This heartwarming children’s book follows the story of SuperJoe as he saves people around his neighbourhood from escaped tigers, runaway trains and running rivers, all while battling his nemesis Grey Shadow. SuperJoe is adamant that heroes don’t need any hugs from their mum. Until, one night he comes home and just cannot sleep…
This book is written by Michael Catchpool and beautifully illustrated by Emma Proctor. It features 32 pages of colourful pictures, with small captions of story alongside each. It is a lovely book for children of younger ages and a perfect bedtime story before cuddles – even for any heroes!
Award winning children’s book publisher and social enterprise, Lantana Publishing, have a mission to publish inclusive books that are changing the game of publishing, commissioning books that celebrate diversity, equality, and environmental sustainability. In the UK, a third of school children identify as being Black, Asain, or Minority Ethnic (BAME), but yet less than 5% of books are representative of BAME characters. Further to this, less than 2% are authors or book creators represented by British people of colour, even less than this are representative of the LGBTQ+ communities or disabled. Lantana believes that every child deserves to see themselves in the books they read.
