Michaela Goade

{{Infobox artist

| name = Michaela Goade

| image = Michaela Goade 2022 Texas Book Festival.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Goade at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|27|2017|8|28}}

| birth_place = Juneau, Alaska, U.S.

| alma_mater = Fort Lewis College

| notable_works = We Are Water Protectors
Berry Song

| awards = Caldecott Medal (2021)
Caldecott Honor (2023)

| website = {{URL|michaelagoade.com}}

}}

Michaela Goade (born 1989 or 1990) is a Native American illustrator. A member of the Tlingit and Haida tribes, she is known for her work on picture books about Indigenous people. She won the 2021 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations in We Are Water Protectors and is the first Indigenous artist to receive the award. Her book, Berry Song, was a Caldecott Honor book in 2023.

Early life and education

Goade was born in Juneau, Alaska, in 1989 or 1990.{{cite news |last=Kirschner |first=Noelani |title=Michaela Goade: Off the Coast of Alaska |url=https://theamericanscholar.org/michaela-goade/ |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=The American Scholar |date=August 28, 2017 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226020013/https://theamericanscholar.org/michaela-goade/ |url-status=live }} She is a member of the Tlingit and Haida tribes of Alaska and the Kiks.ádi clan of Sitka.{{cite news |last=McKinstry |first=Erin |title=Sitka artist becomes first Indigenous winner of the 'Oscars of kids books' |url=https://www.ktoo.org/2021/01/28/sitka-illustrator-michaela-goade-wins-caldecott-medal-for-we-are-water-protectors/ |access-date=November 16, 2021 |publisher=KTOO |date=January 28, 2021 |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211044350/https://www.ktoo.org/2021/01/28/sitka-illustrator-michaela-goade-wins-caldecott-medal-for-we-are-water-protectors/ |url-status=live }} Goade attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, where she received a bachelor's degree in graphic design and marketing in 2014.{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Clara |title=Michaela Goade-illustrated book wins 'best picture book of the year' |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/michaela-goade-illustrated-book-wins-best-picture-book-of-the-year/ |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=Juneau Empire |date=February 15, 2018 |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102220259/https://www.juneauempire.com/news/michaela-goade-illustrated-book-wins-best-picture-book-of-the-year/ |url-status=live }}

Career

After graduating from college, Goade became an art director for Yuit Communications in Anchorage where she worked for two years while also working as a freelance artist. She later quit her job and moved back to Juneau to illustrate picture books for the Sealaska Heritage Institute's Baby Raven Reads series, beginning with Shanyaak'utlaax: Salmon Boy (2017), for which she won the 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Picture Book.{{cite news |last=Lockett |first=Michael S. |title=Good as Goade: a Q&A with Southeast's recent Caldecott Medal winner |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/good-as-goade-a-qs-recent-caldecott-medal-winner/ |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=Juneau Empire |date=January 27, 2021 |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102124510/https://www.juneauempire.com/news/good-as-goade-a-qs-recent-caldecott-medal-winner/ |url-status=live }} In 2019, she illustrated the picture book Encounter, written by Brittany Luby. David Treuer of The New York Times wrote that Goade's illustrations for the book were "gorgeous and achingly rendered", and a reviewer for Shelf Awareness praised the varying perspectives of her mixed-media illustrations.{{cite news |last=Treuer |first=David |title=Rescuing Native Americans From the Imaginative Prison of the Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/books/review/the-pencil-susan-avingaq-maren-vsetula.html |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004191603/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/books/review/the-pencil-susan-avingaq-maren-vsetula.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Forbus |first=Jen |title=Shelf Awareness for Readers for Friday, October 18, 2019 |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=860#m15061 |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=Shelf Awareness |date=October 18, 2019 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304000110/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=860#m15061 |url-status=live }}

Her next work was We Are Water Protectors, written by Carole Lindstrom and published by Roaring Brook Press in 2020.{{cite news |title=We Are Water Protectors |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carole-lindstrom/we-are-water-protectors/ |access-date=November 15, 2021 |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=December 8, 2019 |archive-date=November 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104230110/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carole-lindstrom/we-are-water-protectors/ |url-status=live }} The book was written in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock, and Goade worked on the watercolor illustrations in 2018 over a period of three to four months.{{cite news |last=Saxon |first=Antonia |title=Q & A with Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/82716-q-a-with-carole-lindstrom-and-michaela-goade.html |access-date=November 15, 2021 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221052227/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/82716-q-a-with-carole-lindstrom-and-michaela-goade.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Lockett |first=Michael S. |title='It just feels very surreal': a Q&A with Southeast's recent Caldecott Medal winner |url=https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/it-just-feels-very-surreal-a-qs-recent-caldecott-medal-winner/ |access-date=November 15, 2021 |work=Peninsula Clarion |date=January 27, 2021 |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306231133/https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/it-just-feels-very-surreal-a-qs-recent-caldecott-medal-winner/ |url-status=live }} She received the 2021 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations, becoming the first Indigenous artist and first woman of color to win the award.{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Elisabeth |title=This Indigenous Author and Artist Team Have an Important Message |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/books/review/we-are-water-protectors-carole-lindstrom-michaela-goade.html |access-date=November 15, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517120237/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/books/review/we-are-water-protectors-carole-lindstrom-michaela-goade.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Lodge |first=Sally |title=Michaela Goade: Taken by Surprise on Zoom |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/85409-michaela-goade-taken-by-surprise-on-zoom.html |access-date=November 15, 2021 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=January 26, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227163658/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/85409-michaela-goade-taken-by-surprise-on-zoom.html |url-status=live }} In a review for The Horn Book, Autumn Allen praised the book's illustrations and remarked that "one could read the pictures without the words and take away the same main messages".{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Autumn |title=We Are Water Protectors |url=https://www.hbook.com/story/we-are-water-protectors |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=The Horn Book |date=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116010815/https://www.hbook.com/story/we-are-water-protectors |url-status=live }}

