a short biography and a nice illustration. It does not stand out from the crowd when it comes to this, but as I said, its purpose is great and I think boys and girls should read this book for this reason only!
I don't think I've ever had such a hard time rating a book. The thing is, this book has some great ideas and it's trying to achieve beautiful things - erasing our toxic notions on masculinity and teaching little boys (and girls) that boys can be something more than muscles and sports and whatever old-fashioned notions we grow up with. And I think this is truly wonderful.
Unfortunately it falls in the category of books from the recent trend of books presenting great humans but not offering more than a short biography and a nice illustration. It does not stand out from the crowd when it comes to this, but as I said, its purpose is great and I think boys and girls should read this book for this reason only!
July 3, 2022
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!
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!
November 24, 2018
3,5
Sin duda es un libro con un formato precioso, no obstante no estoy del todo segura acerca del contenido escrito.
Sin duda es un libro con un formato precioso, no obstante no estoy del todo segura acerca del contenido escrito.
December 4, 2018
Toplumun çizdiği kalıpların dışına çıkabilen erkeklerin hikayeleri bunlar. Özellikle cinsel kimliğini sorgulayanlara yer verilmiş. Ne de olsa en çok dışlanan kesim onlar. Biz çok sevdik oğlumla.
April 24, 2021
این کتاب درمورد پسر هایی که دنیا را تغییر دادند است آن ها دارن جنگ دنیا را تغییر دادند و این کتاب ضروری است برای همه همه باید آن را بخوانند و از آن درس بگیرند
April 13, 2020
Recensione completa sul blog Once Upon a Time a Book: https://onceuponatimeabooklove.blogsp...
In questo libro troveremo la storia di uomini che hanno affrontato guerre, fame, povertà, nazisti, schiavismo, e tutta una serie di situazioni che, anziché spronarli ad essere delle vittime, li ha spronati a cambiare il futuro.
Sinceramente, penso che oltre alla storia passata nelle scuole bisognerebbe insegnare ai nostri bambini questo. Come diventare delle persone migliori, perché basta un piccolo gesto per cambiare completamente tutto.
Di questo romanzo ho amato ogni singola storia. Ma una mi ha colpita così tanto da volervela riportare in fondo alla recensione.
Quindi mamme e papà leggete questo romanzo ai vostri piccoli e fateli sognare con storie di persone che hanno cambiato un po’ di questo mondo sporco e triste.
In questo libro troveremo la storia di uomini che hanno affrontato guerre, fame, povertà, nazisti, schiavismo, e tutta una serie di situazioni che, anziché spronarli ad essere delle vittime, li ha spronati a cambiare il futuro.
Sinceramente, penso che oltre alla storia passata nelle scuole bisognerebbe insegnare ai nostri bambini questo. Come diventare delle persone migliori, perché basta un piccolo gesto per cambiare completamente tutto.
Di questo romanzo ho amato ogni singola storia. Ma una mi ha colpita così tanto da volervela riportare in fondo alla recensione.
Quindi mamme e papà leggete questo romanzo ai vostri piccoli e fateli sognare con storie di persone che hanno cambiato un po’ di questo mondo sporco e triste.
June 8, 2020
Realmente le guardaba recelo a este libro por ser tan comercial y toda la cosa, sin embargo he logrado disfrutarlo y aprender un montón de él. Tiene personajes bastante inspiradores e ilustraciones divinas. Y cumple claramente su objetivo: mostrarle a los niños y jóvenes de hoy que es posible ser un gran sujeto sin salvar princesas.
June 20, 2018
A great book for boys! It teaches them to be brave and take their own path! Inspiring! I highly recommend this book. It is awesome!
March 20, 2022
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.
October 14, 2018
Ihastuttavan feministinen teos täynnä mielenkiintoisia ja inspiroivia tarinoita. Suosittelen!
May 29, 2018
Thanks NetGalley for the free ebook!
This was such a wonderful book. I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing Ben Brooks got inspired by Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women to write this version about boys and men. I'm really glad this book tells the stories of 100 wonderful men that did amazing things without the need of violence, "manning up" or supressing feelings like boys are taught to do stereotypically. I think it teaches a very good lesson about what masculinity means, and that you can be an equally valid young man even if you choose not to follow the stereotypes. I've discovered men that I haven't heard of before who achieved incredible things and deserve more attention for their actions than, for example, famous athletes or artists that are looked up to for being good at kicking a ball or playing an instrument even if they are bad people who did horrible things.
Being Argentine, I'm proud that Lionel Messi was included here, because I think he's a good man that fought for his dream in spite of all the obstacles in the way, and I do believe he is an example for young boys, unlike Maradona, who may have also been a very good football player 40 years ago, but he is known to be a drug addict, a sexist, wife-beater pig who should not be looked up to. I would have been very mad if he was included in this collection of stories.
*This review has been edited from now on*
Even if this is a kind of "plagiarism" to the Rebel Girls books, I appreciate the concept was used for good to depict positive male roles in this collection and I encourage every adult to read this to young boys and teach them how to become fine men while avoiding toxic masculinity.
This was such a wonderful book. I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing Ben Brooks got inspired by Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women to write this version about boys and men. I'm really glad this book tells the stories of 100 wonderful men that did amazing things without the need of violence, "manning up" or supressing feelings like boys are taught to do stereotypically. I think it teaches a very good lesson about what masculinity means, and that you can be an equally valid young man even if you choose not to follow the stereotypes. I've discovered men that I haven't heard of before who achieved incredible things and deserve more attention for their actions than, for example, famous athletes or artists that are looked up to for being good at kicking a ball or playing an instrument even if they are bad people who did horrible things.
Being Argentine, I'm proud that Lionel Messi was included here, because I think he's a good man that fought for his dream in spite of all the obstacles in the way, and I do believe he is an example for young boys, unlike Maradona, who may have also been a very good football player 40 years ago, but he is known to be a drug addict, a sexist, wife-beater pig who should not be looked up to. I would have been very mad if he was included in this collection of stories.
*This review has been edited from now on*
Even if this is a kind of "plagiarism" to the Rebel Girls books, I appreciate the concept was used for good to depict positive male roles in this collection and I encourage every adult to read this to young boys and teach them how to become fine men while avoiding toxic masculinity.
January 14, 2019
Oh my, what a fantastic book! I remember one time when my son was young; he asked me why there were no books about boys like him - boys who were not interested in sports, had a huge heart, and just generally seemed to be invisible. This book is for those boys - the boys who feel they could be as great as a football star in things they care about.
Brooks' book highlights 77 men who changed the world because they believed in themselves. Sometimes it just takes a little time, patience, and a lot of faith to find where one belongs.
My favorite people included in this book are: Patch Adams, Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, Roald Amundsen, David Attenborough, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Henson, William Kamkwamba, Sergei Polunin, and Vedran Smailovic.
We need more books about different kind of heros, champions, pathmakers, and strong characters.
Brooks' book highlights 77 men who changed the world because they believed in themselves. Sometimes it just takes a little time, patience, and a lot of faith to find where one belongs.
My favorite people included in this book are: Patch Adams, Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, Roald Amundsen, David Attenborough, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Henson, William Kamkwamba, Sergei Polunin, and Vedran Smailovic.
We need more books about different kind of heros, champions, pathmakers, and strong characters.
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