Coretta Scott King
Award Books

The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually to authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.”


Author Award Winners
Year Call # Author Title
2010 J Bio ReevesNelson Bad News for Outlaws
2009 J 796.357 Nelson We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
2008 J Fic Curtis Elijah of Buxton
2007 YA Fic Draper Copper Sun
2006 J Fic Lester Day of Tears: a novel in dialogue
2005 J 379.263 Morrison Remember: The Journey to School Integration
2004 YA Fic Johnson The First Part Last
2003 YA Fic Grimes Bronx Masquerade
2002 YA Fic Taylor The Land
2001 YA Fic Woodson Miracle’s Boys
2000 YA Fic Curtis Bud, Not Buddy
1999 YA Fic Johnson Heaven: A Novel
1998 YA Fic Draper Forged by Fire
1997 YA Fic Myers Slam!
1996 J 398.208996 Hamilton Her Stories
1995 J 394.2663 (Holiday) McKissack Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
1994 J Fic Johnson Toning the Sweep
1993 J Fic McKissack The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
1992 J 973 Myers Now is Your Time!: African-American Struggle for Freedom
1991 YA Fic Taylor The Road to Memphis
1990 J 331.88 McKissack A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter
1989 YA Fic Myers Fallen Angels
1988 J Fic Taylor The Friendship
1987 J Fic Walter Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
1986 J 398.208996 Hamilton The People could Fly: American Black Folktales
1985 do not have Myers Motown and Didi
1984 E Clifton Everett Anderson’s Goodbye
1983 YA Fic Hamilton Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
1982 J Fic Taylor Let the Circle Be Unbroken
1981 do not have Poitier This Life
1980 YA Fic Myers The Young Landlords
1979 J 812.54 Davis Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass
1978 E Greenfield Africa Dream
1977 do not have Haskins The Story of Stevie Wonder
1976 do not have Bailey Duey’s Tale
1975 do not have Robinson The Legend of Africania
1974 J B Charles Mathis Ray Charles
1973 B Robinson Robinson I Never Had it Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
1972 do not have Fax Seventeen Black Artists
1971 do not have Rollins Black Troubador: Langston Hughes
1970 J B King Patterson Martin Luther King Jr: Man of Peace

Illustrator Award Winners
Year Call # Illustrator Title
2010 E Hughes Smith My People
2009 J 811.54 Thomas Cooper The Blacker the Berry
2008 J 782.253 Bryan Bryan Let it Shine
2007 E Weatherford Nelson Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
2006 E Giovanni Collier Rosa
2005 E Shange Nelson Ellington Was Not a Street
2004 J 398.2096 Bryan Bryan Beautiful Blackbird
2003 E Grimes Lewis Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
2002 E McKissack Pinkney Goin’ Someplace Special
2001 E Collier Collier Uptown
2000 E Siegelson Pinkney In the Time of the Drums
1999 J 780.8996 Igus Wood I See the Rhythm
1998 J 811.008 In Steptoe In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall
1997 J B Tubman Pinkney Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
1996 759.13 Feelings Feelings The Middle Passage: White Ships / Black Cargo
1995 J 213 Creation Ransome The Creation
1994 J 811 Soul Feelings The Soul Looks Back in Wonder
1993 J 398.2096 Anderson Wilson The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth
1992 E Ringgold Ringgold Tar Beach
1991 J 782.1 Price Dillon Aida
1990 J 811.54 Greenfield Gilchrist Nathaniel Talking
1989 E McKissack Pinkney Mirandy and Brother Wind
1988 J 398.2096 Steptoe Steptoe Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
1987 do not have Pinkney Half a Moon and One Whole Star
1986 E Flournoy Pinkney The Patchwork Quilt
1985 No award given
1984 do not have Cummings My Mama Needs Me
1983 do not have Magubane Black Child
1982 J 398.20966 Diop Steptoe Mother Crocodile = Maman-Caiman
1981 J 398.20966 Bryan Bryan Beat the Story Drum,Pum-Pum
1980 E Yarbrough Byard Cornrows
1979 J 811.54 Feelings Feelings Something on my Mind
1978 E Greenfield Byard Africa Dream
1977 No award given
1976 No award given
1975 No award given
1974 J B Charles Ford Ray Charles
 

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