You're So Amazing!

In this accessible and humorous picture book, Joe, a child with a limb difference, navigates the well-meaning but often frustrating comments from adults who constantly tell him he's 'amazing' for doing everyday activities. Alongside his friend Simone, Joe tries to enjoy normal childhood fun, but the constant praise for his 'amazing' efforts highlights how others perceive his disability. Based on the authors' lived experiences, this book offers a gentle yet direct way to discuss assumptions about disability, encouraging children to see it as a normal part of human variation rather than something extraordinary or inspiring.

In this accessible and humorous picture book, a child with a limb difference is tired of being told how amazing he is for doing normal things. Joe and his friend Simone are practicing their best playground tricks, but everyone keeps saying how amazing Joe is, even when he tries to let Simone be the star. Will he ever get to be just Joe, whether he's amazing or not? This companion to What Happened to You? addresses the assumptions people make about those with disabilities in an accessible, honest, and funny way. Based on James Catchpole's childhood experiences and written with his wife, Lucy, a wheelchair user, You're SO Amazing! encourages young readers to think of disability the way disabled people do: as normal.