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What happened to you?

Imagine you were asked the same question again and again throughout your life... Imagine if it was a question that didn't bring about the happiest of memories... This is the experience of one-legged Joe, a child who just wants to have fun in the playground... Constantly seen first for his disability, Joe is fed up of only ever being asked about his leg. All he wants to do is play pirates. But as usual, one after the other, all the children ask him the same question they always ask, What happened to you? Understandably Joe gets increasingly cross! Until finally the penny drops and the children realise that it's a question Joe just doesn't want to answer... and that Joe is playing a rather good game... one that they can join in with if they can stop fixating on his missing leg... Because children are children, after all.

Book  - 2021
  • ISBN: 9780571358304
  • Physical Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.

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What Happened to You?
What Happened to You?
by Catchpole, James; George, Karen (Illustrator)
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What Happened to You?

"What happened to you?" said the kid. But Joe didn't feel like telling that story, so he just said, "What do you think?" "Ummm...." The kid didn't know how to answer that. But another kid did. "Did it fall off?" "No," said Joe. A third kid thought that was silly. "Legs don't fall off," she said. Kid Number Four agreed. He asked, "Was it a burglar?" Then Kid Two thought very hard and said, "Did it fall off... in the toilet?" "No, and no!" said Joe. "This is a trick, isn't it," said Kid Five. "You're hiding it." "NO!" said Joe, "And stop staring at my bottom!" Excerpted from What Happened to You? by James Catchpole All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.