Coretta Scott King
Illustrator Award and
Honor Books by Title
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Africa Dream, illus. by Carole Byard. Winner, 1978.
Aïda, illus. by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon. Winner, 1991.
All Night, All Day: A Child’s First Book of African-American
Spirituals, illus. by Ashley Bryan. Honor, 1992.
All the Colors of the Race, illus. by John Steptoe. Honor,
1983.
Almost to Freedom, illus. by Colin Bootman. Honor, 2004.
Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry, illus. by
Ashley Bryan. Honor, 1998.
The Bat Boy and His Violin, illus. by E. B. Lewis. Honor,
1999.
Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum, illus. by Ashley Bryan.
Winner, 1981.
Beautiful Blackbird, illus. by Ashley Bryan. Winner, 2004.
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane, illus.
by Sean Qualls. Honor, 2009.
Bird, illus. by Shadra Strickland. New Talent, 2009.
Black Cat, illus. by Christopher Myers. Honor, 2000.
Black Child, illus. by Peter Magubane. Winner, 1983.
The Blacker the Berry: Poems, illus. by Floyd Cooper.
Winner, 2009.
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, illus.
by R. Gregory Christie. Honor, 2006.
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, illus. by Floyd Cooper.
Honor, 1994.
C.L.O.U.D.S., illus. by Pat Cummings. Honor, 1987.
Cornrows, illus. by Carole Byard. Winner, 1980.
Count on Your Fingers African Style, illus. by Jerry Pinkney.
Honor, 1981.
The Creation, illus. by James E. Ransome. Winner, 1995.
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illus. by Bryan Collier.
Winner, 2011.
Daydreamers, illus. by Tom Feelings. Honor, 1982.
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, illus. by
Brian Pinkney. Honor, 1999.
Ellen’s Broom, illus. by Daniel Minter. Honor, 2013.
Ellington Was Not a Street, illus. by Kadir Nelson. Winner,
2005.
The Faithful Friend, illus. by Brian Pinkney. Honor, 1996.
Freedom River, illus. by Bryan Collier. Honor, 2001.
Freedom Summer, illus. by Jerome Lagarrigue. New Talent,
2002.
God Bless the Child, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Honor, 2005.
Goin’ Someplace Special, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Winner,
2002.
Grandma’s Joy, illus. by Carole Byard. Honor, 1981.
Half a Moon and One Whole Star, illus. by Jerry Pinkney.
Winner, 1987.
Harlem, illus. by Christopher Myers. Honor, 1998.
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans,
illus. by Kadir Nelson. Honor, 2012.
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True
Tales, illus. by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon. Honor,
1996.
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination, illus. by
Christopher Myers. Honor, 2013.
The Hunterman and the Crocodile: A West African Folktale,
illus. by Baba Wagué Diakité. Honor, 1998.
I Have a Dream, illus. by Kadir Nelson. Honor, 2013.
I Have Heard of a Land, illus. by Floyd Cooper. Honor,
1999.
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I See the Rhythm, illus. by Michele Wood. Winner, 1999.
I, Too, Am America, illus. by Bryan Collier. Winner, 2013.
I’m Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals, illus. by Ashley
Bryan. Honor, 1983.
In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating
Fathers, illus. by Javaka Steptoe. Winner, 1998.
In the Time of the Drums, illus. by Brian Pinkney. Winner,
2000.
The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of
Nicaragua / Los Cazadores Invisibles: Una Leyenda de los
Indios Miskitos de Nicaragua, illus. by JoeSam. Honor,
1988.
Jazz, illus. by Christopher Myers. Honor, 2007.
Jazz on a Saturday Night, illus. by Leo Dillon and Diane
Dillon. Honor, 2008.
Jazzy Miz Mozetta, illus. by Frank Morrison. New Talent,
2005.
Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi
Hendrix, illus. by Javaka Steptoe. Honor, 2011.
Just Us Women, illus. by Pat Cummings. Honor, 1983.
Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me, illus. by Bryan
Collier. Winner, 2014.
