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Coretta Scott King Award-winning Books
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Committee of the American Library Association's Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table. The award (or awards) is given to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contributions. The award is designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.
Coretta Scott King Award and Honor book winners are listed for the last eight
years followed by the Award winners from the first year they were awarded
through the year 2000. The list of
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
and Honor books follows the list of the Author Award. The Coretta Scott King Author Award 2008 Winner - Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis 2008 Honor Book: 2007 Winner - Copper Sun by Sharon Draper 2007 Honor Book: 2006 Winner - Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester 2006 Honor Books: 2005 Winner - Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison 2005 Honor Books: 2004 Winner - The First Part Last by Angela Johnson 2004 Honor Book: 2003 Winner - Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes 2003 Honor Books: 2002 Winner - The Land by Mildred Taylor 2002 Honor Books: 2001 Winner - Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson 2001 Honor Book: 2000 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999 Heaven by Angela Johnson 1998 Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper 1997 Slam! by Walter Dean Myers 1996 Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton 1995 Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. and Frederick McKissack 1994 Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson 1993 The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia C. McKissack 1992 Now is Your Time! The African American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers 1991 The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor 1990 A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter by Patricia C. and Frederick McKissack 1989 Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers 1988 The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor 1987 Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter 1986 The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton 1985 Motown and Didi: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers 1984 Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton 1983 Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton 1982 Let the Circle be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor 1981 This Life by Sidney Poitier 1980 The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers 1979 Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass by Ossie Davis 1978 Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield 1977 The Story of Stevie Wonder by James Haskins 1976 Duey's Tale by Pearl Bailey 1975 The Legend of Africania by Dorothy Robinson 1974 Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis 1973 I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson by Jackie Robison as told to Alfred Duckett 1972 Seventeen Black Artists by Elton C. Fax 1971 Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes by Charlemae Rollins 1970 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace by Lillie Patterson
The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
2008 Winner -
Let it Shine by
Ashley Bryan 2008 Honor Books: 2007 Winner - Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Kadir Nelson 2007 Honor Books: 2006 Winner - Rosa by Nikki Giovanni; illustrated by Bryan Collier2006 Honor Books: 2005 Winner - Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange; illustrated by Kadir Nelson 2005 Honor Books: 2003 Winner - Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes; illustrated by E.B. Lewis 2003 Honor Books: 2002 Winner - Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2002 Honor Book: 2001 Winner - Uptown by Bryan Collier 2001 Honor Books: 2000 In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson; illustrated by Brian Pinkney 1999 i see the rhythm by Toyomi Igus; illustrated by Michele Wood 1998 In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers by Alan Schroeder; illustrated by Javaka Steptoe 1997 Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1996 The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo by Tom Feelings 1995 The Creation by James Weldon Johnson; illustrated by James Ransome 1994 Soul Look Back in Wonder: Collection of African-American Poets edited by Phyllis Fogelman; illustrated by Tom Feelings 1993 The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth by David A. Anderson; illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson 1992 Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold 1991 Aida by Leontyne Price; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon 1990 Nathaniel Talking by Eloise Greenfield; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist 1989 Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1988 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe 1987 Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1986 The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flourney; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1985 No award given 1984 My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter; illustrated by Pat Cummings 1983 Black Child by Peter Magubane 1982 Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal by Rosa Guy; illustrated by John Steptoe 1981 Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum by Ashley Bryan 1980 Cornrows by Camille Yarborough; illustrated by Carole Byard 1979 Something on My Mind by Nikki Grimes; illustrated by Tom Feelings Updated: August 28, 2008. |
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