You're So Amazing!
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
You're So Amazing!
By (Author) James Catchpole
Illustrated by Karen George
By (author) Lucy Catchpole
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st July 2025
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
Paperback
32
Width 250mm, Height 250mm, Spine 5mm
205g
Description
When people meet Joe, they often treat him as Amazing Joe or Poor Joe. But can't he just be . . . JoeOne-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 ice cream. Of course, being Amazing Joe is better than being Poor Joe . . .A groundbreaking picture book which explores how we respond to disability.
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 Happened to 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 to You.
