Illustrator Michaela Goade has become the first Native American to win the Randolph Caldecott Medal.
Goade won the “Best Children’s Picture Story” Award for her illustrations in the book “We Are Water Protectors,” written by Carole Lindstrom. Goade is of the Tlingit and Haida tribes. The book also won the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award in the category “Book for Younger Children.”
“I am really honored and proud,” Goade told The Associated Press. “I think it’s really important for young people and aspiring book makers and other creative people to see this.”
The Caldecott Medal, first awarded in 1938, is presented each year to the best American picture books for children. Among the classic books to also win the Caldecott Medal are “Madeline,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” “Jumanji,” “The Relatives Came,” and “The Man Who Walked Between The Towers.”
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