Coretta Scott King Book Award-winning Authors, Illustrators, & Books
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Africa Dream, by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Carole Byard
1978 Author Award Winner and Illustrator Award Winner
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Aida, by Leontyne Price, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
1991 Illustrator Award Winner
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All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals, by Ashley Bryan
1992 Illustrator Honor Book
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All the Colors of the Race, by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by John Steptoe
1983 Illustrator Honor Book
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Almost to Freedom, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by Colin Bootman
2004 Illustrator Honor Book
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Andrew Young: Man with a Mission, by James Haskins
1980 Author Honor Book
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Another Way to Dance, by Martha Southgate
1997 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave, by Virginia Hamilton
1989 Author Honor Book
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Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry, by Ashley Bryan
1998 Illustrator Honor Book
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Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
2010 Author Award Winner
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Barbara Jordan, by James Haskins
1978 Author Honor Book
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The Bat Boy and His Violin, by Gavin Curtis, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
1999 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Battle of Jericho, by Sharon M. Draper
2004 Author Honor Book
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Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement, by James Haskins
1998 Author Honor Book
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Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum, by Ashley Bryan
1981 Illustrator Award Winner
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Beautiful Blackbird, by Ashley Bryan
2004 Illustrator Award Winner
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Because We Are, by Mildred Pitts Walter
1984 Author Honor Book
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Becoming Billie Holiday, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
2009 Author Honor Book
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Sean Qualls
2009 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Bells of Christmas, by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Lambert Davis
1990 Author Honor Book
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Benjamin Banneker: Genius of Early America, by Lillie Patterson
1979 Author Honor Book
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Bird, by Zetta Elliott, illustrated by Shadra Strickland
2009 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Illustrator)
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Black Cat, by Christopher A. Myers
2000 Illustrator Honor Book
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Black Child, by Peter Magubane
1983 Illustrator Award Winner
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Black Dance in America: A History Through Its People, by James Haskins
1991 Author Honor Book
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Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues, by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr.
1995 Author Honor Book
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Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers, by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
2000 Author Honor Book
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Black Means..., by Barney Grossman and Gladys Groom, illustrated by Charles Bible
1971 Author Honor Book
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Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes, by Charlemae Hill Rollins
1971 Author Award Winner
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The Blacker the Berry: Poems, by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
2009 Illustrator Award Winner and Author Honor Book
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Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground, by Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan
1999 Author Honor Book
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Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It, by Sundee T. Frazier
2008 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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Bright Shadow, by Joyce Carol Thomas
1984 Author Honor Book
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Bronx Masquerade, by Nikki Grimes
2003 Author Award Winner
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Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, by Mary Williams, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
2006 Illustrator Honor Book
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Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
1994 Author Honor Book and Illustrator Honor Book
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Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
2000 Author Award Winner
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C.L.O.U.D.S., by Pat Cummings
1987 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Captive, by Joyce Hansen
1995 Author Honor Book
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Carver: A Life in Poems, by Marilyn Nelson
2002 Author Honor Book
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Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir, by Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1980 Author Honor Book
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Chill Wind, by Janet McDonald
2003 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters, by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
1995 Author Award Winner
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Circle of Gold, by Candy Dawson Boyd
1985 Author Honor Book
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Copper Sun, by Sharon M. Draper
2007 Author Award Winner
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Coretta Scott King, by Lillie Patterson
1978 Author Honor Book
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Cornrows, by Camille Yarbrough, illustrated by Carole Byard
1980 Illustrator Award Winner
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Count on Your Fingers African Style, by Claudia Zaslavsky, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1981 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Creation, by James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by James Ransome
1995 Illustrator Award Winner
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Dark Sons, by Nikki Grimes
2006 Author Honor Book
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The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
1993 Author Award Winner
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Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, by Julius Lester
2006 Author Award Winner
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Daydreamers, by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Tom Feelings
1982 Illustrator Honor Book
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Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States, by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
2004 Author Honor Book
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The Days When the Animals Talked: Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be, by William Faulkner, illustrated by Troy Howell
1978 Author Honor Book
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Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday, by Alexis De Veaux
1981 Author Honor Book
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Don't You Remember?, by Lucille Clifton
1974 Author Honor Book
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Duey's Tale, by Pearl Bailey, illustrated by Arnold Skolnick and Gary Azon
1976 Author Award Winner
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Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
