Juanita in 2021

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

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

Juanita is based in Fairfield, CA[9] and identifies as a mixed-race[10] femme queer person.

Awards and honors

When Aiden Became A Brother

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

  • 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

  • The Creativity Habit[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Penrose, Nerisha (July 26, 2018). "How Kaylani Juanita Is Using Her Art and Instagram to Honor Nia Wilson". ELLE.
  2. ↑ "Starfruit | VQR Online". www.vqronline.org.
  3. ↑ "Nominees" (PDF). www.berkeleyside.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Inside Solano" (PDF). www.solano.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  5. ↑ Woodrow, Melanie (July 24, 2018). "'He was wiping off his knife': BART stabbing victim recalls horrific attack that killed sister". ABC7 San Francisco.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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)
  8. ↑ "Kaylani Juanita | VQR Online". www.vqronline.org.
  9. ↑ "Kaylani Juanita". www.kaylanijuanita.com.
  10. 1 2 "Kaylani Juanita, illustrator-The Creativity Habit".
  11. ↑ ""When Aidan Became a Brother" and "The Black Flamingo" win 2020 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award". 27 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "The 2020 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  13. ↑ "Charlotte Huck Award (Fiction for Children)".
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