JUDITH HENDERSON does a lot of stuff.​ She is an author, illustrator, a composer and children's TV producer.  She also wrote the theme song for the Emmy Award winning PBS show Arthur. 

BOOKS 2023: 
​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)
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​UPCOMING BOOKS: 
​I Am My Name (Knopf - 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).
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PUBLISHED BOOKS:
​Big 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:
Love Is In The Bear
2023 - Kirkus: 150 most anticipated books for the Fall.
Lion On The Inside
2023 - SLJ starred review.
​2023 - EUREKA! Nonfiction Children's Book Award
JLG - Junior Library Guild Gold Selection.
Grandmothers Galore!
2023- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection.
How To Dragon
2023 - CCBC selected as a Best Book For Kids
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.

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