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Author of What Happened to You? You’re So Amazing! Owning It. Literary agent at The Catchpole Agency.

Owning It Lesson Plan jpgs, Owning It - a thick middle-grade book - in the middle. A4 sheets - lesson plan and slideshow - surround it. Bio photos of some of the authors are just visible.
November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

Owning It: Our disabled childhoods| A lesson plan – KS2, KS3

A photo of our family, celebrating "You're So Amazing!" receiving a Schneider Family Book Award Honor from the ALA. Text reads: “Our book about disability and NOT being amazing is a Schneider Family Book Award Honor book! We’re in our garden, trees and greenery behind. James and Lucy - a white disabled couple - and their two young daughters wear clothes that vaguely suggest a pirate theme, with hats and bandanas. We’re all sitting, with Lucy in her wheelchair - holding a book our picture book "You're SO Amazing!". Viola - age 6 - has an open-mouthed expression of great joy / surprise - who can tell? Book cover: “You're So Amazing” - the US hardback, a children's picture book with a cream background. On the illustrated cover are three children between 4 and 6yo - an East Asian boy, a white one-legged boy with yellow crutches, and a Black girl. They have a football and look happy.
January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

An ALA honor for our book about disability and NOT being amazing

Text reads 'Winners at the IBC awards!' Lucy and James - a white disabled couple with their daughters - hold a copy of You're So Amazing and the IBC trophy. The trophy is transparent, making it almost invisible. Lucy is laughing.
July 23, 2024January 22, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

We Won! | You’re So Amazing and the Inclusive Books for Children Award

Photo of the Observer magazine - headline is 'Yes, we're parents' - a very large photo of Lucy and James in their garden takes up almost all of both pages, with a column of print on the right.
March 12, 2023September 25, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

‘I didn’t expect motherhood to legitimise me’ | Us! In the Observer magazine

Lucy and James and their daughters hold copies of 'You're SO Amazing!' They do not look very inspiring.
March 7, 2023September 20, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

You’re SO Amazing! (Not I’m So Amazing!) The books arrived…

The Sunday Times, with the Catchpoles' profile photo and a copy of We've Got This
February 11, 2023July 18, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

We’re in The Sunday Times! | We’ve Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents

What Happened to You? US cover reveal
December 1, 2022October 5, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

Hello America! What Happened to You? by James Catchpole | US cover reveal |

James and Lucy Catchpole - a full length photo
November 5, 2022January 29, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

You’re SO Amazing! | By us, Lucy & James Catchpole | a cover reveal

October 26, 2022November 6, 2022 Lucy & James Catchpole

Wolves in Helicopters | A first picture book from Sarah Tagholm

The Bookseller - Faber signs 'pioneering'picture book from literary agents the Catchpoles
October 17, 2022December 7, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

The Bookseller announces a sequel to What Happened to You? | By us, James (& Lucy!) Catchpole

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