The Society of Illustrators Original Art Show Accepts 30 of Penguin Young Reader's Entries
Penguin Young Readers has 30 accepted entries into the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show 2025, and this year, Angie Kang won the Dilys Evans Founder’s Award for OUR LAKE!
Founded in 1980, The Original Art is an annual juried exhibit created to showcase the original artwork in the year’s best children’s books published in the U.S. This year’s art selections will be on display at the Society of Illustrators in New York City from October 25, 2025-January 24, 2026.
Featured books and award winners will be recognized during the ceremony will be held on November 14, 2025, at The Society, 128 E 63rd St, New York, NY 10065.
Check out the full list of Penguin Young Readers’ accepted entries below!
DIAL
Illustrator: Dan Santat
Title: DON’T TRUST FISH
Author: Neil Sharpson
Editor: Kate Harrison
Art Director: Jennifer Kelly
Medium: Graphite, watercolor, Photoshop
FLAMINGO BOOKS
Illustrator: Justin Worsley
Title: HENRY IS AN ARTIST
Author: Justin Worsley
Editor: Cheryl Eissing
Art Director: Sophie Erb
Medium: Gouache, pencil crayon, hand-painted elements scanned
Illustrator: Thai My Phuong
Title: SPARKLES FOR SUNNY
Author: Sylvia Chen
Editor: Claire Tattersfield
Art Director: Sophie Erb
Medium: Digital
KOKILA
Illustrator: Angie Kang
Title: OUR LAKE
Author: Angie Kang
Editor: Namrata Tripathi
Art Director: Jasmin Rubero
Medium: Gouache on watercolor, crayon, colored pencil, digital
Illustrator: Nikkolas Smith
Title: THE HISTORY OF WE
Author: Nikkolas Smith
Editor: Namrata Tripathi
Art Director: Jasmin Rubero
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Illustrator: Shahrzad Maydani
Title: LEILA AND THE VOICE
Author: Shahrzad Maydani
Editor: Sydnee Monday
Art Director: Jasmin Rubero
Medium: Scratchboard, crayon, chalk, pastel, watercolor
Illustrator: Tonya Engel
Title: DANCING WITH WATER
Author: Gwendolyn Wallace
Editor: Sydnee Monday
Art Director: Jasmin Rubero
Medium: Acrylic, oil glazes on Bristol Vellum paper
Illustrator: Zeke Peña
Title: SUNDUST
Author: Zeke Peña
Editor: Namrata Tripathi
Art Director: Jasmin Rubero
Medium: Graphite, colored pencil on watercolor paper, digital
NANCY PAULSEN BOOKS
Illustrator: Micha Archer
Title: WIND WATCHERS
Author: Micha Archer
Editor: Nancy Paulsen
Art Director: Cecilia Yung, Eileen Savage, Nicole Rheingans
Medium: Acrylic ink, collage
Illustrator: Nancy Carpenter
Title: Wish in a Tree
Author: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Editor: Nancy Paulsen
Art Director: Marikka Tamura, Cecilia Yung, Cindy De la Cruz
Medium: Watercolor, graphite, finger paint, crayon, chalk, collage
Illustrator: Brizida Magro
Title: THE HOLE
Author: Lindsay Bonilla
Editor: Nancy Paulsen
Art Director: Cecilia Yung, Marikka Tamura, Eileen Savage
Medium: Watercolor, colored pencil, collage, digital
Illustrator: Carlos Aponte
Title: PRECIOUS
Author: Carlos Aponte
Editor: Nancy Paulsen
Art Director: Marikka Tamura, Kathryn Li
Medium: Photoshop
Illustrator: James Ransome
Title: A PLACE FOR US
Author: James Ransome
Editor: Nancy Paulsen
Art Director: Cecilia Yung / Nicole Rheingans
Medium: Watercolor, colored pencil, graphite
PHILOMEL
Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers
Title: THE DAY THE CRAYONS MADE FRIENDS
Author: Drew Daywalt
Editor: Jill Santopolo
Art Director: Rory Jeffers, Ellice Lee
Medium: Crayon, photographs, gouache
PUTNAM BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
Illustrator: Deborah Marcero
Title: HOPE IN A JAR
Author: Deborah Marcero
Editor: Stephanie Pitts
Art Director: Cecilia Yung, Lily Malcom, Eileen Savage
Medium: Watercolor, graphite colored pencil, ink, digital
Illustrator: John Rocco
Title: HELLO, I’M A TOUCAN
Author: Hayley Rocco
Editor: Stephanie Pitts
Art Director: Cecilia Yung, Lily Malcom, Nicole Rheingans
Medium: Graphite, watercolor, digitally colored
Illustrator: Loren Long
Title: HOME
Author: Matt de la Peña
Editor: Stephanie Pitts
Art Director: Lily Malcom
Medium: Acrylic paint on archival foamcore
RISE x PENGUIN WORKSHOP
Illustrator: María Coco
Title: A SOUND IN THE NIGHT
Author: María Coco
Editor: Nicole Fox
Art Director: Rae Peckman
Medium: Black colored pencils, black grease pencil, Pantone color
ROCKY POND BOOKS
Illustrator: Corinna Luyken
Title: THE ARGUERS
Author: Corinna Luyken
Editor: Lauri Hornik
Art Director: Lily Malcom
Medium: Watercolor, ink, graphite, gouache
Illustrator: Daniel Salmieri, Sophia Haas
Title: NEXT TO ME
Author: Daniel Salmieri, Sophia Haas
Editor: Lauri Hornik
Art Director: Lily Malcom
Medium: Collage, watercolor, acrylic, handmade paints
Illustrator: Luisa Uribe
Title: UNDER ANNA’S UMBRELLA
Author: Amanda Driscoll
Editor: Lauri Hornik
Art Director: Jennifer Kelly
Medium: Photoshop
Illustrator: Susan Reagan
Title: MAGIC IN A DROP OF WATER
Author: Julie Winterbottom
Editor: Lauri Hornik
Art Director: Cerise Steel
Medium: Mixed media
VIKING BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
Illustrator: James Yang
Title: A UNIVERSE BIG AND SMALL
Author: James Yang
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Art Director: Jim Hoover
Medium: Digital
Illustrator: Kenard Pak
Title: FORTS
Author: Katie Venit
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Art Director: Kate Renner
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, digital
Illustrator: Max Naricso
Title: WAR IS OVER!
Author: Brad Booker, Dave Mullins, Sean Ono Lennon
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Art Director: Jim Hoover
Medium: Digital
Illustrator: Sarah Gonzales
Title: ABLAZE
Author: Jessica Lawson
Editor: Meriam Metoui
Art Director: Kate Renner, Lily Qian
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, pastel, digital
Illustrator: Scott Magoon
Title: THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE GNOME’S
Author: Scott Magoon
Editor: Aneeka Kalia
Art Director: Opal Roengchai
Medium: Procreate
Illustrator: Sibu T.P.
Title: HOME, HOME
Author: Sibu T.P.
Editor: Aneeka Kalia
Art Director: Jim Hoover, Lucia Baez
Medium: Acrylic, graphite on illustration board, digital
Illustrator: Yuko Shimizu
Title: IMOGEN
Author: Elizabeth Partridge
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Art Director: Jim Hoover
Medium: Ink on watercolor paper, Photoshop
Illustrator: Zachariah O’Hora
Title: KITTYBUNKPORT
Author: Scott Rothman
Editor: Tamar Brazis
Art Director: Kate Renner, Lily Qian
Medium: Procreate, graphite on paper