Langston Hughes, illus. by Benny Andrews. Honor, 2007.
Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals, illus. by Ashley
Bryan. Winner, 2008.
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks: And Other African Folk Tales,
illus. by Ashley Bryan. Honor, 1987.
Little Eight John, illus. by Wil Clay. Honor, 1993.
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
illus. by Bryan Collier. Honor, 2002.
Meet Danitra Brown, illus. by Floyd Cooper. Honor, 1995.
The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo, illus. by Tom
Feelings. Winner, 1996.
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, illus. by Jerry
Pinkney. Winner, 1997.
Mirandy and Brother Wind, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Winner,
1989.
The Moon Over Star, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Honor, 2009.
The Moon Ring, illus. by Randy DuBurke. New Talent,
2003.
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom,
illus. by Kadir Nelson. Winner, 2007.
Mother Crocodile / Maman-Caiman, illus. by John Steptoe.
Winner, 1982.
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, illus. by John
Steptoe. Winner, 1988.
My Family Plays Music, illus. by Elbrite Brown. New Talent,
2004.
My Mama Needs Me, illus. by Pat Cummings. Winner,
1984.
My People, illus. by Charles R. Smith, Jr. Winner, 2010.
My Rows and Piles of Coins, illus. by E. B. Lewis. Honor,
2000.
Nathaniel Talking, illus. by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Winner,
1990.
Neeny Coming, Neeny Going, illus. by Synthia Saint James.
Honor, 1997.
The Negro Speaks of Rivers, illus. by E. B. Lewis. Honor,
2010.
Nelson Mandela, illus. by Kadir Nelson. Honor, 2014.
Night on Neighborhood Street, illus. by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
Honor, 1992.
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, illus. by
R. Gregory Christie. Honor, 2001.
The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth, illus.
by Kathleen Atkins Wilson. Winner, 1993.
The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children,
illus. by R. Gregory Christie. Honor, 1997.
The Patchwork Quilt, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Winner, 1986.
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, illus. by Leo
Dillon and Diane Dillon. Honor, 1986.
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book, illus. by Leo Dillon
and Diane Dillon. Honor, 2005.
The Piano Man, illus. by Eric Velasquez. New Talent, 1999.
Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles—Think of That! illus. by Leo
Dillon and Diane Dillon. Honor, 2003.
Ray Charles, illus. by George Ford. Winner, 1974.
Rosa, illus. by Bryan Collier. Winner, 2006.
Running the Road to ABC, illus. by Reynold Ruffins. Honor,
1997.
The Secret Olivia Told Me, illus. by Nancy Devard. Honor,
2008.
Seeds of Change, illus. by Sonia Lynn Sadler. John Steptoe,
2011.
The Singing Man, illus. by Terea Shaffer. Honor, 1995.
Something on My Mind, illus. by Tom Feelings. Winner,
1979.
Soul Looks Back in Wonder, illus. by Tom Feelings. Winner,
1994.
Storm in the Night, illus. by Pat Cummings. Honor, 1989.
Sukey and the Mermaid, illus. by Brian Pinkney. Honor,
1993.
Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman,
illus. by E. B. Lewis. Winner, 2003.
The Talking Eggs, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Honor, 1990.
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Tar Beach, illus. by Faith Ringgold. Winner, 1992.
Thunder Rose, illus. by Kadir Nelson. Honor, 2004.
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop, illus. by James E. Ransome. Honor,
1994.
Under the Sunday Tree, illus. by Mr. Amos Ferguson.
Honor, 1989.
Underground, illus. by Shane W. Evans. Winner, 2012.
Uptown, illus. by Bryan Collier. Winner, 2001.
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys, illus. by E. B. Lewis.
Honor, 2001.
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Visiting Langston, illus. by Bryan Collier. Honor, 2003.
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, illus. by
Kadir Nelson. Honor, 2009.
What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals,
illus. by Ashley Bryan. Honor, 1988.
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of
Hip Hop, illus. by Theodore Taylor III. John Steptoe,
2014.
Working Cotton, illus. by Carole Byard. Honor, 1993.
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