You’re So Amazing!
by James Catchpole, Lucy Catchpole
PaperbackÂ
Winner of the Inclusive Books for Children Picture Book Award 2024, shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards and the LITTLE REBELS Book Award. A funny, whip-smart, friendly picture book that asks readers to imagine how othering it would feel if strangers believed they had to compensate for a person’s disability with every interaction. When people meet Joe, they often treat him as Amazing Joe or Poor Joe.
But can’t he 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 ice cream.
Of course, being Amazing Joe is better than being Poor Joe
