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.”
Year Call # Author Title
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 JB
King Patterson Martin Luther King Jr: Man of Peace

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Year Call# Illustrator Title
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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