JUDITH HENDERSONdoes a lot of stuff. She is an author, illustrator, 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).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), I Am My Name (Knoph- a life story about Indigenous woman, Nakuset.) 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: Grandmothers Galore! 2023- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection. 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.