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CAN Excellence in Marketing First Place Award
The Christian Authors Network (CAN) has awarded Judy DuCharme with their First Place 2023 Excellence in Marketing Award in Broadcast Media. This is an incredible honor. 
I Want a Water Buffalo for Christmas wins awards
Judy’s children’s book about giving, I Want a Water Buffalo for Christmas, has won several awards since it’s release in November 2021. The most recent are the Ames Award for Courageous Faith in Children’s Middle-Grade Books and the Christian Indie Award, Third Place, in Children’s 8-12. This book is small but has a big message about giving that will inspire your elementary age child. 
Addy of the Door Islands
Addy arrived on the Orphan Train steamer in Ephraim, a small town in Door County, in the late 1800s. The steamer came from Milwaukee, and families waited to take in a child for work or to complete a family. But no one waited for Addy and her sister Molly. What would become of them? Addy determined to provide for her sister with every ounce of spunk she possessed. What follows is a series of adventures and mishaps as she searches for a place to call home and deal with the abandonment that stalks her. Of course, many of the same people who
filled the pages of Lainey of the Door Islands cross paths with Addy and Molly.
In the first published year of Addy of the Door Islands, the book has won several awards. The most recent is the Ames Award for Courageous Faith in Historical Fiction.
Interview with Headline Books at the ALA National Conference
I was delighted to be able to do a two hour book signing with Headline Books at the American Library Association National Conference in Washington DC. While there I was blessed to do an interview for the Headline Books Zoom Into Books podcast. Here it is.
Addy of the Door Islands, released May 2, 2022, sequel to Lainey of the Door Islands
Addy of the Door Islands has arrived. Addy arrives on the Orphan Train but no one waits for her. Now she must figure out how to care for her little sister Molly. Her impetuous ways endear her to the islanders but get her into so much trouble. Will she truly find a family and what about the parents that gave her up . . .will she ever know if they are alive and how to deal with the feelings of abandonment that stalk her?