The Catchpoles

We're Lucy & James Catchpole and we run a children's literary agency in Oxford, England. 

James has also written a picture book - a US edition of What Happened to You?  comes out with Little, Brown in April 2023. A sequel, by both of us, comes out in 2024.

Our authors' and illustrators' books are in the annual book lists for each year.

We've also put our favourite picture books featuring disabled characters on our KidLitCripCrit list below.  And Disability! is a list of our favourite books from all genres, including adults' - all by disabled authors.

Trains, Boats, and Planes
The King's Hats
Sunshine Pie: A Story to Grow, Bake and Share
A Brave Bear
The Kiss
The Boy Who Cried Poop!
Merry Whatmas?
Sam Francisco
What Happened to You?
The Dream Train: Poems for Bedtime
Here Be Dragons
Let's Go Puddling!
I Am Not an Octopus
This Book Is Not a Bedtime Story
Wild Summer: Life in the Heat
The Roar
Happy Stories for Nature Lovers
Find Out about Animal Homes
Tiptoe Tiger
Ready for Spaghetti: Funny Poems for Funny Kids
Hello, Mom
The Think-Ups
Find Out about Animal Babies
A Little Bit of Respect
Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up
The Longer the Wait, the Bigger the Hug
My Nana's Garden
Funny Butts, Freaky Beaks: And Other Incredible Creature Features
How to Be Cooler Than Cool
Red Truck, Yellow Truck
This Book Can Read Your Mind
All Things Change: Nature's Rhythms, from Sprouting Seeds to Shining Stars
A Little Bit of Courage
Spin a Scarf of Sunshine
The Sleeping Beauty
Great Granny Chan: Band 14/Ruby
We've Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg
The Perseverance
How to Lose Everything: A Memoir
Sick Kids in Love
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
So Lucky
Growing Up Disabled in Australia
If you really love me, throw me off the mountain: a memoir
The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems
While We Can't Hug The World Made a Rainbow Can Bears Ski?
The Catchpoles

The Catchpole Agency 2020

What Happened to You?
Can Bears Ski?
I Am Not a Label: 34 Disabled Artists, Thinkers, Athletes and Activists from Past and Present
Frida Kahlo
This Beach Is Loud!
El Deafo
Mama Zooms
Zoom!
Goodnight Santa: The Perfect Bedtime Book
Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story
The Hug: Mini Edition
Varjak Paw
Apple Cake: A Gratitude
Prickly Hedgehogs!
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
Penguin
The Children's Forest: Stories & Songs, Wild Food, Crafts & Celebrations All Year Round
Firefly Home
Goodnight Tractor: The Perfect Bedtime Book!
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves: A Fall Book for Kids
Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms: A Springtime Book for Kids
What's Next?
I Want to Be in a Scary Story