Critter Comfort

While we navigate the rollercoaster of emotions that come in these times, I’m posting a series of “Critter Comfort” sketches and paintings. #CritterComfort

For "Critter Comfort" today. It's a painting I did a few years ago, and a friend now has it, but I was searching for reference and saw the scan and smiled. So I thought I'd share some soft energy. I know my greatest comfort these days is in the middle of the night, when it seems a bit too much, my Pulina senses my anxiety and comes in for a tighter snuggle. Her soft body is the best feeling on the planet to me. #CritterComfort

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For "Critter Comfort" today. It's a painting I did For "Critter Comfort" today. It's a painting I did a few years ago, and a friend now has it, but I was searching for reference and saw the scan and smiled. So I thought I'd share some soft energy. I know my greatest comfort these days is in the middle of the night, when it seems a bit too much, my Pulina senses my anxiety and comes in for a tighter snuggle. Her soft body is the best feeling on the planet to me. #CritterComfort

A sketch today for today's "Critter Comfort." Go ahead, howl if you need to. #CritterComfort

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Apr 1

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A sketch today for today's "Critter Comfort." Go a A sketch today for today's "Critter Comfort." Go ahead, howl if you need to. #CritterComfort

A little sense of humor with "Critter Comfort" today - I'm calling it "The New Kitty". I once knew a little old lady who liked to invite people over to sit and have tea on her porch and admire the feral cats she had adopted - only, they weren't all kitties! Wishing everyone good health. #CritterComfort

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Mar 30

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A little sense of humor with "Critter Comfort" tod A little sense of humor with "Critter Comfort" today - I'm calling it "The New Kitty". I once knew a little old lady who liked to invite people over to sit and have tea on her porch and admire the feral cats she had adopted - only, they weren't all kitties! Wishing everyone good health. #CritterComfort

It feels like spring this morning and I am inspired by all the stories of people helping to get others through all of this. Here is my "Critter Comfort" offering for today. Hope you enjoy. #CritterComfort

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Mar 28

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It feels like spring this morning and I am inspire It feels like spring this morning and I am inspired by all the stories of people helping to get others through all of this. Here is my "Critter Comfort" offering for today. Hope you enjoy. #CritterComfort

Today's “Critter Comfort” post is a little happy pooch. I’m leaning on my fur and feathered friends a lot these days for moral support. Hope this puppy gives you joy. #CritterComfort

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Mar 27

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Today's “Critter Comfort” post is a little hap Today's “Critter Comfort” post is a little happy pooch. I’m leaning on my fur and feathered friends a lot these days for moral support. Hope this puppy gives you joy. #CritterComfort

While we navigate the rollercoaster of emotions that come in these times, I'm going to try to post "Critter Comforts" sketches and paintings. Today, I offer "A Moment in the Spa". I'm here with a cup of tea, and my kitties, and we are greeting the new day as we think of you all. #CritterComfort

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Mar 26

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While we navigate the rollercoaster of emotions th While we navigate the rollercoaster of emotions that come in these times, I'm going to try to post "Critter Comforts" sketches and paintings. Today, I offer "A Moment in the Spa". I'm here with a cup of tea, and my kitties, and we are greeting the new day as we think of you all. #CritterComfort

Creating With Lita Judge (YouTube Channel)

When You Need Wings

When You Need Wings takes readers on a wonder-filled exploration of a child’s imagination, thoughtfully weaving in a gentle suggestion of how to explore that bountiful inner world and let it help them shine with courage in the real one.

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Homes In The Wild

Just like us, every baby animal has a home. Some live in complex burrows deep underground, others in simple nests high in the treetops. But all homes, regardless of where they are or how they’re built, serve the same purpose: providing shelter where a baby can eat, sleep, learn, and stay safe while growing up. Wild creatures―from beavers to bobcats, and sloths to squirrels―aren’t so different from us after all.
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Mary’s Monster
My debut young adult novel, Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein was longlisted for the 2019 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal (the UK’s oldest and most prestigious children’s book award), selected as a book of Outstanding Merit on the Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year list, added to the Amelia Bloomer List, and was shortlisted for the 2019 UKLA Book Award by the UK Literacy Association. Pairing free verse with over three hundred pages of black-and-white illustrations, Mary’s Monster is a unique biography of Mary Shelley, the pregnant teenage runaway who became one of the greatest authors of all time.
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Teachers: Share the revision process with students through the Mary’s Monster Timeline


I created a timeline of the milestones, research, writing, illustrating and revising activities that led to the creation of Mary’s Monster. The first stages of this book started over ten years ago and learning the true story of Mary Shelley and the creation of Frankenstein became my passionate pursuit.
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Penguin Flies Home
Penguin soared with the eagles in Flight School. Now he’s heading home to teach his friends!

Penguin loves everything about flying: the wind beneath his wings, the song that rises from his belly, and the sight of new and wonderful places. Still, he misses his penguin friends in the South Pole. So, he flips and flaps back home, ready to teach them the magic of flight!

But when he arrives, his enthusiasm for flying doesn’t get quite the reaction he expected. Will Penguin’s friends still like him, even if they don’t share his soaring dreams?

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