Medal Winners
Gold Medal Winner
When You Look Up
Decur
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Art Director(s)/ Designer(s): Claudia Zoe Bedrick / Eugenia Mello
Editor(s): Claudia Zoe Bedrick & Chloe Garcia Roberts
Author: Decur
Medium: Acrylic paint, cut paper & pencil
Silver Medal Winner
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
Floyd Cooper
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Crown
Art Director(s)/ Designer(s): Martha Rago
Editor(s): Phoebe Yeh
Author: Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker
Medium: Oil paint on board
Silver Medal Winner
The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
Evan Turk
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director(s)/ Designer(s): Pam Notarantonio
Editor(s): Emma Ledbetter
Author: Cynthia Levinson
Medium: Gouache, acrylic, pencil, chalk, and linoleum block prints
The Dilys Evans Founder’s Award Winner
Anonymouse
Anna Pirolli
Publisher: Tundra Books
Art Director(s)/ Designer(s): John Martz
Editor(s): Samantha Swenson
Author: Vikki VanSickle
Medium: Digital
In Show
Never, Not Ever!
Beatrice Alemagna
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper
Art Director/ Designer: Amy Ryan
Editor: Jill Davis
Author: Beatrice Alemagna
Medium: Gouache, oil, collage, and was pencils
Beautifully Me
Nabi H.Ali
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprints: Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Laurent Linn
Editor: Kendra Levin
Author: Nabela Noor
Medium: Rendered digitally with patterns created in Procreate
I Is for Immigrants
Selina Alko
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Art Director/ Designer: Sharismar Rodriguez
Editor: Christy Ottaviano, Brian Geffen
Author: Selina Alko
Medium: Gouache and collage on Arches watercolor paper
In My Mosque
Hatem Aly
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper
Art Director/ Designer: Rachel Zegar
Editor: Megan Ilnitzki
Author: M. O. Yuksel
Medium: Digital with scanned textures, washes and patterns
Maya’s Big Scene
Isabelle Arsenault
Publisher: Tundra Books
Art Director/ Designer: Isabelle Arsenault and Kelly Hill
Editor: Tara Walker
Author: Isabelle Arsenault
Medium: Pencils, watercolor, ink, Photoshop
When Lola Visits
Aaron Asis
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Katherine Tegen Books
Art Director/ Designer: Amy Ryan / Rachel Zegar
Editor: Mabel Hsu
Author: Michelle Sterling
Medium: Digital, gouache
Only Ants for Andy
Jashar Awan
Publisher: Norton Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Aram Kim
Editor: Simon Boughton
Author: Jashar Awan
Medium: Digital and Mixed Media
Samira Surfs
Fahmida Azim
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Imprint: Kokila
Art Director/ Designer: Jasmin Rubero
Editor: Joanna Cárdenas
Author: Rukhsanna Guidroz
Medium: The illustrations were drawn on a Wacom Cintiq Pro using Clip Studio Paint.
Me+Tree
Anna and Elena Balbusso
Publisher: Creative Editions US
Art Director/ Editor: Rita Marshall
Editor: Amy Novesky and Kate Riggs
Author: Alexandria Giardino
Medium: Mixed Media
Roots and Wings: How Shahzia Sikander Became an Artist
Hanna Barczyk
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Art Director/ Designer: Amanda Washburn
Editor: Emily Hall
Author: Amy Novesky, Shahzia Sikander
Medium: Mixed media; ink, gouache, acrylic paint and digital
Welcome Flower Child: The Magic of Your Birth Flower
Brigette Barrager
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Imprint: Random House BFYR
Art Director/ Editor: Sarah Hokanson
Editor: Maria Modugno
Author: Brigette Barrager
Medium: Mixed media
The Invisible Alphabet
Ron Barrett
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Imprint: Rise x Penguin Workshop
Art Director/ Designer: Maria Elias
Editor: Cecily Kaiser
Author: Joshua David Stein
Medium: Mix Media
Your Life Matters
Taylor Barron
Publisher: Bushel & Peck Books
Art Director/ Designer: David Miles
Editor: David Miles
Author: Chris Singleton
Medium: Digital painting
And I Paint It: Henriette Wyeth’s World
Amy June Bates
Publisher: Cameron + Company
Imprint: Cameron Kids
Art Director/ Designer: Melissa Nelson Greenberg
Editor: Amy Novesky
Author: Beth Kephart
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, pencil
The Boy and the Sea
Amy June Bates
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Pam Notarantonio
Editor: Courtney Code
Author: Camille Andros
Medium: Gouache, watercolor, and colored pencil
Survivor Tree
Aaron Becker
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Saho Fujii
Editor: Deirdre Jones
Author: Marcie Colleen
Medium: The illustrations for this book were done in watercolor and colored pencil on 300lb. hot press watercolor paper.
The Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection
Elizabeth Bergeland
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Editor: David Caplan
Editor: Andrea Spooner
Author: Ben Brashares
Medium: The illustrations for this book were done in pencil and watercolor.
The Beatryce Prophecy
Sophie Blackall
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Designer: Chris Paul and Nancy Brennan
Editor: Andrea Tompa
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Medium: Illustrations done with real and digital pencils.
Seagulls Soar
Kasia Bogdanska
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Imprint: Boyds Mills Press
Art Director/ Designer: Barbara Grzeslo
Editor: Rebecca Davis
Author: April Pulley Sayre
Medium: The illustrations are digital.
Trees
Tiffany Bozic
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Paula Wiseman Books
Art Director/ Designer: Lizzy Bromley
Editor: Paula Wiseman
Author: Tony Johnston
Medium: Rendered in acrylic paint on wood
Becoming Vanessa
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Nicole de las Heras
Editor: Kelly Delaney
Author: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Medium: Posca pens, acrylic paint, Magic Markers, crayons, and watercolor paint on a Bristol board and collaged with hand-painted.
