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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

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

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 |

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

Tyger by SF Said
October 6, 2022July 31, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

Tyger by SF Said – an agent’s perspective

A screenshot of an Amazon review is over the top. It reads: "Didn't explain anything / I used this thinking it would help explain disabilities to my child and it didn't". Photo behind: James Catchpole, a white man with brown hair and one leg, is sitting down holding his book What Happened to You? and smiling.
September 20, 2021September 23, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

A genuinely pleasing 1 star review | James Catchpole

A photo by Richard Cave for the Oxford Mail of James playing amputee football - he's just kicked the ball directly at the camera and looks very intense. James is a one-legged white man, then in his 30s. He's using black crutches. Our text reads: '"What happened to you?" disability & sport' on a cream paper background. 
September 5, 2021September 14, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

Do Paralympics viewers have a right to know What Happened To Them?

What Happened to You? lesson plans. A4 pages spread out on a wooden background. Pages are fanned out, contents is not visible. In the centre, picture book What Happened to You?. Text below reads: 'What Happened to You? lesson plans'
August 8, 2021November 26, 2025 Lucy & James Catchpole

Official What Happened to You? lesson plan | With author James Catchpole

April 6, 2021April 25, 2021 Lucy & James Catchpole

What Happened To You? is finally out!

Asking questions is not the opposite of staring at a disabled person
April 3, 2021August 10, 2024 Lucy & James Catchpole

Asking questions is NOT the opposite of staring at a disabled person

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