This book was inspired by our son who was born with a missing limb. At first we were scared and grieved what we thought was a tragedy. As we set out to learn more about the limitations of limb different people in order to best assist our son, it was quickly apparent that the only limitation was our fearful belief that limb differences created barriers that our son could never overcome.

Thanks to the limb difference community for showing us all the ways they have overcome struggles and not allowed their differences to hold them back in any way. The reality is that every person has limits and barriers but we make the choice to overcome them. This reality will be no different for our son. Subsequently, the tone of this book is to explore the topic of limb differences from a fun and cheerful perspective rather than a sad and tragic perspective. If our son has taught us anything, it is that there is nothing tragic about him. In fact, he is a really awesome kid who also happens to be missing part of his arm.

I hope parents and teachers can use this book as an educational tool to 1) help children feel comfortable exploring their natural curiosity about people who look different from them, 2) to teach them to question and interact in socially appropriate and inclusive ways, and 3) to ultimately recognize that our similarities as human beings will always be greater than our differences.