Dorothy & Herbert: An Ordinary Couple and Their Extraordinary Collection of Art
Julia Breckenreid
Publisher: Cameron + Company
Imprint: Cameron Kids
Art Director/ Designer: Melissa Nelson Greenberg
Editor: Amy Novesky
Author: Jackie Azúa Kramer
Medium: Ink, watercolor, acrylic, collage, digital media
Fred Gets Dressed
Peter Brown
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: David Caplan
Editor: Alvina Ling
Author: Peter Brown
Medium: The art for this book was created digitally.
Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero
Iacopo Bruno
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Quill Tree Books
Art Director/ Designer: Erin Fitzsimmons
Editor: Karen Chaplin
Author: Megan Hoyt
Medium: Pencil and digital color
Me & Mama
Cozbi Cabrera
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Denene Millner Books/ S&S Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Lizzy Bromley
Editor: Denene Millner
Author: Cozbi Cabrera
Medium: Acrylic
For Every Little Thing: Poems and Prayers to Celebrate the Day
Helen Cann
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Imprint: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Holly Hoover
Editor: Kathleen Merz
Author: Edited by June Cotner and Nancy Tupper Ling
Medium: Watercolor, collage, and colored pencil
Brave As A Mouse
Nicolò Carozzi
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Imprint: Random House Studio
Art Director/ Designer: Rachael Cole
Editor: Lee Wade
Author: Nicolò Carozzi
Medium: Graphite on paper with digital enhancing
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem
Nancy Carpenter
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: McElderry Books
Art Director/ Designer: Greg Stadnyk
Editor: Karen Wojtyla
Author: Colleen Paeff
Medium: Watercolor and ink
Dear Little One
Melissa Castrillon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Paula Wiseman Books
Art Director/ Designer: Lizzy Bromley
Editor: Paula Wiseman
Author: Nina Laden
Medium: Rendered in pencil and then colored digitally
The Longest Letsgoboy
Catia Chien
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Lydia Ortiz
Editor: Taylor Normal
Author: Derick Wilder
Medium: Pastel and colored pencils
Watercress
Jason Chin
Publisher: Holiday House
Imprint: Neal Porter Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jennifer Browne
Editor: Neal Porter
Author: Andrea Wang
Medium: Watercolor on 140 pound cold press Saunders watercolor paper
It Began With Lemonade
Lian Cho
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Dial Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Mina Chung
Editor: Kate Harrison
Author: Gideon Sterer
Medium: Watercolor and colored pencils.
Humpty Dumpty Lived Near a Wall
Nathan Christopher
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Imprint: Penguin Workshop
Art Director/ Designer: Lynn Portnoff
Editor: Nathaniel Tabachnik
Author: Derek Hughes
Medium: Mix media
We Want a Dog
Lo Cole
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Imprint: Jabberwocky
Art Director/ Designer: Jordan Kost
Editor: Eliza Swift
Author: Lo Cole
Medium: Digital
We Shall Overcome
Bryan Collier
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Orchard books
Art Director/ Designer: Patti Ann Harris / Rae Crawford
Editor: Liza Baker
Medium: Mixed media, collage, watercolor
Light for All
Raúl Colón
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Paula Wiseman Books
Art Director/ Designer: Laurent Linn
Editor: Paula Wiseman
Author: Margarita Engle
Medium: Prismacolor colored pencils and lithograph crayons on Fabriano Artistico paper
A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
Floyd Cooper
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Heather Kelly
Editor: Howard Reeves
Author: Leah Henderson
Medium: Oil erasure on illustration board
Bear Outside
Jen Corace
Publisher: Holiday House
Imprint: Neal Porter Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jennifer Browne
Editor: Neal Porter
Author: Jane Yolen
Medium: Gouache, ink, and graphite on Saunders Waterford watercolor paper
Bear Island
Matthew Cordell
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Imprint: Feiwel and Friends
Art Director/ Designer: Matthew Cordell, Rich Deas, and Kathleen Breitenfeld
Editor: Liz Szabla
Author: Matthew Cordell
Medium: Pen and ink with watercolor and sometimes gouache
The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet
Kate Cosgrove
Publisher: Holiday House
Art Director/ Designer: Kerry Martin
Editor: Grace Maccarone
Author: David L. Harrison
Medium: Colored pencils and digital tools
The King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
Stephen Costanza
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Greg Stadnyk
Editor: Reka Simonsen
Author: Stephen Costanza
Medium: Gouache, wax pastel, and collage
Thankful
Samantha Cotterill
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Paula Wiseman Books
Art Director/ Designer: Lizzy Bromley
Editor: Sylvie Frank
Author: Elaine Vickers
Medium: Hand-built three-dimensional sets photographed with a digital SLR camera
She Heard the Birds: The Story of Florence Merriam Bailey
Andrea D’Aquino
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Imprint: Princeton Architectural Press
Art Director/ Designer: Andrea D’Aquino
Editor: Rob Shaeffer
Author: Andrea D’Aquino
Medium: Collage of hand-painted papers, oil pastel, colored pencil, charcoal.
The Snowflake
Benji Davies
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper
Art Director/ Designer: Jeanne Hogle/ Claire Jones
Editor: Luana Kay Horry/ Alice Blacker
Author: Benji Davies
Medium: Digital
Awake
Mags DeRoma
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Imprint: Roaring Brook Press
Art Director/ Designer: Mercedes Padro
Editor: Emily Feinberg
Author: Mags DeRoma
Medium: Paint and soft pastels on a gazillion pieces of cut paper, all collaged together
Fox: A Circle of Life Story
Daniel Egnéus
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Art Director/ Designer: Donna Mark
Editor: Christine Modafferi/ Allison Moore
Author: Isabel Thomas
Medium: Watercolor, crayons, acrylics, collage, and Photoshop
Olu & Greta
Diana Ejaita
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Imprint: Rise x Penguin Workshop
Art Director/ Designer: Maria Elias
Editor: Cecily Kaiser
Author: Diana Ejaita
Medium: Mix Media
What Is Love?
