Janice May Udry

Janice May Udry (born June 14, 1928) is an American author of children's literature, primarily of picture books.

Biography
Janice May was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on June 14, 1928. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1950. Her first widely-published book, A Tree is Nice, was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1957 for Marc Simont's illustrations. She was a member of the American Association of University Women and her papers are held at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Janice May married Richard Udry in 1950. They have two children, Leslie and Susan. Richard died in 2012 at the age of 83.