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The Coretta Scott King Award Book List

The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table to authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."

Authors | Illustrators

Author Award Winners
2010	Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal	Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishing Group)
2009	We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball	Kadir Nelson (Jump at the Sun) J 796.357 NE
2008	Elijah of Buxton	Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic) J FIC Cur
2007	Copper Sun	Sharon Draper (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) Y FIC Dra
2006	Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue	Julius Lester (Jump at the Sun) Y FIC Les
2005	Remember: the Journey to School Integration	Toni Morrison (Houghton Mifflin)
2004	The First Part Last	Angela Johnson (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Y FIC Joh
2003	Bronx Masquerade	Nikki Grimes (Dial Books for Young Readers) Y FIC Gri
2002	The Land	Mildred Taylor (Phyllis Fogelman Books/Penguin Putnam) Y FIC Tay
2001	Miracle's Boys	Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Sons) Y FIC Woo
2000	Bud, Not Buddy	Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte) Y FIC Cur
1999	Heaven	Angela Johnson (Simon & Schuster) Y FIC Joh
1998	Forged by Fire	Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum) Y FIC Dra
1997	Slam	Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic) Y FIC Mye
1996	Her Stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales	Virginia Hamilton (Scholastic/Blue Sky Press) J 398.208 Ha
1995	Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters	Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack (Scholastic, Inc.) J 975.03 Ma
1994	Toning the Sweep	Angela Johnson (Orchard) Y FIC Joh
1993	Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural	Patricia A. McKissack (Knopf) J SS Mac
1992	Now is Your Time: the African American Struggle for Freedom	Walter Dean Myers (HarperCollins) 973.049 My
1991	The Road to Memphis	Mildred D. Taylor (Dial) Y FIC Tay
1990	A Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter	Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack (Walker) J 331.881 Ma
1989	Fallen Angels	Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic) FIC Mye
1988	The Friendship	Mildred L. Taylor (Dial) J FIC Tay
1987	Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World	Mildred Pitts Walter (Lothrop) J FIC Wal
1986	The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales	Virginia Hamilton; ill. by Leo and Diane Dillon (Knopf) J 398.208 Ha
1985	Motown and Didi	Walter Dean Myers (Viking) Y FIC Mye
1984	Everett Anderson's Good-bye	Lucille Clifton (Holt) E 128.5 CL
1983	Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush	Virginia Hamilton (Philomel) Y FIC Ham
1982	Let the Circle Be Unbroken	Mildred D. Taylor (Dial) Y FIC Tay
1981	This Life	Sidney Poitier (Knopf) 791.43028 P756p
1980	The Young Landlords	Walter Dean Myers (Viking) Y FIC Mye
1979	Escape to Freedom	Ossie Davis (Viking) J 812.54 Da
1978	Africa Dream	Eloise Greenfield; ill. by Carole Bayard (Crowell) E FIC Gre
1977	The Story of Stevie Wonder	James Haskins (Lothrop) J 921 W845h
1976	Duey's Tale	Pearl Bailey (Harcourt)
1975	The Legend of Africania	Dorothy Robinson (Johnson Publishing) E FIC Rob
1974	Ray Charles	Sharon Bell Mathis; ill. by George Ford (Crowell) E 921 C38m
1973	I Never Had It Made: the Autobiography of Jackie Robinson	Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett (Putnam) 796.357092 R563r
1972	17 Black Artists	Elton C. Fax (Dodd) 709.73 Fa
1971	Black Troubador: Langston Hughes	Charlemae Rollins (Rand McNally)
1970	Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace	Lillie Patterson (Garrard)

Illustrator Award Winners
2010	My People	Charles R. Smith Jr; poems by Langston Hughes (ginee seo books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
2009	The Blacker the Berry	Floyd Cooper; poems by Joyce Carol Thomas (Joanna Cotler Books)
2008	Let it Shine	Ashley Bryan (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) J 782.253 LE
2007	Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom	Kadir Nelson; text by Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion Books for Children) J 921 TU
2006	Rosa	Bryan Collier; text by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt) E 921 PA
2005	Ellington Was Not a Street	Kadir Nelson; text by Ntozake Shange (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) E 811.54 SH
2004	Beautiful Blackbird	Ashley Bryan (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) E 398.2 BR
2003	Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman	E.B. Lewis; text by Nikki Grimes (Orchard Books/Scholastic) J 921 Co
2002	Goin' Someplace Special	Jerry Pinkney; text by Patricia McKissack (Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum) E FIC Mac
2001	Uptown	Bryan Collier (Henry Holt) E FIC Col
2000	In the Time of the Drums	Brian Pinkney; text by Kim L. Siegelson (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children) E FIC Sie
1999	i see the rhythm: a story of African American music	Michele Wood; text by Toyomi Igus (Children's Book Press) J 780.899 Ig
1998	In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers	Javaka Steptoe; text by Alan Schroeder (Lee & Low) E 811 In
1997	Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman	Jerry Pinkney; text by Alan Schroeder (Dial Books for Young Readers) E 921 T79s
1996	The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo	Tom Feelings (Dial Books for Young Readers) 759.13 Fe OS
1995	The Creation	James Ransome; text by James Weldon Johnson (Holiday House) E 811.52 Jo
1994	Soul Looks Back in Wonder	Tom Feelings; text ed. by Phyllis Fogelman (Dial Books for Young Readers) E 811.508 So
1993	The Origin of Life on Earth: an African Creation Myth	Kathleen Atkins Wilson; retold by David A. Anderson/SANKOFA (Sights) J 398.21 An
1992	Tar Beach	Faith Ringgold (Crown) E FIC Rin
1991	Aida	Leo and Diane Dillon; text by Leontyne Price (Harcourt) J 782.102 Pr
1990	Nathaniel Talking	Jan Spivey Gilchrist; text by Eloise Greenfield (Black Butterfly) J 811.54 Gr
1989	Mirandy and Brother Wind	Jerry Pinkney; text by Patricia McKissack (Knopf) E FIC Mac
1988	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: an African Tale	John Steptoe (Lothrop) E FIC Ste
1987	Half a Moon and One Whole Star	Jerry Pinkney; text by Crescent Dragonwagon (Macmillan) E FIC Dra
1986	The Patchwork Quilt	Jerry Pinkney; text by Valerie Flournoy (Dial) E FIC Flo
1984	My Mama Needs Me	Pat Cummings; text by Mildred Pitts Walter (Lothrop) E FIC Wal
1983	Black Child	Peter Mugabane (Knopf)
1982	Mother Crocodile: Maman-Caiman	John Steptoe; text by Birago Diop, translated and adapted by Rosa Guy (Delacorte) E 398.2 Di
1981	Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum	Ashley Bryan (Atheneum) J 398.2 Be
1980	Cornrows	Carole Byard; text by Camille Yarborough (Coward-McCann) E FIC Yar
1979	Something on My Mind	Tom Feelings; text by Nikki Grimes (Dial) J 811.54 Fe
1978	Africa Dream	Carole Bayard; text by Eloise Greenfield (Crowell) E FIC Gre
1974	Ray Charles	George Ford; text by Sharon Bell Mathis (Crowell) E 921 C38m
(Note: Prior to 1974, the CSK Award was given to authors only)

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