Carson Ellis
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jennifer Tolo Pierce
Editor: Ginee Seo
Author: Mac Barnett
Medium: Gouache on watercolor paper
Boogie Boogie, Y’all
C.G. Esperanza
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Katherine Tegen Books
Art Director/ Designer: Rachel Zegar
Editor: Mabel Hsu
Author: C.G. Esperanza
Medium: Oil on masonite panel
Oona
Raissa Figueroa
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Katherine Tegen Books
Art Director/ Designer: Amy Ryan/ Molly Fehr
Editor: Mabel Hsu
Author: Kelly DiPucchio
Medium: Digital
On the Trapline
Julie Flett
Publisher: Tundra Books
Art Director/ Designer: John Martz
Editor: Debbie Rogosin and Elizabeth Kribs
Author: David A. Robertson
Medium: Pastel on paper, digital
Keeping the City Going
Brian Floca
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Imprint: Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/ Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Michael McCartney
Editor: Caitlyn Dlouhy
Author: Brian Floca
Medium: Watercolor, ink, acrylic, and gouache
The Farmer and the Circus
Marla Frazee
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Beach Lane Books
Art Director/ Designer: Lauren Rille
Editor: Allyn Johnston
Author: Marla Frazee
Medium: Black Prismacolor pencil and gouache
Rain Boy
Dylan Glynn
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jay Marvel
Editor: Taylor Norman
Author: Dylan Glynn
Medium: Watercolor, Pencil Crayon, Cut Paper
I Sang You Down from the Stars
Michaela Goade
Publisher: Hachette Book Group Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Saho Fujii
Editor: Susan Rich
Author: Tasha Spillett-Sumner
Medium: The illustrations for this book were done in watercolor and mixed media.
Bird House
Blanca Gómez
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Hana Anouk Nakamura
Editor: Emma Ledbetter
Author: Blanca Gómez
Medium: Paper collage and digitally
The House of Grass and Sky
E. B. Goodale
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Designer: Heather McGee
Editor: Liz Bicknell and Ainslie Campbell
Author: Mary Lyn Ray
Medium: Monoprinting, ink, watercolor, and digital collage.
No Pants!
Jacob Grant
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Kate Renner
Editor: Tracy Gates
Author: Jacob Grant
Medium: The art for this book was made using charcoal, crayon, pencil, and cut paper, then colored digitally.
Mr. Moles Moves In
Lesley-Anne Green
Publisher: Tundra Books
Art Director/ Designer: Kate Sinclair and Kelly Hill
Editor: Samantha Swenson
Author: Lesley-Anne Green
Medium: Needle-felted wool, balsa wood, fabric
Kafka and the Doll
Rebecca Green
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Viking
Art Director/ Designer: Opal Roengchai
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Author: Larissa Theule
Medium: Digital
Birds Explore Their Extraordinary World
Angela Harding
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Art Director/ Designer: Stephanie Amster/ Claire Jones
Editor: Isobel Doster/ Susan Dobinick
Author: Miranda Krestovnikoff
Medium: Linocut
Wolfboy
Andy Harkness
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Art Director/ Designer: Donna Mark/ John Candell
Editor: Mary Kate Castellani
Author: Andy Harkness
Medium: Hand-sculpted clay, digitally painted in Photoshop
Have You Ever Seen a Flower?
Shawn Harris
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jennifer Tolo Pierce
Editor: Taylor Norman
Author: Shawn Harris
Medium: Pencil and colored pencil
Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
April Harrison
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Imprint: Anne Schwartz Books
Art Director/ Designer: Rachael Cole
Editor: Anne Schwartz
Author: Alicia D. Williams
Medium: Acrylic and mixed media collage
Hello, Star
Vashti Harrison
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: David Caplan
Editor: Deirdre Jones
Author: Stephanie V. Lucianovic
Medium: The illustrations for this book were created with colored pencil and Photoshop.
“Go and Do Likewise!”: The Parables and Wisdom of Jesus
John Hendrix
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Imprint: Abrams Kids
Art Director/ Designer: Pamela Notarantonio/ John Hendrix
Editor: Howard Reeves
Author: John Hendrix
Medium: Pen & ink, digital
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Dung Ho
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper
Art Director/ Designer: Chelsea C. Donaldson / Honee Jang
Editor: Clarissa Wong
Author: Joanna Ho
Medium: Adobe Photoshop
Dream Street
Ekua Holmes
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Imprint: Anne Schwartz Books
Art Director/ Designer: Rachael Cole
Editor: Anne Schwartz
Author: Tricia Elam Walker
Medium: Collages made with found and created papers, fabric, and acrylic paint
The Elephants Come Home
Hadley Hooper
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Indya McGuffin and Amelia Mack
Editor: Melissa Manlove
Author: Kim Tomsic
Medium: Watercolor, ink, printmaking, then finished in Photoshop
I AM THE STORM
Kristen & Kevin Howdeshell
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Imprint: Rise x Penguin Workshop
Art Director/ Designer: Maria Elias
Editor: Cecily Kaiser
Author: Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple
Medium: Mix media
Little Dandelion Seeds the World
Kristen & Kevin Howdeshell
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Authors: Julia Richardson
Send a Girl: The True Story of How Women Joined the FDNY
Meg Hunt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Art Director/ Designer: Donna Mark/ Danielle Ceccolini
Editor: Mary Kate Castellani
Author: Jessica M. Rinker
Medium:India ink and black and gray acrylics with digital colors
The Gravity Tree: The True Story of a Tree that Inspired the World
Yas Imamura
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper
Art Director/ Designer: Rachel Zegar
Editor: Alyson Day
Author: Anna Crowley Redding
Medium: Gouache, watercolor
Lincoln Clears a Path: Abraham Lincoln’s Agricultural Legacy
Stacy Innerst
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Imprint: Calkins Creek
Art Director/ Designer: Barbara Grzeslo
Editor: Carolyn Yoder
Author: Peggy Thomas
Medium: The illustrations were done in gouache, acrylic, and ink and finished digitally.
Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales
Julia Iredale
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper
Art Director/ Designer: Amy Ryan
Editor: Antonia Markiet
Author: Soman Chainani
Medium: Cover art was created digitally; Interior art was created with pen, watercolour and digital.
