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Kaylani Juanita
Kaylani Juanita’s mission as an artist is to support the stories of the underrepresented and create new ways for people to imagine themselves. Her work has appeared at the Society of Illustrators and the BBC website, and she is the illustrator of the picture books Ta-Da! and winner of the ALA Stonewall Book Award for When Aidan Became a Brother. She lives in the Bay Area in California. Look for her online at kaylanijuanita.com and @kaylanijuanita on Twitter and Instagram.
Kaylani Juanita
Kaylani Juanita’s mission as an artist is to support the stories of the underrepresented and create new ways for people to imagine themselves. Her work has appeared at the Society of Illustrators and the BBC website, and she is the illustrator of the picture books Ta-Da! and winner of the ALA Stonewall Book Award for When Aidan Became a Brother. She lives in the Bay Area in California. Look for her online at kaylanijuanita.com and @kaylanijuanita on Twitter and Instagram.
Awards
Winner — Coretta Scott King Award, 2021
Winner — Coretta Scott King Award, 2021
Winner — Coretta Scott King Award, 2021
Books by Kaylani Juanita
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
Samara Cole Doyon, Kaylani Juanita
Hardback, 2020
With vivid illustrations by Kaylani Juanita, Samara Cole Doyon sings a carol for the plenitude that surrounds us and the self each of us is meant to inhabit.Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
Samara Cole Doyon, Kaylani Juanita
Paperback, 2022
Told by a succession of exuberant young narrators, Magnificent Homespun Brown is a story—a song, a poem, a celebration—about feeling at home in one’s own beloved skin.Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
Samara Cole Doyon, Kaylani Juanita
E Book, 2020
With vivid illustrations by Kaylani Juanita, Samara Cole Doyon sings a carol for the plenitude that surrounds us and the self each of us is meant to inhabit.Next Level: A Hymn in Gratitude for Neurodiversity
Samara Cole Doyon, Kaylani Juanita
Hardback, 2024
From the award-winning team behind Magnificent Homespun Brown, Samara Cole Doyon and Coretta Scott King Award Honoree Kaylani Juanita, comes a song of gratitude for those who see the world in a...Next Level: A Hymn in Gratitude for Neurodiversity
Samara Cole Doyon, Kaylani Juanita
E Book
From the award-winning team behind Magnificent Homespun Brown, Samara Cole Doyon and Coretta Scott King Award Honoree Kaylani Juanita, comes a song of gratitude for those who see the world in a...