You're So Amazing
(Hardback, Main)
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Publishing Details
You're So Amazing
By (Author) James Catchpole
Illustrated by Karen George
By (author) Lucy Catchpole
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
27th June 2023
4th May 2023
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and spec
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 258mm, Height 258mm, Spine 10mm
430g
Description
One-legged Joe is often told that he's Amazing Joe or Poor Joe, but what if he'd rather just be ... Joe
One-legged Joe is "amazing". He knows this because wherever he goes people always tell him he's amazing. Amazing for sliding down the slide, for kicking a ball. even walking to get an ice cream, or even just eating an icecream. Of course, being Amazing Joe is better than being Poor Joe. But Joe doesn't want to be Amazing Joe OR Poor Joe. He's happiest when he's just Joe.
A important picture book which discusses the process of "othering" in all its forms.
Author Bio
James and Lucy Catchpole run The Catchpole Agency from their home in Oxford. Their popular Instagram, @thecatchpoles,discusses disability representation in literature. James is an amputee like Joe. His debut picture book, What Happenedto You, received impressive critical acclaim and awards. This is the first book Lucy and James have written together.
Karen George is an award-winning illustrator living in Bristol.She illustrated Freddie and the Fairy for Julia Donaldson. She was the illustrator of What Happened toYou.
