Description
Joe is a one-legged man who is often treated as either Amazing Joe or Poor Joe. This picture book explores how we respond to disability and encourages us to see people as individuals rather than labels.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 32 pages
Publication date: 04 May 2023
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Joe is a one-legged man who has been called both “Amazing Joe” and “Poor Joe” by the people he meets. However, Joe doesn’t want to be just one of these labels. He wants to be known as Joe, a regular person with unique abilities and challenges.
One day, Joe goes to the park to play with his friends. As he slides down the slide, his friends cheer him on and call him amazing. But Joe doesn’t feel amazing. He feels like just another kid trying to have fun.
As Joe walks to get an ice cream, his friends again call him amazing. But Joe doesn’t feel amazing. He feels like everyone is staring at him, wondering how he can walk on one leg.
Joe sits down to eat his ice cream, and his friends continue to call him amazing. But Joe doesn’t feel amazing. He feels like he’s just eating ice cream like everyone else.
Joe realizes that being called amazing is not all that great. It’s not about what other people think of you, but about what you think of yourself. Joe decides to stop trying to be amazing and just be himself.
From that day on, Joe is known as Joe, the one-legged man who is just like everyone else. He may have unique challenges, but he also has unique abilities and strengths. And as he goes about his day, he knows that he is enough, just as he is.
This book is a powerful exploration of how we respond to disability. It shows that disability is not something to be feared or avoided, but something to be celebrated and embraced. It encourages readers to see people with disabilities as individuals, just like everyone else, with unique strengths and abilities.
Ultimately, this book is a message of hope and empowerment. It shows that we can all be amazing, just as we are, and that we don’t need to try to be someone we’re not to be accepted and valued by others.
Weight: 205g
Dimension: 250 x 250 x 5 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571376001
Edition number: Main
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