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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

Millions of schoolchildren mark Children in Need every year - and Disability History Month? Very few.
December 6, 2024January 22, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

Children in Need vs Disability History Month

Text reads: 'Our big list of children's books by disabled authors / Chosen by disabled reviewers'. Image behind: a collage of jpgs of most of the books in this list.
November 28, 2024February 11, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

Children’s books by disabled authors | A big list for Disability History Month

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

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 |

November 11, 2022 Lucy & James Catchpole

Lucy’s very subjective disability news round-up | Early autumn edition

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Lucy & James Catchpole

Blenheim Palace, access and joy. (And a life-right-now update.)

Lucy and James Catchpole - text over photo reads: 'Disability - tips for illustrators, by actual disabled publishing people'.
February 16, 2022January 9, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

Disability | Tips for illustrators | By real life disabled publishing people

October 11, 2021October 12, 2021 Lucy & James Catchpole

9 Unhelpful disability tropes in kids’ books

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