JUDITH HENDERSONdoes a lot of stuff. She is an author, an artist, a composer and children's TV producer. She also wrote the theme song for the PBS show Arthur. UPCOMING BOOKS include Grandmother's Galore (Abrams, illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh). I Am My Name (Knoph- a life story about Indigenous woman, Nakuset.) Love Is in The Bear(Owl Kids, illustrator Nahid Kazemi).Lion On The Inside(Kids Can Press -the story of elite basketball player, Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, illustrator Katherine Ahmed).How To Dragon (Reycraft, illustrator Kelly Collier), Stewart The Goodheart (Reycraft),Becca The Brave, (3-book deal Reycraft).Willa and Wade (3-book deal Kids Can Press). PUBLISHED BOOKSBig Words Small Stories(3-book series, Kids Can Press) now airing as an animated television show. Press link AAAlligator!(Kids Can Press). This Is A Dog Book!(Kids Can Press)Dee and Apostrofee(Kids Can Press).
AWARDS: AAAlligator! 2023 -Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award, Washington Library Association, Nominated 2022 - Georgia Children`s Book Awards, University of Georgia, Finalist 2021 - CCBC Choices List, Cooperative Children's Book Center, Winner 2021 - Funniest Children`s Book Award, Joan Betty Stuchner Award —Winner 2021 - Shining Willow Award, SYRCA, Commended AWARDS: This Is a Dog Book! 2022 -Alucin Society Award, Winner.