Judy's writing style sets the tone for the identified goals in the books she writes for children. Her training in language acquisition, early childhood education, brain development, special education, along with her work covering a wide variety of age and ability groups, helps her focus on improving kids' language indirectly. She breaks conventional rules of writing picture books, spattering her stories with alliteration, rhyming words, similes and metaphors, and perhaps a difficult word now and then. She hopes all of these literary tweaks will help kids soar in reading skills. She strives to enlighten kids about language so they gain a growing desire to read more and often!

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Although she strives for realistic illustrations of animals and backgrounds, she does include animals who speak...on occasion. But then, kids talk to animals...real ones, stuffed ones, and those in books. She believes it would be a more wonderful world if animals truly shared conversations with kids (or do they?) and helped teach children some of the lessons of life...especially those related to our environment and interacting with one another. Kids would be inspired to do more as they grow up to save our precious lands and protect the animals...all of which we need to survive! And, they would better understand how all creatures have unique and varied qualities that should be celebrated and embraced.

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Her works have been previewed by kids, educators, speech language pathologists, parents, biologists, naturalists, scientists, various sectors of key professionals and other authors. She embeds a lesson in each of her books and backs it up with educational activities so adults will continue to share educational experiences with children either through a supplemental page in the book or on the website.