Nathan’s Song
Maya Ish-Shalom
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Dial Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Jason Henry
Editor: Lauri Hornik
Author: Leda Schubert
Medium: Artwork created Digitally.
The Pig War: How a Porcine Tragedy Taught England and America to Share
Alison Jay
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Imprint: Calkins Creek
Art Director/ Designer: Barbara Grzeslo
Editor: Carolyn Yoder
Author: Emma Bland Smith
Medium: The illustrations are done with Alkyd paint on paper with a crackle glaze varnish.
Fourteen Monkeys
Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Beach Lane Books
Art Director/ Designer: Irene Metaxatos
Editor: Andrea Welch
Author: Melissa Stewart
Medium: Cut- and torn-paper collage
The Shark Book
Steve Jenkins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers formerly Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Imprint: Clarion
Art Director/ Designer: Natalie Fondriest
Editor: Margaret Raymo
Author: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Medium: Torn- and cut-paper collage
A House for Every Bird
Kaylani Juanita
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Knopf
Art Director/ Designer: Nicole de las Heras/ Nicole Gastonguay
Editor: Kelly Delaney
Author: Megan Maynor
Medium: Digital using mixed media
Not Yeti
Claire Keane
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Kate Renner
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Author: Kelly DiPucchio
Medium: The art for this book was created using Photoshop.
Counting Creatures
Sharon King-Chai
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Dial Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Jo Spooner/ Chris Inns
Editor: Suzanne Carnell
Author: Julia Donaldson
Medium: Potato stamps, blackberries, sticks, leaves, paint, ink, crayons, pastel, photoshop
Outside of US Publisher: Suzanne Carnell
Imprint: Two Hoots
Pax, Journey Home
Jon Klassen
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Balzer + Bray
Art Director/ Designer: Dana Fritts
Editor: Donna Bray
Author: Sara Pennypacker
Medium: Digital
The Rock from the Sky
Jon Klassen
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Designer: Ann Stott
Editor: Liz Bicknell and Ainslie Campbell
Author: Jon Klassen
Medium: Illustrations created digitally and in watercolor.
Atticus Catticus
Kara Kramer
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Designer: Ann Stott
Editor: Andrea Tompa
Author: Sarah Maizes
Medium: Illustrations created digitally
Make Meatballs Sing: The Life & Art of Corita Kent
Kara Kramer
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Art Director/ Designer: Claudia Zoe Bedrick / Eugenia Mello
Editor: Claudia Zoe Bedrick
Author: Matthew Burgess
Medium: Mixed media & digital collage
Bigger Than a Bumblebee
Joseph Kuefler
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Balzer + Bray
Art Director/ Designer: Dana Fritts
Editor: Alessandra Balzer
Author: Joseph Kuefler
Medium: Digital with scanned textures
Einstein: The Fantastic Journey of a Mouse Through Space and Time
Torben Kuhlmann
Publisher: NorthSouth Books
Art Director/ Designer: Torben Kuhlmann
Editor: Elena Rittinghausen
Author: Torben Kuhlmann
Medium: Watercolor
Published in Switzerland by NordSüd Verlag
Wildlife on Paper: Animals at Risk Around the Globe
Kunal Kundu
Publisher: West Margin Press
Art Director/ Designer: Rachel Lopez Metzger
Editor: Clarissa Wong
Author: Kunal Kundu
Medium: Crumpled paper art with digital backgrounds
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
Julia Kuo
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Veronique Lefevre Sweet
Editor: Alvina Ling
Author: Grace Lin, Martha Brockenbrough
Medium: The illustrations for this book were done digitally in Adobe Photoshop.
I Dream of Popo
Julia Kuo
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Imprint: Roaring Brook Press
Art Director/ Designer: Jen Keenan
Editor: Connie Hsu
Author: Livia Blackburne
Medium: Digital
Gemma and the Giant Girl
Marie Lafrance
Publisher: Tundra Books
Art Director/ Designer: John Martz
Editor: Tara Walker
Author: Sara O’Leary
Medium: Graphite pencil, Photoshop
The Lost Package
Jessica Lanan
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Imprint: Roaring Brook Press
Art Director/ Designer: Mercedes Padro
Editor: Emily Feinberg
Author: Richard Ho
Medium: Watercolor
Ten Beautiful Things
Maribel Lechuga
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Art Director/ Designer: Jacki Cote
Editor: Yolanda Scott
Author: Molly Beth Griffin
Medium: Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint, with added watercolor textures made in traditional mediums
What’s in Your Pocket? Collecting Nature’s Treasures
Maribel Lechuga
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Art Director/ Designer: Jon Simeon
Editor: Alyssa Mito Pusey
Author: Heather L. Montgomery
Medium: Digital media
Over the Shop
Qin Leng
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Designer: Maryellen Hanley
Editor: Katie Cunningham and Alex Robertson
Author: JonArno Lawson
Medium: Ink and watercolor
Meet Me by the Sea
Taltal Levi
Publisher: NorthSouth Books
Art Director/ Designer: Fabienne Heeb
Editor: Elena Rittinghausen/ Beth Terrill
Author: Taltal Levi
Medium: Colored pencils
Published outside of US by NordSüd Verlag
Lizzie Demands a Seat! Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights
E. B. Lewis
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Imprint: Calkins Creek
Art Director/ Designer: Barbara Grzeslo
Editor: Carolyn Yoder
Author: Beth Anderson
Medium: The illustrations are done in watercolor on hot-press paper.
Road Trip! A Whiskers Hollow Adventure
Steve Light
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Editor: Maryellen Hanley
Editor: Joan Powers
Author: Steve Light
Medium: Pen and ink and watercolor.