1999 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Ebony Book of Black Achievement, by Margaret W. Peters, illustrated by Cecil L. Ferguson
1971 Author Honor Book
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Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis
2008 Author Award Winner
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Ellington Was Not a Street, by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
2005 Illustrator Award Winner
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An Enchanted Hair Tale, by Alexis De Veaux, illustrated by Cheryl Hanna
1988 Author Honor Book
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Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass, by Ossie Davis
1979 Author Award Winner
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Everett Anderson's Friend, by Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi
1977 Author Honor Book
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Everett Anderson's Goodbye, by Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi
1984 Author Award Winner
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Every Man Heart Lay Down, by Lorenz Graham, illustrated by Colleen Browning
1971 Author Honor Book
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The Faithful Friend, by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
1996 Illustrator Honor Book
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Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
1989 Author Award Winner
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Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff, by Walter Dean Myers
1976 Author Honor Book
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The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson
2004 Author Award Winner
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Forged by Fire, by Sharon M. Draper
1998 Author Award Winner
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Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem, by Marilyn Nelson
2005 Author Honor Book
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Francie, by Karen English
2000 Author Honor Book
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Freedom River, by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier
2001 Illustrator Honor Book
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Freedom Summer, by Deborah Wiles, illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
2002 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Illustrator)
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The Friendship, by Mildred D. Taylor, illustrated by Max Ginsburg
1988 Author Award Winner
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From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun, by Jacqueline Woodson
1996 Author Honor Book
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God Bless the Child, by Billie Holiday and Arthur, Jr. Herzog, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
2005 Illustrator Honor Book
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Goin' Someplace Special, by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
2002 Illustrator Award Winner
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Grandmama's Joy, by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Carole Byard
1981 Illustrator Honor Book
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Guests in the Promised Land, by Kristin Hunter
1974 Author Honor Book
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Half a Moon and One Whole Star, by Crescent Dragonwagon, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1987 Illustrator Award Winner
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Harlem: A Poem, by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher A. Myers
1998 Illustrator Honor Book
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Heaven, by Angela Johnson
1999 Author Award Winner
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Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales, by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
1996 Author Award Winner and Illustrator Honor Book
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, by Alice Childress
1974 Author Honor Book
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The Hunterman and the Crocodile, by Baba Wagué Diakité
1998 Illustrator Honor Book
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I Am a Black Woman, by Mari Evans
1971 Author Honor Book
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I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, by Jacqueline Woodson
1995 Author Honor Book
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I Have a Sister, My Sister Is Deaf, by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray
1979 Author Honor Book
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I Have Heard of a Land, by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
1999 Illustrator Honor Book
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
1971 Author Honor Book
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I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, by Alfred Duckett and Jackie Robinson
1973 Author Award Winner
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i see the rhythm, by Toyomi Igus, illustrated by Michele Wood
1999 Illustrator Award Winner
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, by Joyce Hansen
1998 Author Honor Book
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I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals, by Ashley Bryan
1983 Illustrator Honor Book
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In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers, by Javaka Steptoe
1998 Illustrator Award Winner
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In the Time of the Drums, by Kim L. Siegelson, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
2000 Illustrator Award Winner
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The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua / Los Cazadores Invisibles, by Harriet Rohmer, illustrated by JoeSam.
1988 Illustrator Honor Book
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James Van DerZee: The Picture-Takin' Man, by James Haskins
1980 Author Honor Book
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Jazmin's Notebook, by Nikki Grimes
1999 Author Honor Book
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Jazz, by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher A. Myers
2007 Illustrator Honor Book
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Jazz on a Saturday Night, by Leo and Diane Dillon
2008 Illustrator Honor Book
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Jazzy Miz Mozetta, by Brenda C. Roberts, illustrated by Frank Morrison
2005 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Illustrator)
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Jimi & Me, by Jaime Adoff
2006 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa, by Shirley Graham
1976 Author Honor Book
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Junius Over Far, by Virginia Hamilton
1986 Author Honor Book
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Just Us Women, by Jeannette Caines, illustrated by Pat Cummings
1983 Illustrator Honor Book
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Justice and Her Brothers, by Virginia Hamilton
1979 Author Honor Book
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Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, by Mildred Pitts Walter, illustrated by Catherine Stock
1987 Author Award Winner
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Keeping the Night Watch, by Hope Anita Smith, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
2009 Author Honor Book
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The Land, by Mildred D. Taylor
2002 Author Award Winner
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Langston Hughes, by Langston Hughes, illustrated by Benny Andrews
2007 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Legend of Africania, by Dorothy Robinson, illustrated by Herbert Temple
1975 Author Award Winner
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The Legend of Buddy Bush, by Shelia P. Moses
2005 Author Honor Book
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Lena Horne, by James Haskins
1984 Author Honor Book
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Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn
2001 Author Honor Book
