Artist | picture book illustrator | 2021 Caldecott Medalist | of the Tlingit Nation • Sheet’ká, Alaska

Joined September 2019
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Please enjoy this first look at BERRY SONG, my author-illustrator debut out 6/14 with @LittleBrownYR! It’s available for preorder now lbyr.com/titles/michaela-goa…. This book is another level of heart’s work for me — I love it so! ❤️🫐💙🍓
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Michaela Goade retweeted
when the #ELMAC26 interns are getting ready to read aloud @MichaelaGoade’s ‘berry song’ at the summer learning institute, why not have berries for breakfast:) @UMichEducation @A2schools #cookiescounttoo! #yum
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Happy belated book birthday REMEMBER! May you go on to make many new friends, inspire stories, and accompany adventures along the way! ✨Happy reading, friends! @JoyHarjo @randomhousekids
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REMEMBER, written by @JoyHarjo and illustrated by me, releases tomorrow! This was a very special collab and I can’t wait for it to take wing. ✨ Published by @randomhousekids
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Michaela Goade retweeted
27 Feb 2023
"As I worked on this book, I wanted the pages to feel like a celebration of Lingít Aaní, or Tlingit land." -Caldecott Medalist @MichaelaGoade, from her artist's note in REMEMBER
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Check out this Berry Song display by @Librarygal05. It’s pure magic! 🍓🌲❤️
8 Nov 2022
We are talking about #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and the importance of culture and community of indigenous people #schoollibrary Thank you @MichaelaGoade for the beautiful book #Berrysong The kids love the story & illustrations 🍓🫐 @lausd_libraries @LASchools @lausd_ldc
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Wanted to share this beautiful piece written by Ḵaa Yahaayí Shkalneegi Muriel Reed. She writes about Berry Song, Native youth, our shared love & connection to the land, harvesting as medicine & more 🍓🌲❤️ Gunalchéesh @Sitka_Wild !
In the Sustainable Southeast Partnership’s @JuneauEmpire column, Muriel Celeste shares about berry picking, adventure, magic and feeling connected and grounded to home through an interview with Michaela Goede. Read the full story here: juneauempire.com/news/resili…
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Michaela Goade retweeted
Berry Song by 2021 Caldecott Medalist @MichaelaGoade (Tlingit) is out now! 🍓🌲❤️ “Books are magic ✨ Happy reading, (and happy harvesting) friends!” - Michaela Goade Animation by @lariatcreative #NativeIllustrator #NativeArtist #Watercolor #NativeAuthor #ChildrensBooks
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Michaela Goade retweeted
REVIEW: Berry Song by Michaela Goade (@MichaelaGoade) letstalkpicturebooks.com/202… @LittleBrownYR
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Thank you for your support of Berry Song! It’s so exciting to see it in the Indie bestsellers’ list! 🍓🌲❤️
Congrats are in order! @MichaelaGoade's ✨dazzling✨ BERRY SONG is an Indie bestseller! 🫐🎉
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Michaela Goade retweeted
Look who stopped by! @MichaelaGoade was in the area and kind enough to sign copies of her newest, BERRY SONG. A joyful celebration of the natural world, our connection with it and our families.
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Michaela Goade retweeted
22 Jul 2022
New Book Trailer Alert: Berry Song by Caldecott Medalist @MichaelaGoade youtube.com/watch?v=0bpQ_h02…
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Michaela Goade retweeted
I’m blown away by BERRY SONG 🍓🫐by @MichaelaGoade @LittleBrownYR A joyful celebration of our connectedness to nature 🌱🌊 a beautiful journey of a girl & her grandmother & the Tlingit way of life—“rooted in respect, balance, & reciprocity.” Breathtaking. This book sings!💗✨
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Michaela Goade retweeted
Happy #Bookbirthday to BERRY SONG by @michaelagoade! ⭐️⭐️"Goade calls upon her childhood memories and current home and shares important information about the beauty and utility of ­nature. Told in rhythm, song, and narrative, the language is rich and evocative."—@sljournal⭐️⭐️⭐️
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It’s a book birthday for Berry Song at long, long last! SO excited for this book to journey into the world and find readers young and old. May it help you celebrate the land and its gifts with love and gratitude, and may it help create sweet memories with little ones 🍓🌲❤️
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The official Berry Song trailer is here! SO thrilled to share! It’s been a dream to see the illustrations come to life in this way. Closed caption version in thread. Please consider sharing! I’d be so grateful. ❤️ A huge thank you to @lariatcreative for animating and producing!
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Closed caption version here!
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Berry Song is published by @LittleBrownYR @lbschool @SusanmRich and comes out 7/19!
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