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Can we talk about Tiny Tim? The caption reads: "Can we talk about Tiny Tim? A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens." Underneath, a 1924 black and white illustration by Harold Copping of Tiny Tim, a young boy from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. He is leaning on a crutch, with a serious expression on his face. Over the top, a torn fragment of a page with a quote from the novella: "he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas-day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see."
December 23, 2024December 23, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

On Tiny Tim, disability and A Christmas Carol

Lucy Catchpole with Mama Car in a bookshop. Lucy's in Caper Oxford next to a display of my picture book Mama Car, sitting in my wheelchair, smiling at the camera. I’m wearing my green linen skirt, burnt orange cardigan, embroidered scarf & black beret. Mama Car cover art: a white background, a wheelchair-using mother on the front with a child on her lap, who looks slightly like me - illustrated by Karen George. Text over the top reads "My book in a bookshop!" on paper. It's a bright, cosy bookshop.
October 16, 2024December 2, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

My book in a bookshop! | Mama Car at Caper Oxford

Book announcement! Lucy and James - a white disabled couple - sit in their kitchen holding a large postcard with the title ‘Owning It: Tales From Our Disabled Childhoods’. Text reads ‘Announcement!’ on cream torn paper. It’s a cosy room with teacups and crockery on shelves. James is wearing a linen shirt and the new brown waistcoat, Lucy is wearing a dark brown cardigan and matching beret - we’re both smiling. We’re holding books by some of the contributors.
October 9, 2024August 9, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

Announcing Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words

A photo of Lucy and James, sitting with a pile of books from the disabled authors list
January 25, 2022February 12, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

Disability! 20 great books – all by disabled authors

Text reads: This Beach Is Loud! / Disability in picture books- our top 6 - by disabled reviewers. Photo: Viola (1) and Mainie (5) sit in their swimming costumes with buckets. (Spades are awol.) Mainie is holding This Beach Is Loud. Viola is shouting. Mainie looks… patient.
May 2, 2021February 10, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

KidLitCripCrit – This Beach Is Loud! | Autistic representation

I Am Not a Label - disability in picture books
April 25, 2021July 30, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

KidLitCripCrit – I Am Not a Label

Text: El Deafo / Looking at the best disability representation in children's books / Reviews by James & Lucy Catchpole
April 8, 2021July 31, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

El Deafo | KidLitCripCrit: the best of disability representation in kidlit

A Kids Book About Disability - Reviews by James & Lucy Catchpole. Photo: a 5yo white girl holds the book. The cover's blue and white.
April 3, 2021July 31, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

A Kids Book About Disability | Our Top 6 | KidLitCripCrit

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