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Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals, by Ashley Bryan
2008 Illustrator Award Winner
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Let the Circle Be Unbroken, by Mildred D. Taylor
1982 Author Award Winner
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Let the Lion Eat Straw, by Ellease Southerland, illustrated by Ebele Oseye
1980 Author Honor Book
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Like Sisters on the Homefront, by Rita Williams-Garcia
1996 Author Honor Book
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Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales, by Ashley Bryan
1987 Author Honor and Illustrator Honor Book
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Little Eight John, by Jan Wahl, illustrated by Wil Clay
1993 Illustrator Honor Book
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A Little Love, by Virginia Hamilton
1985 Author Honor Book
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Locomotion, by Jacqueline Woodson
2004 Author Honor Book
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A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter, by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
1990 Author Award Winner
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Lou in the Limelight, by Kristin Hunter
1982 Author Honor Book
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The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl, by Virginia Hamilton
1984 Author Honor Book
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Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary, by Walter Dean Myers
1994 Author Honor Book
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Mare's War, by Tanita S. Davis
2010 Author Honor Book
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Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl, by Tonya Bolden
2006 Author Honor Book
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Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement, by Lillie Patterson, illustrated by Victor Mays
1990 Author Honor Book
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace, by Lillie Patterson
1970 Author Award Winner
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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier
2002 Illustrator Honor Book
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Marvin & Tige, by Frankcina Glass
1978 Author Honor Book
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Mary Jo's Grandmother, by Janice May Udry
1971 Author Honor Book
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Mary McLeod Bethune, by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1978 Author Honor Book
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Mary: An Autobiography, by Mary E. Mebane
1982 Author Honor Book
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Meet Danitra Brown, by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
1995 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo, by Tom Feelings
1996 Illustrator Award Winner
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Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, by Alan Schroeder, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1997 Illustrator Award Winner
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Miracle's Boys, by Jacqueline Woodson
2001 Author Award Winner
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Mirandy and Brother Wind, by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1989 Illustrator Award Winner
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Mississippi Challenge, by Mildred Pitts Walter
1993 Author Honor Book
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Missy Violet & Me, by Barbara Hathaway
2005 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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Money Hungry, by Sharon G. Flake
2002 Author Honor Book
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Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher A. Myers
2000 Author Honor Book
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The Moon Over Star, by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
2009 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Moon Ring, by Randy DuBurke
2003 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Illustrator)
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Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
2007 Illustrator Award Winner
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Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal, by Birago Diop, illustrated by John Steptoe
1982 Illustrator Award Winner
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Motown and Didi, by Walter Dean Myers
1985 Author Award Winner
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Movin' Up: Pop Gordy Tells His Story, by Berry Gordy, Sr.
1980 Author Honor Book
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Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women, by Louise Crane
1974 Author Honor Book
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, by John Steptoe
1988 Illustrator Award Winner
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Mukasa, by John Nagenda, illustrated by Charles Lilly
1974 Author Honor Book
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My Family Plays Music, by Judy Cox, illustrated by Elbrite Brown
2004 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Illustrator)
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My Mama Needs Me, by Mildred Pitts Walter, illustrated by Pat Cummings
1984 Illustrator Award Winner
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My People, by Langston Hughes, illustrated by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
2010 Illustrator Award Winner
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My Rows and Piles of Coins, by Tololwa M. Mollel, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
2000 Illustrator Honor Book
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Nathaniel Talking, by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
1990 Illustrator Award Winner and Author Honor Book
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Neeny Coming, Neeny Going, by Karen English, illustrated by Synthia Saint James
1997 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers, by Langston Hughes, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
2010 Illustrator Honor Book
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Night on Neighborhood Street, by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
1992 Author Honor Book and Illustrator Honor Book
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November Blues, by Sharon M. Draper
2008 Author Honor Book
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Now Is Your Time!: The African-American Struggle for Freedom, by Walter Dean Myers
1992 Author Award Winner
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Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, by Anne Rockwell, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
2001 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth, by David A. Anderson, illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson
1993 Illustrator Award Winner
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The Other Side: Shorter Poems, by Angela Johnson
1999 Author Honor Book
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The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children, by Davida Adedjouma, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
1997 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Patchwork Quilt, by Valerie Flournoy, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1986 Illustrator Award Winner
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Paul Robeson, by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by George Ford
1976 Author Honor Book
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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
1986 Author Award Winner and Illustrator Honor Book
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The People Could Fly: The Picture Book, by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
2005 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Piano Man, by Debbi Chocolate, illustrated by Eric Velasquez
1999 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Illustrator)
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Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington, by Ruth Ann Stewart
1978 Author Honor Book