Wildflowers
Liniers
Publisher: TOON Books
Art Director/ Designer: Françoise Mouly
Editor: Françoise Mouly
Author: Liniers
Medium: India Ink and Watercolor
Change Sings
Loren Long
Publisher: Penguin Books Viking
Art Director/ Designer: Jim Hoover
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Author: Amanda Gorman
Medium: Illustration board, acrylics, colored pencil
I’ll Meet You in Your Dreams
Rafael Lopez
Publisher: Hachette Book Group Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Saho Fujii
Editor: Andrea Spooner
Author: Jessica Young
Medium: The illustrations for this book were done in watercolor, gouache, acrylic, pencil, ink, and digital media.
May Your Life Be Deliciosa
Loris Lora
Publisher: Cameron + Company Cameron Kids
Art Director/ Designer: Melissa Nelson Greenberg
Editor: Amy Novesky
Author: Michael Genhart
Medium: Digital with gouache characteristics
Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet
Miren Asiain Lora
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Imprint: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Holly Hoover
Editor: Kathleen MerzJoyce Sidman
Medium: Watercolor and acrylic
Published outside of US by Ediciones SM
Odd Beasts
Gareth Lucas
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Appleseed
Art Director/ Designer: Hana Anouk Nakamura
Editor: Meredith Mundy
Author: Laura Gehl
Medium: Digital
The True West Real Stories About Black Cowboys, Women Sharpshooters, Native American Rodeo Stars, Pioneers
Wiliam Luong
Publisher: Bushel & Peck Books
Art Director/ Designer: David Miles
Editor: David Miles
Author: Mifflin Lowe
Medium: Digital painting
Something Good
Corinna Luyken
Publisher: Hachette Book Group Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Saho Fujii
Editor: Andrea Spooner
Author: Marcy Campbell
Medium: The illustrations for this book were done in gouache, color pencil, and ink on paper.
The Tree In Me
Corinna Luyken
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Dial Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Lily Malcom
Editor: Lauri Hornik
Author: Corinna Luyken
Medium: The artwork is rendered in gouache, ink, and graphite.
Pangolina
Daishu Ma
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Imprint: mineditionUS
Art Director/ Designer: Maria Russo
Author: Jane Goodall
Medium: Oil Pastel, Pencil and Photoshop
The Secret Fawn
Elly Mackay
Publisher: Tundra Books
Art Director/ Designer: John Martz
Editor: Elizabeth Kribs
Author: Kallie George
Medium: Ink, paper, light
Chirp! Chipmunk Sings for a Friend
Scott Magoon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Paula Wiseman Books
Art Director/ Designer: Chloe Foglia
Editor: Sylvie Frank
Author: Jamie A. Swenson
Medium: Rendered digitally
Does Earth Feel?
Marc Majewski
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Katherine Tegen Books
Art Director/ Designer: Chelsea C. Donaldson
Editor: Mabel Hsu
Author: Marc Majewski
Medium: Acrylic paints on canvas
Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge
Keith Mallett
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Imprint: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Aram Kim
Editor: Grace Kendall
Author: Ray Anthony Shepard
Medium: Digital
Téo’s Tutu
Alea Marley
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Dial Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Cerise Steel
Editor: Ellen Cormier
Author: Maryann Jacob Macias
Medium: The artwork in this book was created digitally.
Tomatoes for Neela
Juana Martinez-Neal
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Kate Renner
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Author: Padma Lakshmi
Medium: The art for this picture book was created using acrylic paints and colored pencils on hand-textured paper.
Zonia’s Rain Forest
Juana Martinez-Neal
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Designer: Ann Stott
Editor: Mary Lee Donovan
Author: Juana Martinez-Neal
Medium: Acrylic, colored pencil, pastel, ink, and linocuts and woodcuts on handmade banana bark paper.
G My Name Is Girl: A song of celebration from Argentina to Zambia
Dawn Masi
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Nicole de las Heras/ Nicole Gastonguay
Editor: Frances Gilbert
Author: Dawn Masi
Medium: Digital
Bird Boy
Shahrzad Maydani
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Elizabeth Tardiff
Editor: Karen Smith
Author: Matthew Burgess
Medium: Watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil
Jazz for Lunch!
Eugenia Mello
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Imprint: Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Greg Stadnyk
Editor: Caitlyn Dlouhy
Author: Jarrett Dapier
Medium: Digital
Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers
Juliet Menéndez
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Art Director/ Designer: Liz Dresner
Editor: Laura Godwin
Author: Juliet Menéndez
Medium: Hand-painted with Old Holland watercolors on Aquarelle Arches paper and then edited digitally with Photoshop to add the
Balloons for Papa: A Story of Hope and Empathy
Erika Meza
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper
Art Director/ Designer: Alli Brydon/ Kathryn Davies/ Chelsea C. Donaldson
Editor: Alli Brydon/ Luana Kay Horry
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia
Medium: Ink, gouaches and watercolor pencils
Tiny Kitty, Big City
Tim Miller
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Balzer + Bray
Art Director/ Designer: Dana Fritts
Editor: Donna Bray
Author: Tim Miller
Medium: Acrylic Gouache
Shy Willow
Cat Min
Publisher: Levine Querido
Art Director/ Designer: Joy Chu
Editor: Arthur A. Levine
Author: Cat Min
Medium: Watercolor and colored pencils on paper, Adobe Photoshop and Procreate
GOODNIGHT GANESHA
Poonam Mistry
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Imprint: Philomel Books
Art Director/ Designer: Ellice Lee
Editor: Liza Kaplan
Author: Nadia Salomon
Medium: The art was done in ink on paper and completed digitally.
