Kaylani Juanita
Kaylani Juanita McCard, professionally known as Kaylani Juanita, is an illustrator.[1] Her work focuses on activism, empowerment of people of color, and LGBTQ+ people.[1] Her work has appeared in publications through Chronicle Books, Cicada Magazine, and Lee & Low Books.[2] Her first book illustrated, Ta-Da! by Kathy Ellen Davis, was released by Chronicle Books and nominated for an Young Readers award via the 38th Annual Northern California Book Awards.[3][4] In 2018, ELLE Magazine featured her work and interviewed her at length in context of her memorial illustrations based on the murder of Nia Wilson, a black woman who was fatally stabbed in a suspected hate crime while exiting a BART train.[5][6][1] In 2017, she illustrated "9 Books for Woke Kids," an article by Guinevere de la Mare.[7]
Education[edit]
Juanita attended B. Gale Wilson Elementary School in Solano County's Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District as well as Rodriguez High School.[4] While attending Rodriguez, Juanita spent a summer studying at CalArts. She then attended Solano College[4] before transferring to California College of the Arts. She earned her BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts.[8][4] As of 2019, she is working on a Master's in Design at the University of California, Davis.
Personal life[edit]
Juanita is based in Fairfield, CA[9] and identifies as a mixed-race[10] femme queer person.
Awards and honors[edit]
When Aiden Became A Brother[edit]
Kaylani Jaunita and Kyle Lukoff published When Aiden Became a Brother in 2019. In 2020, the book was awarded the Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award,[11] landed a top spot on the American Library Association Rainbow List,[12] and was named a Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book.[13]
Bibliography[edit]
- A House for Every Bird by Megan Maynor, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, (2021)
- When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita (2019)
- Watch Us Rise by Reneé Watson & Ellen Hagan, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita (2019)
- Ta-Da! by Kathy Ellen Davis, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita (2018)
- Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Cole Doyon, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita (2020)
Podcasts[edit]
- The Creativity Habit[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Penrose, Nerisha (July 26, 2018). "How Kaylani Juanita Is Using Her Art and Instagram to Honor Nia Wilson". ELLE.
- ^ "Starfruit | VQR Online". www.vqronline.org.
- ^ "Nominees" (PDF). www.berkeleyside.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-26.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Inside Solano" (PDF). www.solano.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ^ Woodrow, Melanie (July 24, 2018). "'He was wiping off his knife': BART stabbing victim recalls horrific attack that killed sister". ABC7 San Francisco.
- ^ Dakin Andone and Dan Simon. "Officials still don't know why a white man allegedly stabbed a black woman to death in a subway station". CNN.
- ^ ago, Guinevere de la Mare • 2 years (September 6, 2017). "9 Books for Woke Kids to Read This Year".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kaylani Juanita | VQR Online". www.vqronline.org.
- ^ "Kaylani Juanita". www.kaylanijuanita.com.
- ^ a b "Kaylani Juanita, illustrator-The Creativity Habit".[permanent dead link]
- ^ ""When Aidan Became a Brother" and "The Black Flamingo" win 2020 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award". 27 January 2020.
- ^ "The 2020 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ^ "Charlotte Huck Award (Fiction for Children)".