Illustrator Event: Rebecca Kunz

Join us at the library to celebrate Rebecca Lee Kunz, a painter, printmaker, and illustrator, the 2025 Randolf Caldecott medalist and 2026 American Indian Youth Literature Award recipient for her illustrations of Chooch Helped. Rebecca is A citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Rebecca's work draws upon tribal iconography and archetypal symbolism. She infuses mythology into her work where she is in conversation with each tale as a living and emergent story. A visual storyteller and folklorist, she hopes to illuminate awareness about our shifting climate and to inspire solutions to the issues of today. Through her picture book illustrations, her goal is to inspire children so that they may see themselves in the visual stories she tells. No reservations required.