We Are Water Protectors

Michaela Goade is a Tlingit/Haida author and illustrator who is the first Indigenous person to win the Caldecott Medal, which she received in 2021 for *We Are Water Protectors*, written by Carole Lindstrom. She is from Sitka, Alaska, and her illustrations often draw on her Indigenous heritage and the natural world of the Pacific Northwest.

Carole Lindstrom is an Ojibwe/Métis author who wrote *We Are Water Protectors*, illustrated by Michaela Goade, which won the 2021 Caldecott Medal. The book was inspired by Indigenous-led movements to protect water. She is also the author of *Grandmother Fish: A Child's First Book About Evolution* and *Girls Dance, Boys Fiddle*.