Coretta Scott King Award
1970 to present
2017 Author Award Winner
March: Book Three
by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
GRAPHIC LEWIS
2017 Illustrator Award Winner
Radiant Child:
The Story of Young Artist
Jean-Michel Basquiat
illustrated and written by
Javaka Steptoe
KIDBIO BASQUIAT
2017 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
The Sun is Also A Star
by Nicola Yoon
TEEN YOON
2017 Author Honor
As Brave As You
by Jason Reynolds
JUVENILE REYNOLDS
2017 Author Honor
2017 Illustrator Honor
Freedom Over Me:
Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams
Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
JUVENILE 973.7112 BRYAN
2017 Illustrator Honor
In Plain Sight
illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
written by Richard Jackson
PICTURE JACKSON
2017 Illustrator Honor
Freedom in Congo Square
illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
written by Carole Boston Weatherford
JUVENILE 973.0496 WEATHERFORD
JUVENILE WILLIAMSGARCIA
KIDBIO ANDREWS
2016
Author Award
2016
Gone Crazy in Alabama
by Rita Willaims-Garcia
Trombone Shorty
Illustrator Award
JUVENILE WOODSON
2015
Author Award
PICTURE COPELAND
2015
Illustrator Award
JUVENILE WILLIAMS
2014
Author Award
PICTURE BEATY
2014
Illustrator Award
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PINKNEY
2013
Author Award
PICTURE HUGHES
2013
Illustrator Award
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NELSON
2012
Author Award
2012
Illustrator Award
JUVENILE WILLIAMS
JUVENILE 973.0496 HILL
KID BIOGRAPHY REEVES
2011
Author Award
illustrated by Bryan Collier
Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
Firebird
illus. by Christopher Myers
P.S. Be Eleven
by Rita Williams-Garcia
Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me
illus. by Bryan Collier, text by Daniel Beaty
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed
America
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
I, Too, Am America
illus. by Bryan Collier
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and
African Americans
by Kadir Nelson
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom
by Shane W. Evans
One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
2011
Illustrator Award
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
illus. by Bryan Collier, text by Laban Carrick
Hill
2010
Author Award
Bad news for outlaws: the remarkable life of
Bass Reeves, deputy U. S. Marshall
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
JUVENILE 811 HUGHES
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NELSON
JUVENILE 811 THOMAS
JUVENILE CURTIS
TEEN DRAPER
KID BIOGRAPHY TUBMAN
2010
Illustrator Award
2009
Author Award
2009
Illustrator Award
2008
Author Award
We Are the Ship
by Kadir Nelson
The Blacker the Berry
illus. by Floyd Cooper, text by Joyce Thomas
Elijah of Buxton
by Christopher Paul Curtis
2008
Illustrator Award
Let It Shine
by Ashley Bryant
2007
Author Award
Copper Sun
by Sharon Draper
2007
Illustrator Award
2006
Author Award
KID BIOGRAPHY PARKS
My People
illus. by Charles R. Smith Jr., text by Langston
Hughes
2006
Illustrator Award
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People
to Freedom
illus. by Kadir Nelson
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
by Julius Lester
Rosa
illus. by Bryan Collier, text by Nikki Giovanni
JUVENILE 973.0496
MORRISON
2005
Author Award
Remember: The Journey to School Integration
by Toni Morrison
PICTURE SHANGE
2005
Illustrator Award
Ellington Was Not a Street
illus. by Kadir Nelson, text by Ntozake Shange
TEEN JOHNSON
2004
The First Part Last
Author Award
PICTURE BRYAN
2004
Illustrator Award
2003
Author Award
KID BIOGRAPHY
COLEMAN
2003
Illustrator Award
DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK
2002
Author Award
PICTURE MCKISSACK
2002
Illustrator Award
E-BOOK
2001
Author Award
2001
Illustrator Award
JUVENILE CURTIS
2000
Author Award
PICTURE SIEGELSON
2000
Illustrator Award
JUVENILE JOHNSON
1999
Author Award
JUVENILE 780 IGUS
1999
Illustrator Award
TEEN DRAPER
1998
Author Award
by Angela Johnson
Beautiful Blackbird
illustration & text by Ashley Brian
Bronx Masquerade
by Nikki Grimes
Talking about Bessie
illus. by E. B. Lewis, text by Nikki Grimes
The Land
by Mildred D. Taylor
Goin’ Someplace Special
illus. by Jerry Pinkney, text by Patricia
McKissack
Miracle’s Boys
by Jacqueline Woodson
Uptown
illustration & text by Bryan Collier
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
In the Time of the Drums
illus. by Brian Pinkney, text by Kim Siegelson
Heaven
by Angela Johnson
I See the Rhythm
illus. by Michele Wood, text by Toyomi Igus
Forged by Fire
by Sharon M. Draper
JUVENILE 811 IN
1998
Illustrator Award
1997
Author Award
KID BIOGRAPHY TUBMAN
1997
Illustrator Award
1996
Author Award
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FEELINGS
1996
Illustrator Award
1995
Author Award
1995
Illustrator Award
TEEN JOHNSON
JUVENILE 811 SOUL
E-BOOK
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ANDERSON
1994
Author Award
1994
Illustrator Award
1993
Author Award
1993
Illustrator Award
In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall
illustration & text by Javaka Steptoe
SLAM!
