Description
by Catchpole, James, George, Karen, Catchpole, Lucy | Reading age: from c 3 years
Published 04/05/2023 by Faber & Faber in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 32 pages
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 . . .