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Quiz Book on Black America, by Clarence N. Blake and Donald F. Martin
1977 Author Honor Book
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Rainbow Jordan, by Alice Childress
1982 Author Honor Book
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Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles, Think of That!, by Leo and Diane Dillon
2003 Illustrator Honor Book
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Ray Charles, by Sharon Bell Mathis, illustrated by George Ford
1974 Author Award Winner and Illustrator Award Winner
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Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts, by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
1997 Author Honor Book
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The Red Rose Box, by Brenda Woods
2003 Author Honor Book
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Remember: The Journey to School Integration, by Toni Morrison
2005 Author Award Winner
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The Road to Memphis, by Mildred D. Taylor
1991 Author Award Winner
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The Road to Paris, by Nikki Grimes
2007 Author Honor Book
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The Rock and the River, by Kekla Magoon
2010 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
1977 Author Honor Book
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Rosa, by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier
2006 Illustrator Award Winner
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Running the Road to ABC, by Denize Lauture, illustrated by Reynold Ruffins
1997 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Secret Olivia Told Me, by N. Joy, illustrated by Nancy Devard
2008 Illustrator Honor Book
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Seventeen Black Artists, by Elton C. Fax
1972 Author Award Winner
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The Singing Man: Adapted from a West African Folktale, by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated by Terea Shaffer
1995 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Skates of Uncle Richard, by Carol Fenner, illustrated by Ati Forberg
1979 Author Honor Book
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The Skin I'm In, by Sharon G. Flake
1999 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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Slam!, by Walter Dean Myers
1997 Author Award Winner
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Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?, by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Fredrick McKissack
1993 Author Honor Book
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Something on My Mind, by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Tom Feelings
1979 Illustrator Award Winner
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Somewhere in the Darkness, by Walter Dean Myers
1993 Author Honor Book
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Song of the Trees, by Mildred D. Taylor, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1976 Author Honor Book
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Soul Looks Back in Wonder, by Tom Feelings
1994 Illustrator Award Winner
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Standing Against the Wind, by Traci L. Jones
2007 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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Storm in the Night, by Mary Stolz, illustrated by Pat Cummings
1989 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Story of Stevie Wonder, by James Haskins
1977 Author Award Winner
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Sukey and the Mermaid, by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
1993 Illustrator Honor Book
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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush, by Virginia Hamilton
1983 Author Award Winner
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The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1988 Author Honor Book
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Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman, by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
2003 Illustrator Award Winner and Author Honor Book
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The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South, by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1990 Illustrator Honor Book
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Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold
1992 Illustrator Award Winner
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Tears of a Tiger, by Sharon M. Draper
1995 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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A Thief in the Village: And Other Stories of Jamaica, by James Berry
1989 Author Honor Book
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This Life, by Sidney Poitier
1981 Author Award Winner
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This Strange New Feeling: Three Love Stories from Black History, by Julius Lester
1983 Author Honor Book
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Thunder Rose, by Jerdine Nolen, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
2004 Illustrator Honor Book
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Toning the Sweep, by Angela Johnson
1994 Author Award Winner
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Trouble's Child, by Mildred Pitts Walter
1986 Author Honor Book
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Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali, by Charles R. Smith, Jr., illustrated by Bryan Collier
2008 Author Honor Book
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Unbought and Unbossed, by Shirley Chisholm
1971 Author Honor Book
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Uncle Jed's Barbershop, by Margaree King Mitchell, illustrated by James Ransome
1994 Illustrator Honor Book
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Under the Sunday Tree, by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Amos Ferguson
1989 Illustrator Honor Book
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Uptown, by Bryan Collier
2001 Illustrator Award Winner
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Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys, by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
2001 Illustrator Honor Book
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Visiting Langston, by Willie Perdomo, illustrated by Bryan Collier
2003 Illustrator Honor Book
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The Voice of the Children, by June Jordan and Terri Bush
1971 Author Honor Book
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis
1996 Author Honor Book
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The Way a Door Closes, by Hope Anita Smith, illustrated by Shane W. Evans
2004 John Steptoe New Talent Winner (Author)
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We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson
2009 Author Award Winner and Illustrator Honor Book
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What a Morning!: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals, by John M. Langstaff, illustrated by Ashley Bryan
1988 Illustrator Honor Book
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When I Am Old with You, by Angela Johnson, illustrated by David Soman
1991 Author Honor Book
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Which Way Freedom?, by Joyce Hansen
1987 Author Honor Book
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Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives, by Sharon G. Flake
2005 Author Honor Book
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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Coretta Scott King
1984 Special Citation Book
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Working Cotton, by Sherley Anne Williams, illustrated by Carole Byard
1993 Illustrator Honor Book
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A Wreath for Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Philippe Lardy
2006 Author Honor Book
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The Young Landlords, by Walter Dean Myers
1980 Author Award Winner
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