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The Resource Stories for boys who dare to be different : true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons, Ben Brooks ; illustrated by Quinton Winter

Stories for boys who dare to be different : true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons, Ben Brooks ; illustrated by Quinton Winter

Creator
Author
Illustrator
Contributor
Summary
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
159 pages
Note
Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Quercus Editions Ltd., a Hachette UK Company
Contents
  • Patch Adams
  • Eddie Aikau
  • Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa
  • Mohed Altrad
  • Roald Amundsen
  • Daniel Anthony
  • Louis Armstrong
  • David Attenborough
  • Baldwin IV
  • Louis Braille
  • Eugene Cernan
  • Favio Chávez
  • Confucius
  • Frederick Douglass
  • Jesse Eisenberg
  • Jaime Escalante
  • The Four Chaplains
  • Charles Fourier
  • Galileo Galilei
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Bill Gates
  • Siddhartha Gautama
  • Rick Genest
  • King George VI
  • John Green
  • Alan L. Hart
  • Achmat Hassiem
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Jim Henson
  • Ryan Hreljac
  • Steve Irwin
  • James Earl Jones
  • Chief Joseph
  • William Kamkwamba
  • John Lennon
  • Carl Linnaeus
  • Nelson Mandela
  • William Moulton Marston
  • Iqbal Masih
  • Don McPherson
  • Christian McPhilamy
  • Lionel Messi
  • Harvey Milk
  • Caine Monroy
  • Jorge Muñoz
  • Trevor Noah
  • Tenzing Norgay
  • Ric O'Barry
  • Barack Obama
  • Frank Ocean
  • Christopher Paolini
  • Sergei Polunin
  • Daniel Radcliffe
  • Ghyslain Raza
  • Hans Scholl
  • Percy Shelley
  • Boyan Slat
  • Vedran Smailović
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Chesley Sullenberger
  • Swampy
  • Daniel Tammet
  • Tank Man
  • Alan Turing
  • John Tyndall
  • Uyaquq
  • Rick van Beek
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Vincent Van Gogh
  • Nick Vujicic
  • Taika Waititi
  • Ai Weiwei
  • Oscar Wilde
  • Nicholas Winton
  • Ken Yeang
  • Benjamin Zephaniah
Isbn
9780762465927
Instance
Label
Stories for boys who dare to be different : true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons
Title
Stories for boys who dare to be different
Title remainder
true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons
Statement of responsibility
Ben Brooks ; illustrated by Quinton Winter
Creator
Contributor
Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
EBLCP
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1992-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Brooks, Ben
Dewey number
305.31
Index
no index present
LC call number
CT107
LC item number
.B75 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Winter, Quinton
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Boys
  • Men
  • Heroes
  • Masculinity
  • Gender expression
  • Individuality
  • Men
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Stories for boys who dare to be different : true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons, Ben Brooks ; illustrated by Quinton Winter
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Quercus Editions Ltd., a Hachette UK Company
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Patch Adams -- Eddie Aikau -- Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa -- Mohed Altrad -- Roald Amundsen -- Daniel Anthony -- Louis Armstrong -- David Attenborough -- Baldwin IV -- Louis Braille -- Eugene Cernan -- Favio Chávez -- Confucius -- Frederick Douglass -- Jesse Eisenberg -- Jaime Escalante -- The Four Chaplains -- Charles Fourier -- Galileo Galilei -- Mahatma Gandhi -- Bill Gates -- Siddhartha Gautama -- Rick Genest -- King George VI -- John Green -- Alan L. Hart -- Achmat Hassiem -- Stephen Hawking -- Jim Henson -- Ryan Hreljac -- Steve Irwin -- James Earl Jones -- Chief Joseph -- William Kamkwamba -- John Lennon -- Carl Linnaeus -- Nelson Mandela -- William Moulton Marston -- Iqbal Masih -- Don McPherson -- Christian McPhilamy -- Lionel Messi -- Harvey Milk -- Caine Monroy -- Jorge Muñoz -- Trevor Noah -- Tenzing Norgay -- Ric O'Barry -- Barack Obama -- Frank Ocean -- Christopher Paolini -- Sergei Polunin -- Daniel Radcliffe -- Ghyslain Raza -- Hans Scholl -- Percy Shelley -- Boyan Slat -- Vedran Smailović -- Steven Spielberg -- Chesley Sullenberger -- Swampy -- Daniel Tammet -- Tank Man -- Alan Turing -- John Tyndall -- Uyaquq -- Rick van Beek -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Vincent Van Gogh -- Nick Vujicic -- Taika Waititi -- Ai Weiwei -- Oscar Wilde -- Nicholas Winton -- Ken Yeang -- Benjamin Zephaniah
Dimensions
26 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
159 pages
Isbn
9780762465927
Lccn
2018938087
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • on1023608503
  • (OCoLC)1023608503
Label
Stories for boys who dare to be different : true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons, Ben Brooks ; illustrated by Quinton Winter
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Quercus Editions Ltd., a Hachette UK Company
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Patch Adams -- Eddie Aikau -- Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa -- Mohed Altrad -- Roald Amundsen -- Daniel Anthony -- Louis Armstrong -- David Attenborough -- Baldwin IV -- Louis Braille -- Eugene Cernan -- Favio Chávez -- Confucius -- Frederick Douglass -- Jesse Eisenberg -- Jaime Escalante -- The Four Chaplains -- Charles Fourier -- Galileo Galilei -- Mahatma Gandhi -- Bill Gates -- Siddhartha Gautama -- Rick Genest -- King George VI -- John Green -- Alan L. Hart -- Achmat Hassiem -- Stephen Hawking -- Jim Henson -- Ryan Hreljac -- Steve Irwin -- James Earl Jones -- Chief Joseph -- William Kamkwamba -- John Lennon -- Carl Linnaeus -- Nelson Mandela -- William Moulton Marston -- Iqbal Masih -- Don McPherson -- Christian McPhilamy -- Lionel Messi -- Harvey Milk -- Caine Monroy -- Jorge Muñoz -- Trevor Noah -- Tenzing Norgay -- Ric O'Barry -- Barack Obama -- Frank Ocean -- Christopher Paolini -- Sergei Polunin -- Daniel Radcliffe -- Ghyslain Raza -- Hans Scholl -- Percy Shelley -- Boyan Slat -- Vedran Smailović -- Steven Spielberg -- Chesley Sullenberger -- Swampy -- Daniel Tammet -- Tank Man -- Alan Turing -- John Tyndall -- Uyaquq -- Rick van Beek -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Vincent Van Gogh -- Nick Vujicic -- Taika Waititi -- Ai Weiwei -- Oscar Wilde -- Nicholas Winton -- Ken Yeang -- Benjamin Zephaniah
Dimensions
26 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
159 pages
Isbn
9780762465927
Lccn
2018938087
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • on1023608503
  • (OCoLC)1023608503

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