Judith Vigna Explained

Judith Vigna
Birth Name:	Judith Vigna
Education:	St. Martin's School of ArtQueens College
Years Active:	1975–present
Known For:	Writing children's books

Judith Helen Vigna (born 1936) was a British-American writer who became known in the late 1990s and early 2000s because of her children's books that covered controversial topics such as drug addiction, alcoholism, homosexuality, racism, death of beloved ones, monoparental families, depression, among others.

Biography

Judith Vigna was born in 1936,^[1] in England, and studied art both in London and in New York.^[2] In 1987 she received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for her book Nobody Wants a Nuclear War.^[3]

Bibliography

She published books mainly in the 1980s and 1990s.

• I live with Daddy
• Daddy's new baby
• Mommy and me by ourselves again
• Anyhow, I'm glad I tried
• Everyone goes as a pumpkin
• When Eric's mom fought cancer
• Couldn't we have a turtle instead?
• Boot weather ^[4]
• Black Like Kyra, White Like Me ^[5]
• She's not my real mother
• Saying goodbye to Daddy ^[6]
• Gregory's stitches
• Zio Pasquale's Zoo
• Grandma without me^[7]
• My Big Sister Takes Drugs
• Uncle Alfredo's zoo
• The hiding house
• I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much
• The little boy who loved dirt and almost became a Superslob
• Nobody Wants a Nuclear War
• My Two Uncles (1995)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Catalogue record with table of contents for "Something about the author. Volume 102" . https://web.archive.org/web/20220731095955/https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=judith+vigna&rn=4. 31 July 2022 . Library Hub Discover . 31 July 2022 . Judith Vigna (1936-). 9780787619848. 1999.
2. Web site: Judith Vigna, Author at Albert Whitman & Company . Albert Whitman & Company . 31 July 2022.
3. Web site: CCBC: Jane Addams Book Award. 31 July 2022. www.ux1.eiu.edu.
4. News: Boot Weather . 5 March 2020 . Publishers Weekly.
5. News: Black Like Kyra, White Like Me . 5 March 2020 . Publishers Weekly.
6. Web site: Saying Goodby to Daddy . Kirkus Reviews . 5 March 2020 . en . 15 January 1991 . Another purposeful bibliotherapeutic story from this practiced author.
7. Book: Golding . Jacqueline . Healing Stories: Picture Books for the Big and Small Changes in a Child's Life . 8 August 2006 . M. Evans . 978-1-4617-3388-1 . 170 . 31 July 2022 . en.
8. Book: Nelson . Emmanuel S. . Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States [2 volumes] ]. 14 July 2009 . ABC-CLIO . 978-0-313-34860-0 . 123 . 31 July 2022 . en.