This combination of cover images shows, from left, “When You Trap a Tiger,” winner of the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding children’s book overall of 2020; “We Are Water Protectors,” written by Carol Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade, winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children’s picture story; and “Before the Ever After” by Jacqueline Woodson, who won her third Coretta Scott King Award for best work by a Black author.
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Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first Native American to win the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children’s picture story, cited for “We Are Water Protectors,” a celebration of nature and condemnation of the “black snake” Dakota Access Pipeline.
Alaskan becomes first Native American to win Caldecott Medal for children’s book illustration
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Print article NEW YORK - Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first Native American to win the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children’s picture story, cited for “We Are Water Protectors,” a celebration of nature and condemnation of the “black snake” Dakota Access Pipeline. “I am really honored and proud,” the 30-year-old Goade told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “I think it’s really important for young people and aspiring book makers and other creative people to see this.” “We Are Water Protectors,” written by Carole Lindstrom, was conceived in response to the planned construction of the Dakota pipeline through Standing Rock Sioux territory. Goade, a member of the Tlingit and Haida tribes in Southeast Alaska, was sent a copy of the manuscript through her agent in 2018 and responded immediately to its polit
Alaskan illustrator becomes first Native American to win Caldecott Medal
Michaela Goade won the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children s picture story, for We Are Water Protectors.
By HILLEL ITALIEAP National Writer
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NEW YORK Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first Native American to win the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children’s picture story, cited for “We Are Water Protectors.”
Tae Keller’s “When You Trap a Tiger” won the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding children’s book overall of 2020.
This cover image released by Random House Books for Young Readers shows “When You Trap a Tiger,” winner of the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding children’s book overall of 2020.
Top books, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults revealed at ALA Midwinter Virtual January 25, 2021
On January 25, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards at its Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits taking place virtually from Chicago.
A list of all the 2021 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:
When You Trap a Tiger, written by Tae Keller, is the 2021 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.
Goade becomes first Native American to win Caldecott Medal
By HILLEL ITALIEJanuary 26, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first Native American to win the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children’s picture story, cited for “We Are Water Protectors,” a celebration of nature and condemnation of the “black snake” Dakota Access Pipeline.
“I am really honored and proud,” the 30-year-old Goade told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “I think it’s really important for young people and aspiring book makers and other creative people to see this.”
Tae Keller’s chapter book “When You Trap a Tiger,” in which a young Korean-American explores her identity and her heritage through her grandmother’s stories, won the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding children’s work overall of 2020. Keller, who was raised in Hawaii and now lives in New York, drew upon Korean folklore and family history for “When You Trap a