Positive Books for Boys - Positive titles that challenge traditional male gender roles, and that encourage boys to be gentle, sensitive, creative, etc.
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There are 24 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781526364968 | ISBN 10: 1526364964
Do you ever pretend to like something you don’t, just to fit in?
Is it sometimes hard to tell others how you’re feeling?
Do you wish there was less pressure on you to ‘man up’?
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Explore these questions and many more in this empowering a ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781838915148 | ISBN 10: 1838915141
Maurice is different to the other dragons. He isn’t very scary, and he doesn’t like to breathe fire or snarl or growl. In fact, what Maurice loves most in the world is flowers! But will the others ever accept him for who he really is?
A ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529506761 | ISBN 10: 152950676x
His name is David. He’s the boy with flowers in his hair and he’s my best friend...
David is the boy with flowers in his hair. He’s sweet and gentle, just like his petals. But when David’s flowers begin to fall – a single petal at ... more
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£11.99 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781913747831 | ISBN 10: 1913747832
As the long Indian summer days stretch ahead of him, a young boy looks forward to his favourite time – painting-his-nails-time. He knows that when he dips his brush into those magical bottles of nail polish, he will find a colour to express his eve ... more
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£12.99 hardback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780762471560 | ISBN 10: 0762471565
From the author and illustrator of Pink Is for Boys comes an empowering book that teaches kids and adults alike that gender cannot define who you are or want to become.Â
Dolls and trucks are for boys and girls and everyone, as are fabric and wood ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780241407165 | ISBN 10: 0241407168
Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're exceptional. They changed the world.
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Did you know that the father of African cinema was originally a bricklayer? Or that Vogue's editor-at-large read his first Vogue magazine in his local library? ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781526308153 | ISBN 10: 1526308150
Masculinity is being discussed more than ever before, in a range of contexts. People talk about 'toxic masculinity', claim that there is a crisis in masculinity or argue that we need to 'reclaim masculinity'. There have always been many ways of being ... more
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£6.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780755502707 | ISBN 10: 0755502701
Selected by Oprah Magazine as one of its ‘essential books for discussing racism with kids’.Â
I am a non-stop ball of energy.
Powerful and full of light.
I am a go-getter. A difference-maker. A leader.Â
Step inside the mind of the confid ... more
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£13.99 hardback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780593181140 | ISBN 10: 059318114x
A lively and encouraging picture book celebrating boys who love to dance, from the renowned American Ballet Theatre.
Boys who love to dance are center stage in this encouraging, positive, rhyming picture book about guys who love to pirouette ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781406392876 | ISBN 10: 1406392871
A sweet and charmingly illustrated picture book about the ways we express love.
"I love you," Dimitri tells everyone, from his friends at nursery to the big tree in the playground. But why does no one say it back? Dimitri worries no one lov ... more
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£6.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781912497157 | ISBN 10: 1912497158
Keith Negley’s charming illustrations reveal heart wrenching emotions in unexpected places in this fun book that teaches children that even tough guys like wrestlers, astronauts, and superheroes have feelings too.
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Children will love to recogni ... more
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£14.99 hardback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781786033291 | ISBN 10: 1786033291
From boys to men, be inspired by 30 coming-of-age stories of sportsmen, artists, politicians, educators and scientists.
Meet 30 positive male role models from throughout history. From activists like Mahatma Gandhi and Frederick Douglass to c ... more
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£20.00 hardback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781787476554 | ISBN 10: 1787476553
Tom Daley, Oliver Sacks, the Jamaican Bobsled team, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Carlos Acosta... all dared to be different.
This is the follow-up to the much loved and hugely successful Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different, the bestselling book ... more
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£13.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781523505517 | ISBN 10: 1523505516
It’s time to celebrate boys.Â
Against the backdrop of a growing national conversation about how to raise sons to become good people, Kate T. Parker is leading the way by turning her lens on boys. Author of the bestselling book about girls Str ... more
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£12.99 hardback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781526361448 | ISBN 10: 1526361442
A gloriously illustrated celebration of men who have changed the world with kindness and compassion.
A life-changing book that shows kids it's cool to be kind.
A gloriously illustrated celebration of heroes who have changed the worl ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781406378238 | ISBN 10: 1406378232
Jack likes trucks. Alex likes dolls. What will they play together? Their new favourite game, of course!
From Ann Stott and Bob Graham, the multi award-winning creator of Silver Buttons and A Bus Called Heaven, comes a story of friendship, pe ... more
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£6.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781782853466 | ISBN 10: 1782853464
A heartwarming fable for our time!  A human mother tells her small son to watch out for wolves, and a wolf mother tells her cub to fear men — but their children don't listen. What will happen when the boy and the cub cross paths in the forest? &nb ... more
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£17.99 hardback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781787471986 | ISBN 10: 1787471985
A beautiful and inspiring collection of stories about boys who changed the world without killing a single dragon or saving a single princess.
"This book can save lives. This book can change lives. This book can help to bring forth another generati ... more
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£4.99 hardback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781846438820 | ISBN 10: 1846438829
Meet Clive - and his imagination! Clive loves his dolls. He enjoys playing with them, and sharing them with his friends.
A gentle, affectionate book, celebrating diversity and challenging gender stereotypes. ... more
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£6.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780571314102 | ISBN 10: 0571314104
All at once, it was as if the stars leapt closer.
Grandma grabbed the boy, raising him high above the rooftiles on her head.
She was alive!
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The boy's grandma was a famous architect. Her garden is still full of old building materials. Unwilling ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781847805966 | ISBN 10: 1847805965
Raffi is a shy boy who doesn't like noisy games and is often teased at school. But when he gets the idea of making a scarf for his dad's birthday he is full of enthusiasm, even though the other children think it is girly to knit.
Then the d ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781846867491 | ISBN 10: 1846867495
Rink Bowagon lives with his family in a faraway house up the winding path, through the thick forest, over Black Bear Crek, at the very top of Lonesome Mountain. The townspeople all agre that the Bowagons are quite strange - Rink's Uncle Dud tames rat ... more
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£6.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781847384744 | ISBN 10: 1847384749
Biff is not like ordinary dogs. He doesn't do dog stuff like peeing on lampposts, scratching his fleas or drinking out of toilets. If you throw him a stick, he'll just look at you like you're crazy. Â
No, Biff is no ordinary dog. Biff likes music ... more
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£6.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780007279043 | ISBN 10: 0007279043
"Dennis felt like he was on a rollercoaster. He didn't have to be boring Dennis anymore. I can be whoever I want to be! he thought."
Charming, surprising and hilarious - The Boy in the Dress
is everything you would expect from the co-creator of ... more
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