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'When it comes to empowering books for boys, there is a gaping hole in children’s literature, according to New York Times bestselling author Francesca Cavallo. With the English-language launch of her first book for boys on March 20, Stellar Stories for Boys of the Future, she hopes to begin to fill that void.

The book uses 12 illustrated stories set on imaginary planets to explore topics like self-acceptance, rejection, friendship, and consent. Its goal is to immunize boys against the constraining and sometimes harmful messages about what it means to be a man in the world.

“[Male characters] are very often portrayed as emotionally immature individuals who must save others because they are incapable of saving themselves,” Cavallo tells Parents. “So I felt strongly that boys needed to be inspired to conquer themselves.”'