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Michaela Goade

Note. From Inside Passage [Illustration], by Michaela Goade. n.d. Michaela Goade. https://www.michaelagoade.com/inside-passage

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  • ​Michaela Goade, whose illustrations in We Are Water Protectors, won the 2021 Caldecott Medal, uses a beautiful technique that seems to envelope the viewer. Her use of color schemes that play with themes of cool and warm lend a smooth, flowing, quality to her work. Her use of round, soft, shapes and shadings are reminiscent of old fresco murals.

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  • Goade's preferred medium is watercolor (Schuit, 2020), which enhances the enveloping, flowing, aesthetic of her work. She also incorporates colored pencils and digital editing to add definition to her illustrations.

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  • Michaela Goade is a member of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and she is passionate about focusing her illustrations on Indigenous children's literature (Goade, 2021).

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Note. From We are water protectors. [Cover Art], by Michaela Goade. 2020. Michaela Goade. https://www.michaelagoade.com/we-are-water-protectors-cover

Note. Haa-Aaní. [Illustration], by Michaela Goade. n.d. Michaela Goade. https://www.michaelagoade.com/haa-aan

Note. From I sang you down from the stars. [Illustration], by Michaela Goade.

n.d. Michaela Goade.

https://www.michaelagoade.com/interior-from-i-sang-you-down-from-the-stars

Note. From We are water protectors. [Illustration], by Michaela Goade. n.d. Michaela Goade. https://www.michaelagoade.com/from-we-are-water-protectors

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