She illustrated the Google Doodle for December 30, 2020, which featured the Tlingit civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich.{{cite news |last=Lockett |first=Michael S. |title=Google spotlights Tlingit civil rights icon with Doodle |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/google-spotlights-tlingit-civil-rights-icon-with-doodle/ |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=Juneau Empire |date=December 30, 2020 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304092610/https://www.juneauempire.com/news/google-spotlights-tlingit-civil-rights-icon-with-doodle/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, she collaborated with the Canadian author Tasha Spillett-Sumner on I Sang You Down from the Stars, a picture book about an Indigenous mother preparing for her new baby.{{cite news |title=I Sang You Down from the Stars |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tasha-spillett-sumner/i-sang-you-down-from-the-stars/ |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=March 1, 2021 |archive-date=November 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116045519/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tasha-spillett-sumner/i-sang-you-down-from-the-stars/ |url-status=live }}

Goade's book Berry Song was published in 2022 and was selected as a 2023 Caldecott Honor book.{{cite magazine |last=Shah |first=Simmone |title=This Native American Illustrator Is Bringing Indigenous Stories to Life—and Opening the Door for Others |url=https://time.com/6103213/michaela-goade-next-generation-leaders/ |access-date=November 16, 2021 |magazine=Time |date=October 13, 2021 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115042947/https://time.com/6103213/michaela-goade-next-generation-leaders/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Parravano |first=Martha V. |title=The 2023 Caldecott Announcement |url=https://www.hbook.com/story/the-2023-caldecott-announcement |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=The Horn Book}}

In 2023, Goade collaborated with former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo on Remember, a picture book adaptation of Harjo's poem of the same name.{{cite news |title=In Conversation: Joy Harjo and Michaela Goade |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/91827-in-conversation-joy-harjo-and-michaela-goade.html |access-date=24 May 2023 |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date=23 March 2023}} Additionally, Goade was the cover artist for the young adult thriller, Warrior Girl Unearthed (2023) by Angeline Boulley.{{Cite web |title=Going Home Again: Close-Up on Angeline Boulley |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/91416-going-home-again-close-up-on-angeline-boulley.html |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}

Illustrated works

{{cite book |editor-last1=Marks |editor-first1=Johnny |editor-last2=Chester |editor-first2=Hans |editor-last3=Katzeek |editor-first3=David |editor-last4=Dauenhauer |editor-first4=Nora |editor-link4=Nora Marks Dauenhauer |editor-last5=Dauenhauer |editor-first5=Richard |editor-link5=Richard Dauenhauer |year=2017 |title=Shanyaak'utlaax: Salmon Boy |series=Baby Raven Reads Series |publisher=Sealaska Heritage Institute |isbn=978-1-946019-02-8 |ref=none}}{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth A. |title=Tae Keller Wins Newbery Medal for 'When You Trap a Tiger' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/books/newbery-medal-caldecott-award.html |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809043407/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/books/newbery-medal-caldecott-award.html |url-status=live }}
{{cite book |year=2018 |title=Raven and the Tide Lady |series=Baby Raven Reads Series |publisher=Sealaska Heritage Institute |isbn=978-1-946019-28-8 |ref=none}}{{cite news |last=Hohenstatt |first=Ben |title=Baby Raven Reads books wins award, a new film series is announced and more |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/baby-raven-reads-books-wins-award-a-new-film-series-is-announced-and-more/ |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=Juneau Empire |date=January 30, 2020 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411042602/https://www.juneauempire.com/news/baby-raven-reads-books-wins-award-a-new-film-series-is-announced-and-more/ |url-status=live }}
{{cite book |last=Luby |first=Brittany |year=2019 |title=Encounter |publisher=Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |isbn=978-0-316-44914-4 |ref=none}}
{{cite book |last=Lindstrom |first=Carole |year=2020 |title=We Are Water Protectors |publisher=Roaring Brook Press |isbn=978-1-250-78099-7 |ref=none}}
{{cite book |last=Spillet-Sumner |first=Tasha |author-link=Tasha Spillett-Sumner |year=2021 |title=I Sang You Down from the Stars |publisher=Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |isbn=978-0-316-49316-1 |ref=none}}
Goade, Michaela (2022). Berry Song. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. {{ISBN|978-0-316-49417-5}}
Harjo, Joy (2023). Remember. Random House Studio. {{ISBN|978-0593484845}}.{{Cite book |last=Harjo |first=Joy |title=Remember |publisher=Random House Studio |year=2023 |isbn=978-0593484845}}