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The Coretta Scott King Book Award

Awarded annually to authors and illustrators of African
descent for their distinguished  books for children.
 
2009 Author Award Winner
 

We Are the Ship

We Are the Ship

written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson
 
2009 Author Honor Books
 

Keeping the Night Watch

Keeping the Night Watch

written by Hope Anita Smith
illustrated by E. B. Lewis
   

Blacker the Berry

Blacker the Berry

written by Joyce Carol Thomas
illustrated by Floyd Cooper
   

Becoming Billie Holiday

Becoming Billie Holiday

written by Carole Boston Weatherford
illustrated by Floyd Cooper
 
2009 Illustrator Award Winner
 

Blacker the Berry

Blacker the Berry

illustrated by Floyd Cooper
written by Joyce Carol Thomas
 
 
2009 Illustrator Honor Awards
 

We Are the Ship

We Are the Ship

written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Before John was a Jazz Giant : A Song of John Coltrane

Before John was a Jazz Giant : A Song of John Coltrane

illustrated by Sean Qualls
written by Carole Boston Weatherford

Moon over Star

Moon over Star

illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
written by Dianna Hutts Aston


Past Coretta Scott King Book Awards

2009 - We Are the Ship
- The Blacker the Berry
Kadir Nelson
Floyd Cooper
2008 - Elijah of Buxton
- Let it Shine
Christopher Paul Curtis
Ashley Bryan
2007 - Copper Sun
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to
  Freedom
Sharon M. Draper
Kadir Nelson
2006 - Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
- Rosa
Julius Lester
Bryan Collier

2005
 
- Remember: The Journey to School Integration
- Ellington Was Not a Street
Toni Morrison
Kadir A. Nelson

2004
- First Part Last
- Beautiful Blackbird
Angela Johnson
Ashley Bryan

2003
- Bronx Masquerade
- Talking About Bessie:  The Story of Aviator
     Elizabeth Coleman
Nikki Grimes

E.B. Lewis

2002
- The Land
- Goin' Someplace Special
Mildred D. Taylor
Jerry Pinkney

2001
- Miracle's Boys
- Uptown
Jacqueline Woodson
Bryan Collier

2000
- Bud, Not Buddy
- In the Time of the Drums
Christopher Paul Curtis
Brian Pinkney

1999
- Heaven
- I see the rhythm
Angela Johnson
Michele Wood

1998
- Forged by Fire
- In Daddy's Arms I am Tall:
       African Americans Celebrating Fathers
Sharon M. Draper

Javaka Steptoe

1997
- Slam
- Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Walter Dean Myers
Jerry Pinkney

1996
- Her Stories
- The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo
Virginia Hamilton
Tom Feelings

1995
- Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
- The Creation 
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
James Ransome

1994
- Toning the Sweep
- Soul Looks Back in Wonder
Angela Johnson
Tom Feelings

1993
- Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
- The Origin of Life on Earth: an African Creation Myth
Patricia A. McKissack
Kathleen Atkins

1992
- Now is Your Time: the African American
        Struggle for Freedom
- Tar Beach
 Walter Dean Myers

Faith Ringgold

1991
- The Road to Memphis
- Aida
Mildred D. Taylor
Leo and Diane Dillon

1990
- A Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter
- Nathaniel Talking
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
Jan Spivey Gilchrist


Earlier Winners

 


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