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 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) 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). 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.