Coretta Scott King Awards

1990 - Present

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1970 - 1989
Year
Award
Title
Author
2005
Author Remember Toni Morrison
Author Honor The Legend of Buddy Bush Sheila Moses
Author Honor Who Am I Without Him? Sharon Flake
Author Honor Fortune's Bones Marilyn Nelson
Illustrator Ellington Was Not a Street Kadir Nelson
Illustrator Honor God Bless the Child Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator Honor The People Could Fly Leo and Diane Dillon
2004
Author The First Part Last Angela Johnson
Author Honor Days of Jubilee Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Author Honor Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson
Author Honor The Battle of Jericho Sharon Draper
Illustrator Beautiful Blackbird Ashley Bryan
Illustrator Honor Almost to Freedom Colin Bootman
Illustrator Honor Thunder Rose Kadir Nelson
2003
Author Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes
Author Honor The Red Rose Box Brenda Woods
Author Honor Talkin' About Bessie Nikki Grimes
Illustrator Talkin' About Bessie E.B. Lewis
Illustrator Honor Rap a Tap Leo and Diane Dillon
Illustrator Honor Visiting Langston Bryan Collier
2002
Author The Land Mildred Taylor
Author Honor Money-Hungry Sharon Flake
Author Honor Carver Marilyn Nelson
Illustrator Goin' Someplace Special Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator Honor Martin's Big Words Bryan Collier
2001
Author Miracle's Boys Jacqueline Woodson
Author Honor Let it Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrator Uptown Bryan Collier
Illustrator Honor Freedom River Bryan Collier
Illustrator Honor Only Passing Through R. Gregory Christie
Illustrator Honor Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys E.B. Lewis
2000
Author Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis
Author Honor Francie Karen English
Author Honor Black Hands, White Sails Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Author Honor Monster Walter Dean Myers
Illustrator In the Time of the Drums Brian Pinkney
Illustrator Honor My Rows and Piles of Coins E.B. Lewis
Illustrator Honor Black Cat Christopher Myers
1999
Author Heaven Angela Johnson
Author Honor Jazmin's Notebook Nikki Grimes
Author Honor Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence Joyce Hansen, Gary McGowan
Author Honor The Other Side Angela Johnson
Illustrator i see the rhythm Michele Wood
Illustrator Honor I have heard of a Land Floyd Cooper
Illustrator Honor The Bat Boy and His Violin E.B. Lewis
Illustrator Honor Duke Ellington Brian Pinkney
1998
Author Forged by Fire Sharon Draper
Author Honor Bayard Rustin James Haskins
Author Honor I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly Joyce Hansen
Illustrator In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall Javaka Steptoe
Illustrator Honor Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry Ashley Bryan
Illustrator Honor Harlem Christopher Myers
Illustrator Honor The Hunterman and the Crocodile Baba Wague Diakite
1997
Author Slam! Walter Dean Myers
Author Honor Rebels Against Slavery Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Illustrator Minty Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator Honor The Palm of My Heart Gregorie Christie
Illustrator Honor Running the Road to ABC Reynold Ruffins
Illustrator Honor Neeny Coming, Neeny Going Synthia Saint James
1996
Author Her Stories Virginia Hamilton
Author Honor The Watsons Go to Birmingham Christopher Paul Curtis
Author Honor Like Sisters on the Homefront Rita Williams-Garcia
Author Honor From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator The Middle Passage Tom Feelings
Illustrator Honor Her Stories Leo and Diane Dillon
Illustrator Honor The Faithful Friend Brian Pinkney
1995
Author Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Author Honor The Captive Joyce Hanson
Author Honor I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This Jacqueline Woodson
Author Honor Black Diamond Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Illustrator The Creation James Ransome
Illustrator Honor The Singing Man Terea Shaffer
Illustrator Honor Meet Danitra Brown Floyd Cooper
1994
Author Toning the Sweep Angela Johnson
Author Honor Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea Joyce Carol Thomas
Author Honor Malcolm X Walter Dean Myers
Illustrator Soul Looks Back in Wonder Tom Feelings
Illustrator Honor Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea Floyd Cooper
Illustrator Honor Uncle Jed's Barbershop James Ransome
1993
Author The Dark-Thirty Patricia McKissack
Author Honor Mississippi Challenge Mildred Pitts Walker
Author Honor Soujourner Truth Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Author Honor Somewhere in the Darkness Walter Dean Myers
Illustrator The Origin of Life on Earth Kathleen Atkins Wilson
Illustrator Honor Little Eight John Wil Clay
Illustrator Honor Sukey and the Mermaid Brian Pinkney
Illustrator Honor Working Cotton Carole Byard
1992
Author Now is Your Time! Walter Dean Myers
Author Honor Night on the Neighborhood Street Eloise Greenfield
Illustrator Tar Beach Faith Ringgold
Illustrator Honor All Night, All Day Ashley Bryan
Illustrator Honor Night on the Neighborhood Street Jan Spivey Gilchrist
1991
Author The Road to Memphis Mildred Taylor
Author Honor Black Dance in America James Haskins
Author Honor When I Am Old With You Angela Johnson
Illustrator Aida Leo and Diane Dillon
1990
Author A Long Hard Journey Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Author Honor Nathaniel Talking Eloise Greenfield
Author Honor The Bells of Christmas Virginia Hamilton
Author Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Freedom Movement Lillie Patterson
Illustrator Nathaniel Talking Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Illustrator Honor The Talking Eggs Jerry Pinkney