Hope At Sea: An Adventure Story
Daniel Miyares
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Anne Schwartz Books
Art Director/ Designer: Nicole de las Heras
Editor: Anne Schwartz
Author: Daniel Miyares
Medium: Pen and ink with watercolor
Everybody in the Red Brick Building
Oge Mora
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Balzer + Bray
Art Director/ Designer: Dana Fritts
Editor: Donna Bray
Author: Anne Wynter
Medium: Acrylic paint, gouache, china markers, patterned paper, pastels, and old book clippings
Bright Star
Yuyi Morales
Publisher: Holiday House
Imprint: Neal Porter Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jennifer Browne
Editor: Neal Porter
Author: Yuyi Morales
Medium: Acrylic paint on paper, photographed textures, digital painting, as well as weaving and embroidery
Girl On A Motorcycle
Julie Morstad
Publisher: Penguin
Imprint: Viking
Art Director/ Designer: Nancy Brennan
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Author: Amy Novesky
Medium: Pencil, ink, digital
Time is a Flower
Julie Morstad
Publisher: Tundra Books
Art Director/ Designer: John Martz and Julie Morstad
Editor: Tara Walker
Author: Julie Morstad
Medium: Pencil, marker, colored inks, pastels, digital assembly
Faraway Things
Kelly Murphy
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: David Caplan
Editor: Andrea Spooner
Author: Dave Eggers
Medium: The illustrations for this book were created with acrylic ink, gel medium, pencil, and watercolor on paper.
A Home Under the Stars
Andy Chou Musser
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Imprint: Little Bigfoot
Art Director/ Designer: Anna Goldstein
Editor: Christy Cox & Ben Clanton
Author: Andy Chou Musser
Medium: Gouache and color pencils on watercolor paper, assembled digitally.
My Tree
Il Sung Na
Publisher: Holiday House
Imprint: Neal Porter Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jennifer Browne
Editor: Neal Porter
Author: Hope Lim
Medium: Digital
Mona Lisa in New York
Yevgenia Nayberg
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Art Director/ Designer: Yevgenia Nayberg
Editor: Doris Kutschbach
Author: Yevgenia Nayberg
Out Of Nowhere
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Tom Daly
Editor: Kendra Levin
Author: Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
Medium: Charcoal and colored pencils
Over and Under the Canyon
Christopher Silas Neal
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Riza Cruz and Amelia Mack
Editor: Melissa Manlove
Author: Kate Messner
Medium: Mixed media
Wishes
Victo Ngai
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Imprint: Orchard Books
Art Director/ Designer: Patti Ann Harris / Doan Buu
Editor: Celia Lee
Author: Muon Thi Van
Medium: Mixed media, pen and ink, photoshop
My First Day
Phung Kim Lien Nguyen Quang Huynh
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Imprint: Make Me a World
Art Director/ Designer: Martha Rago/ Martha Rago
Editor: Michelle Frey
Author: Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Kim Lien
Medium: Adobe Photoshop
Dogs at Work
Zachariah OHora
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Balzer + Bray
Art Director/ Designer: Dana Fritts
Editor: Alessandra Balzer
Author: Margaret Cardillo
Medium: Acrylic Paint on BFK RIVES printmaking paper
Three Ways to Be Brave
Jeff Östberg
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Imprint: Rise x Penguin Workshop
Art Director/ Designer: Maria Elias
Editor: Cecily Kaiser
Author: Karla Clark
Medium: Digital illustration
A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation
Charly Palmer
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Imprint: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Holly Hoover
Editor: Kathleen Merz
Author: Lindsey McDivitt
Medium: Acrylic paint
The Teachers March! How Selma’s Teachers Changed History
Charly Palmer
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Imprint: Calkins Creek
Art Director/ Designer: Barbara Grzeslo
Editor: Carolyn Yoder
Author: Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace
Medium: The artwork is acrylic on board.
Treasure in the Lake
Jason Pamment
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperAlley
Art Director/ Designer: Joe Merkel
Editor: Andrew Arnold
Author: Jason Pamment
Medium: Pencil, Ink, and digital
The Greatest Thing: A Story About Buck O’Neil
Christian Paniagua
Publisher: The Little Fig
Imprint: The Little Fig
Art Director/ Designer: Christian Paniagua
Editor: Sherry J. Bushue
Author: Kristy Nerstheimer
Medium: Digital Illustration on Procreate
The Wordy Book
Julie Paschkis
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Art Director/ Designer: Claudia Zoe Bedrick / Julie Paschkis
Editor: Claudia Zoe Bedrick
Author: Julie Paschkis
Medium: Windsor and Newton Gouache and Koh-I-Noor Ink on Arches Watercolor paper, gouache
Outside, Inside
LeUyen Pham
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Imprint: Roaring Brook Press
Art Director/ Designer: Sharismar Rodriguez
Editor: Connie Hsu
Author: LeUyen Pham
Medium: Digital
Hello, Tree: A story about regrowth.
Dow Phumiruk
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Sasha Illingworth
Editor: Alvina Ling
Author: Ana Crespo
Medium: The illustrations for this book were created with Photoshop and include scanned watercolor and pencil textures.
The Welcome Chair
Jerry Pinkney
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Paula Wiseman Books
Art Director/ Designer: Laurent Linn
Editor: Paula Wiseman
Author: Rosemary Wells
Medium: Rendered in watercolor, Prismacolor pencil, and pastel
The Fox and the Forest Fire
Danny Popovici
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Lydia Ortiz
Editor: Ariel Richardson
Author: Danny Popovici
Medium: Gouache, watercolor, and colored pencil
Ship in a Bottle
Andrew Prahin
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC
Imprint: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Art Director/ Designer: Marikka Tamura
Editor: Stephanie Pitts
Author: Andrew Prahin
Medium: Pencil on paper, digital line and color (Adobe Photoshop)
The Old Boat
Jarrett Pumphrey, Jerome Pumphrey
Publisher: WW Norton
Imprint: Norton Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Aram Kim
Editor: Simon Boughton
Author: Jarrett Pumphrey, Jerome Pumphrey (illustrated by both)
Medium: A mix of traditional printmaking with handmade stamps and digital compositing & manipulation.
