Fatty Legs
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 First edition | |
| Author | Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Liz Amini-Holmes |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Canadian Indian residential school system |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Annick Press |
Publication date | September 1, 2010 |
| Media type | Print, Audio |
| Pages | 104 |
| ISBN | 9781554512461 |
| Followed by | A Stranger at Home |
Fatty Legs is a memoir aimed at middle-grade children, written by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes, published September 1, 2010 by Annick Press. The story is about the residential school system, a system focused on the assimilation of Indigenous peoples.[1][2]
A tenth anniversary edition was released in 2020 and included a new foreword by Dr. Debbie Reese and a new preface by Christy Jordan-Fenton.[3]
Fatty Legs was later followed by A Stranger at Home, as well as editions for younger readers entitled When I Was Eight and Not My Girl.[4] The four books "have sold more than a quarter of a million copies and collected over 20 awards and distinctions."[4]