by Walter Dean Myers
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
illus. by Jerry Pinkney, text by Alan Schroeder
Her Stories
by Virginia Hamilton
Middle Passage
illustration & text by Tom Feelings
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the
Quarters
by Patricia and Frederick McKissack
The Creation
illus. by James E. Ransome, text by James
Weldon Johnson
Toning the Sweep
by Angela Johnson
Soul Looks Back in Wonder
illustration & text by Tom Feelings
Dark Thirty
by Patricia McKissack
The Origin of Life on Earth
illus. by Kathleen Wilson, text by David
Anderson
1992
Author Award
1992
Illustrator Award
1991
Author Award
Now Is Your Time
by Walter Dean Myers
Tar Beach
illustration & text by Faith Ringgold
The Road to Memphis
by Mildred D. Taylor
1991
Illustrator Award
Aida
illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon, text by
Leontyne Price
1990
Author Award
A Long Hard Journey
by Patricia and Frederick McKissack
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GREENFIELD
1990
Illustrator Award
TEEN MYERS
1989
Author Award
1989
Illustrator Award
1988
Author Award
1988
Illustrator Award
1987
Author Award
Nathaniel Talking
illus. by Jan S. Gilchrist, text by Eloise
Greenfield
Fallen Angels
by Walter Dean Myers
Mirandy and Brother Wind
illus. by Jerry Pinkney, text by Patricia
McKissack
The Friendship
by Mildred D. Taylor
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughter
illustration & text by John Steptoe
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
by Mildred P. Walter
1987
Illustrator Award
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HAMILTON
PICTURE FLOURNOY
1986
Author Award
1986
Illustrator Award
1985
Author Award
Half a Moon and One Whole Star
illus. by Jerry Pinkney, text by Crescent
Dragonwagon
The People Could Fly
by Virginia Hamilton
The Patchwork Quilt
illus. by Jerry Pinkney, text by Valerie Flournoy
Motown and Didi
by Walter Dean Myers
No illustration award in 1985.
JUVENILE 158.8 CLIFTON
1984
Author Award
1984
Illustrator Award
E-BOOK
1983
Author Award
1983
Illustrator Award
JUVENILE TAYLOR
1982
Author Award
1982
Illustrator Award
1981
Author Award
JUVENILE 398.2 BEAT
1981
Everett Anderson’s Goodbye
by Lucille Clifton
My Mama Needs Me
illus. by Pat Cumming, text by Mildred Pitts
Walter
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
by Virginia Hamilton
Black Child
illustration & text by Peter Magubane
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
by Mildred D. Taylor
Mother Crocodile = Maman-Caiman
illus. by John Steptoe, text by Birago Diop
This Life
by Sidney Poitier
Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum
Illustrator Award
1980
Author Award
The Young Landlords
by Walter Dean Myers
1980
Illustrator Award
Cornrows
illus. by Carole Byard
1979
Author Award
1979
Illustrator Award
E-BOOK
illustration & text by Ashley Bryan
Escape to Freedom
by Ossie Davis
Something on My Mind
illustration & text by Tom Feelings
1978
Author Award
Africa Dream
by Eloise Greenfield
1977
Author Award
The Story of Stevie Wonder
by James Haskins
1976
Author Award
Duey’s Tale
by Pearl Bailey
1975
Author Award
The Legend of Africania
by Dorothy Robinson
1974
Author Award
Ray Charles
by Sharon Bell Mathis
1973
Author Award
I Never Had It Made
by Jackie Robinson
1972
Author Award
Seventeen Black Artists
by Elton Clay Fax
1971
Black Troubadour
KID BIOGRAPHY KING
Author Award
by Charlemae Rollins
1970
Author Award
Martin Luther Jr.
by Lillie Patterson
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