The Poet of Piney Woods
Bob Raczka
Publisher: Cameron + Company
Imprint: Cameron Kids
Art Director/ Designer: Melissa Nelson Greenberg
Editor: Amy Novesky
Author: Bob Raczka
Medium: Digital
¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge
Elaine Raúl the Third Bay
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers formerly Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Imprint: Clarion
Art Director/ Designer: Mary Claire Cruz
Editor: Margaret Raymo
Author: Raúl the Third
Medium: Ink, Bristol, Adobe Photoshop
Stuntboy, in the Meantime
Elaine Raúl the Third Bay
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Imprint: Caitlyn Dlouhy/Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Debra Sfetsios-Conover
Editor: Caitlyn Dlouhy
Author: Jason Reynolds
Medium: Digital
The Speckled Feather
Johanna Ries
Publisher: NorthSouth Books
Art Director/ Designer: Fabienne Heeb
Editor: Elena Rittinghausen/Beth Terrill
Author: Johanna Ries
Medium: Gouache
Published outside of US by NordSüd Verlag
Aaron Slater, Illustrator
David Roberts
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Heather Kelly
Editor: Erica Finkel
Author: Andrea Beaty
Medium: Watercolors, pen, and ink on Arches paper
Song for Jimi: The Story of Guitar Legend Jimi Hendrix
Edel Rodriguez
Publisher: Holiday House
Imprint: Neal Porter Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jennifer Browne
Editor: Neal Porter
Author: Charles R. Smith
Medium: Oil-based woodblock ink on paper, combined with digital media
Little Doves | Pequeñas Tórtolas: A bilingual celebration of birds and a baby
Susan L Roth
Publisher: Barranca Press
Art Director/ Designer: Lisa Noudehou
Editor: Lisa Noudehou
Author: Susan L. Roth
Medium: Collage
The Adventures of Team Pom: SQUID HAPPENS
Isabel Roxas
Publisher: Nobrow
Imprint: Flying Eye
Art Director/ Designer: Ivanna Khomyak
Editor: Niamh Jones, Sam Arthur
Author: Isabel Roxas
Medium: Colored pencil on Bristol and digitally colored in Photoshop
This Very Tree
Sean Rubin
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Art Director/ Designer: Jen Keenan
Editor: Christian Trimmer, Brian Geffen
Author: Sean Rubin
Medium: HB graphite pencil and five kinds of erasers on Strathmore 400 bristol board, then scanned and painted on Adobe Photoshop.
The One Thing You’d Save
Sae-Heng
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers formerly Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Imprint: Clarion Robert
Art Director/ Designer: Celeste Knudsen
Editor: Dinah Stevenson
Author: Linda Sue Park
Medium: Pencil and ink wash, digitally edited
Be a Tree!
Felicita Sala
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Jade Rector
Editor: Emma Ledbetter
Author: Maria Gianferrari
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, colored pencils
Blancaflor, The Hero with Secret Powers: A Folktale from Latin America
Sergio García Sánchez
Publisher: TOON Books
Art Director/ Designer: Françoise Mouly
Editor: Françoise Mouly
Author: Nadja Spiegelman
Medium: Digital Art
Bubbles…Up!
Sonia Sánchez
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Katherine Tegen Books
Art Director/ Designer: Rachel Zegar
Editor: Maria Barbo
Author: Jacqueline Davies
Medium: Art media, crayons, pencils
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla
Júlia Sardà
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Viking
Art Director/ Designer: Opal Roengchai
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Author: Azadeh Westergaard
Medium: Digital
Animal Architects
Chris Sasaki
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Beach Lane Books
Art Director/ Designer: Lauren Rille
Editor: Andrea Welch
Author: Amy Cherrix
Medium: Rendered digitally
Arlo Draws an Octopus
Rob Sayegh Jr.
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Hana Anouk Nakamura
Editor: Meredith Mundy
Author: Lori Mortenson
Medium: Digital
Love Tails
Rob Sayegh Jr.
Publisher: Cameron + Company
Imprint: Cameron Kids
Art Director/ Designer: Melissa Nelson Greenberg
Editor: Amy Novesky
Author: Rob Sayegh Jr.
Medium: Digital illustration, collage
The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe
Aimée Sicuro
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Heather Kelly
Editor: Maggie Lehrman
Author: Sandra Nickel
Medium: Watercolor, ink, and charcoal pencil
The Duck Who Didn’t Like Water
Steve Small
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Paula Wiseman Books
Art Director/ Designer: Tom Daly
Editor: Paula Wiseman
Author: Steve Small
Medium: Rendered digitally
Abe Lincoln’s Hat
Brooke Smart
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Imprint: Random House BFYR
Art Director/ Designer: Sarah Hokanson
Editor: Heidi Kilgras
Author: Martha Brenner
Medium: Watercolor and gouche
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars
Brooke Smart
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Heather Kelly
Editor: Meredith Mundy
Author: Laurie Wallmark
Medium: Watercolor, gouache by hand; assembled digitally
Cat Problems
Lane Smith
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Random House Studio
Art Director/ Designer: Molly Leach
Editor: Maria Modugno
Author: Jory John
Medium: Oil paint mixed with cold wax and digitally in Procreate.
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
Nikkolas Smith
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Imprint: Kokila
Art Director/ Designer: Jasmin Rubero
Editor: Namrata Tripathi
Author: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Medium: The illustrations were painted in Adobe Photoshop with various textured brushes such as dry brush, and charcoal.
Blue Floats Away
Grant Snider
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Pam Notarantonio
Editor: Courtney Code
Author: Travis Jonker
Medium: Cut paper, colored pencil, white ink
The Impossible Mountain
David Soman
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Saho Fujii
Editor: Susan Rich
Author: David Soman
Medium: The illustrations for this book were done in watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil on both Fabiano 140lb hot-pressed
Where Three Oceans Meet
Archana Sreenivasan
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Heather Kelly
Editor: Courtney Code
Author: Rajani LaRocca
Medium: Digital
Fearless World Traveler: Adventures of Marianne North, Botanical Artist
Becca Stadtlander
Publisher: Holiday House
Art Director/ Designer: Kerry Martin
Editor: Mary Cash
Author: Laurie Lawlor
Medium: Watercolor paper with black ink, watercolors, and colored pencil.
