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The Cayuga Island Kids series has released as a set and is featured on the Children’s Book Council’s “Hot Off the Press: September 2023” listing!
Judy was selected to be the guest columnist for the November/December issue of Knowledge Quest, the magazine of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Read “Chapter Books Can Make a World of Difference.”
Judy was featured on Tara Lazar’s Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) blog where she offers tips on writing chapter books for growing independent readers.
Book 2 in the Cayuga Island Kids series, The Adventure of the Big Fish by the Small Creek, has been awarded the 2022 Ben Franklin Silver Award for Young Reader Fiction, 8-12 years!
My heart is full.
The Cayuga Island Kids series was featured in City of Light Publishing‘s February 2022 newsletter.
Judy is the featured author on March 3, April 3, and May 1, 2022 on the Writing and Illustrating blog where she describes her writing process, explains where she gets ideas, and chronicles the Cayuga Island Kids series writing journey.
Check the Events page for details on several Spring events Judy will be participating in across the Western New York region featuring The Cayuga Island Kids series!
April 15 marks the official release of Book 1, The Mystery of the Barking Branches and the Sunken Ship, in my debut chapter book series, the Cayuga Island Kids illustrated by Gabriella Vagnoli and published by City of Light Publishing. Available everywhere books are sold!
Judy is the featured member in the April 2021 newsletter edition of the regional chapter of SCBWI, Buffalo-Niagara Children’s Writers & Illustrators (BNCWI).
Check out details for the outdoor virtual event celebrating the launch of The Cayuga Island Kids series taking place at the setting of the series on the Events page!
Judy enjoys a lively conversation with bestselling and award-winning author James Preller on his entertaining blog. They discuss writing, reading, creating during the pandemic, career choices and changes, and mushroom risotto. If you’re curious about any of this, or seven year-old Judy’s dance recital costume, click on the link!
Judy talks with Judith Frizlen of Buffalo Rising about writing during the pandemic, creating a chapter book series, and the real-life events that led to the creation of the first book in the Cayuga Island Kids series, The Mystery of the Barking Branches and the Sunken Ship.
Judy was interviewed by Ben Joe, reporter for the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, about the debut of the Cayuga Island Kids series and her career as an author of books for children and educators.
The Niagara Gazette reports on the debut of The Cayuga Island Kids series in an article that highlights the original feature article that led to the creation of The Mystery of the Barking Branches and the Sunken Ship.
Cayuga Island Kids Book 1 The Mystery of the Barking Branches and the Sunken Ship will be featured in a giveaway on the Literary Rambles blog “Let’s Get Lucky Hop Giveaway” on March 2!
Judy was the featured children’s author in City of Light Publishing‘s February newsletter.
Judy is honored to be featured on SUNY Buffalo State’s School of Education Alumni Profile page.
Read Judy’s response to the roundtable discussion of the prompt, “How can we best engage families?” on Education Week Teacher
