The effect is both meditative and joyous. We are all related.” This reminder ends on a spread in which watercolor silhouettes of continents are overlaid with vines and flowers and the planet is encircled by a procession of creatures: a jellyfish following a lizard, a pair of humans walking hand in hand between a bear and a fox. “We fight for those / Who cannot fight for themselves,” Lindstrom writes over several pages, “The winged ones, / The crawling ones, / The four-legged, / The two-legged, / The plants, trees, rivers, lakes, / The Earth. I had no idea the message would be embraced by young and old people alike.” The book recently appeared on the children’s picture book list. “I did what I could on social media but then thought, maybe I should write a book. “I wanted people to know what was going on,” she recalled. We Are Water Protectors Kindle Edition by Carole Lindstrom (Author), Michaela Goade (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition 3,699 ratings Goodreads Choice Award nominee See all formats and editions Kindle 2.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. In a Google Hangout, Lindstrom said it was important to her to find an Indigenous artist to illustrate her message, which was inspired by the movement at Standing Rock to protest the Dakota Access pipeline. Her vibrant, intricately detailed watercolors illuminate lyrical text by Carole Lindstrom, who is tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Goade, who is a member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, earned the distinction for “We Are Water Protectors,” a picture book about the importance of safeguarding natural resources.

DYNAMIC DUO At the end of January, Michaela Goade became the first Indigenous artist to win the Randolph Caldecott Medal, which is one of the most illustrious distinctions awarded for children’s books - the literary equivalent of an Oscar, with a gold seal instead of a statuette.

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