Dear Treefrog
Diana Sudyka
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers formerly Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Imprint: Clarion
Art Director/ Designer: Whitney Leader-Picone/ Kaitlin Yang
Editor: Ann Rider
Author: Joyce Sidman
Medium: Gouache watercolor on paper
Unbound: The Life + Art of Judith Scott
Melissa Sweet
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Nicole de las Heras
Editor: Erin Clarke
Author: Joyce Scott with Brie Spangler and Melissa Sweet
Medium: Watercolor, colored pencil, mixed media, found objects, wood, yarn, thread, and twine.
Dandelion’s Dream
Yoko Tanaka
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Designer: Jackie Shepherd
Editor: Liz Bicknell
Author: Yoko Tanaka
Medium: Illustrations done in charcoal and colored digitally.
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Matt Tavares
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Designer: Maryellen Hanley
Editor: Katie Cunningham and Alex Robertson
Author: Jeff Gottesfeld
Medium: Illustrations done in pencil and painted digitally.
Cat Dog
Mark Teague
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Beach Lane Books
Art Director/ Designer: Sonia Chaghatzbanian
Editor: Allyn Johnston
Author: Mem Fox
Medium: Acrylics
We Are a Garden: A Story of How Diversity Took Root in America
Victoria Tentler-Krylov
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Imprint: Schwartz & Wade Books
Art Director/ Designer: Rachael Cole
Editor: Anne Schwartz
Author: Lisa Westberg Peters
Medium: Rendered in watercolor and finished digitally in Adobe Photoshop
It Fell From the Sky
The Fan Brothers (Terry & Eric Fan)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Lizzy Bromley
Editor: Justin Chanda
Author: Eric Fan & Terry Fan
Medium: Graphite and digitally colored
Dad: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Dani Torrent
Publisher: Bushel & Peck Books
Art Director/ Designer: David Miles
Editor: David Miles
Author: Mifflin Lowe
Medium: Gouache with colored pencil
Hello, Rain
Chris Turnham
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Sara Gillingham
Editor: Victoria Rock
Author: Kyo Maclear
Medium: Digital
Areli is a Dreamer: A True Story
Luisa Uribe
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Imprint: Random House Studio
Art Director/ Designer: Rachael Cole
Editor: Lee Wade
Author: Areli Morales, a DACA recipient
Medium: Adobe Photoshop
Niños Poems for the Lost Children of Chile
María Elena Valdez
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Imprint: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Holly Hoover
Editor: Kathleen Merz
Author: María José Ferrada
Medium: Watercolor, graphite, pastel, charcoal, and colored pencils
Published outside of US by Alboroto Ediciones
The King’s Golden Beard
Klaas Verplancke
Publishing: Astra Publishing House
Imprint: MineditionUS
Art Director/ Designer: Michael Neugebauerlancke
Editor: Maria Russo
Author: Klaas Verplancke
Medium: India ink on vellum and digital
True Colors
Goncalo Viana
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Art Director/ Designer: Rui Silva
Editor: Carla Oliveira / Stephanie Holstein
Author: Goncalo Viana
Medium: Digital
Little Witch Hazel
Phoebe Wahl
Publisher: Tundra Books
Art Director/ Designer: Andrew Roberts
Editor: Samantha Swenson
Author: Phoebe Wahl
Medium: Digital
Matilda
Sarah Walsh
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Viking
Art Director/ Designer: Lindsey Andrews and Debra Kaplan
Editor: Eileen Kreit
Author: Roald Dahl
Medium: Acrylic gouache, colored pencil, procreate and photoshop
Inside Cat
Brendan Wenzel
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jennifer Tolo Pierce
Editor: Ginee Seo
Author: Brendan Wenzel
Medium: Mixed media – cut paper, colored pencil, oil pastels, marker, and the computer
We Became Jaguars
Woodrow White
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Art Director/ Designer: Jennifer Tolo Pierce
Editor: Taylor Norman
Author: Dave Eggers
Medium: Gouache, acrylic, and digital
The People Remember
Loveis Wise
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Balzer + Bray
Art Director/ Designer: Dana Fritts
Editor: Alessandra Balzer
Author: Ibi Zoboi
Medium: Photoshop
Sunny-Side Up
Fiona Woodcock
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Greenwillow Books
Art Director/ Designer: Paul Zakris
Editor: Virginia Duncan
Author: Jacky Davis
Medium: Hand cut rubber stamps, stencils, BLO pens, watercolors, and additional pencil line work, all composited digitally.
Grandad’s Camper
Harry Woodgate
Publisher: Little Bee Books
Art Director/ Designer: Rob Wall/Natalie Padberg Bartoo
Editor: Brett DuQuette
Author: Harry Woodgate
Medium: Digital and Mixed Media
A Boy Named Isamu
James Yang
Publisher: Penguin Books
Imprint: Viking
Art Director/ Designer: Jim Hoover
Editor: Tracy Gates
Author: James Yang
Medium: Digital
The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Eugene Yelchinc
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Art Director/ Designer: Amy Berniker
Editor: Liz Bicknell and Ainslie Campbell
Author: Eugene Yelchin
Medium: Graphite
City of Secrets
Victoria Ying
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Kate Renner
Editor: Aneeka Kalia
Author: Victoria Ying
Medium: The art for this book was created with Comic Draw App, Procreate, and Photoshop.
Grandpa Across the Ocean
Hyewon Yum
Publisher: ABRAMS
Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Art Director/ Designer: Hana Anouk Nakamura
Editor: Emma Ledbetter
Author: Hyewon Yum
Medium: Colored pencils
Lala’s Words
Gracey Zhang
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Imprint: Orchard Books
Art Director/ Designer: Patti Ann Harris / designer Doan Buu Kait Feldmann
Author: Gracey Zhang
Medium: Ink and gouache
The Big Bath House
Gracey Zhang
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Imprint: Random House Studio
Art Director/ Designer: Rachael Cole
Editor: Ann Kelley
Author: Kyo Maclear
Medium: Rendered in ink, gouache, and watercolor paints
The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor: A Life
Ping Zhu
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Art Director/ Designer: Claudia Zoe Bedrick / Jonathan Yamakami
Editor: Claudia Zoe Bedrick
Author: Amy Alznauer
Medium: Gouache