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Not All Heroes Wear Capes: 10 Things We Can Learn From the Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things by Ben Brooks
25.00 NZD
Category: Children's non-fiction
What do you think of when you hear the word 'hero'? Is it the wall-climbing, cape-wearing, villain-fighter you see in comics and films? Heroes can actually come in all forms, shapes and sizes. Some cook for the hungry. Some nurse the poorly back to health. Others raise money for important causes. From s ...Show more
Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks
40.00 NZD
Category: Children
New York Times bestseller Boys can be anything they want to be! This timely book joins and expands the gender-role conversation and gives middle-grade boys a welcome alternative message: that masculinity can mean many things. You won't find any stories of slaying dragons or saving princesses here. In ...Show more
Stories for Kids Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks
40.00 NZD
Category: Children
Björk, Dr Seuss, Whoopi Goldberg, Andy Warhol, Ellen MacArthur, Greta Gerwig, Andrea Bocelli, Hua Mulan ... these are men and women who all dared to be different. Boys will be boys and girls will be girls - or so the meaningless saying goes. Because what if you're a girl and you like cage fighting? Or ...Show more
The Impossible Boy by Ben Brooks
19.00 NZD
Category: Fiction Age 9-12
Believe in the impossible... A magical story celebrating the power of imagination, from the bestselling author of Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different. Oleg and Emma entered their den to find a cardboard spaceship standing exactly where they usually sat. Slowly, the front door opened and out step ...Show more
Things They Don't Want You to Know - Eleven Lessons for Raising a 21st-Century Teenager by Ben Brooks
35.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
A GUIDE TO TEENAGERS FROM THIS CENTURY - FOR PARENTS FROM THE LAST CENTURY Written from a teenager's perspective, this is a unique field guide for parents about the secret lives of 21st century adolescents - from mental health to self-harm, from drugs to sexting - and how you can help them and yourself ...Show more
You Don't Have to be Loud: A Quiet Kid's Guide to Being Heard by Ben Brooks
25.00 NZD
Category: Children's non-fiction
Drawing on the narrative of his own life growing up as painfully shy child, Ben Brooks explores what it is to be 'quiet' - what it means, what it can feel like and how we can embrace it - and debunks some of the myths about what it means to be a shy person. Around 60% of adults identify as 'shy' - just ...Show more
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