Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2020
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1970 -- demonstrating African American culture
See also resources for the authors/illustrators recognized by the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Award, since its inception in 2010.
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March Book One
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell(Author Honor, 2014)
47 Resources7 Awards
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson(Illustrator Honor, 2016)
46 Resources12 Awards
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James(Illustrator Honor, 2018)
40 Resources12 Awards
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James(Author Honor, 2018)
40 Resources12 Awards
The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis(Author Honor, 1996)
36 Resources5 Awards
Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome(Illustrator Honor, 2018)
34 Resources10 Awards
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson(Illustrator Honor, 2015)
32 Resources9 Awards
March Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell(Author Winner, 2017)
32 Resources13 Awards
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes(New Talent Winner, 2016)
29 Resources12 Awards
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth, and Ekua Holmes(Illustrator Winner, 2018)
28 Resources6 Awards
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
by Laban Carrick Hill and Bryan Collier(Illustrator Winner, 2011)
28 Resources6 Awards
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
by Ashley Bryan(Author Honor, 2017)
28 Resources12 Awards
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe(Illustrator Winner, 2017)
28 Resources10 Awards
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
by Ashley Bryan(Illustrator Honor, 2017)
28 Resources12 Awards
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson(Illustrator Honor, 2009)
27 Resources9 Awards
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson(Author Winner, 2009)
27 Resources9 Awards
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier(Illustrator Honor, 2002)
27 Resources6 Awards
Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie(Illustrator Honor, 2017)
27 Resources10 Awards
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke(Author Honor, 2011)
26 Resources5 Awards
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
by Alice Faye Duncan and R. Gregory Christie(Illustrator Honor, 2019)
25 Resources8 Awards
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
by Nikki Grimes and E.B. Lewis(Author Honor, 2003)
25 Resources5 Awards
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
by Nikki Grimes and E.B. Lewis(Illustrator Winner, 2003)
25 Resources5 Awards
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
by Jason Reynolds and Alexander Nabaum(Author Honor, 2020)
24 Resources6 Awards
