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Coretta Scott King Award

Coretta Scott King Award

About the Coretta Scott King Book Award
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards annually recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.
List of Award Winning Titles | Coretta Scott King Award

2024 Coretta Scott King Award

Big (Caldecott Medal Winner and Coretta Scott King Honor Title) by Vashti Harrison
Call Number: Child. Lit E HAR
ISBN: 9780316353229
Publication Date: 2023-05-02
Vashti Harrison traces a child's journey to self-love and shows the power of words to both hurt and heal.

2022 Coretta Scott King Award

Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PZ7.5.M42 Me 2021
ISBN: 9781250780362
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
YA. John Steptoe New Talent Award

2021 Coretta Scott King Award

Me and Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)
Call Number: Child Lit E CAB (Honor book)
ISBN: 9781534454217
Publication Date: 2020-08-25

2020 Coretta Scott King Award

New Kid by Jerry Craft
Call Number: Gr.Novel PZ7.7.C734 N4 2019
Publication Date: 2019
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Child Lit J 811.6 Ale (Caldecott Medal Winner)
ISBN: 9781328780966
Publication Date: 2019-04-02

2017 Coretta Scott King Award

March: Book Three by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Gr. Novel E840.8.L43 L485 2016
Publication Date: 2016

2016 Coretta Scott King Award

Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: E AND
ISBN: 1419714651
Publication Date: 2015-04-14

2015 Coretta Scott King Award

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PZ7.R33593 Boy 2015
Publication Date: 2014

2014 Coretta Scott King Award

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Call Number: J FIC ALE (Medal Winner)
ISBN: 0544107713
Publication Date: 2014-03-18

2011 Coretta Scott King Award

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 921 DAV
ISBN: 9780316107310
Publication Date: 2010-09-07

2008 Coretta Scott King Award

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: Child. Lit J FIC CUR
Publication Date: 2007

2006 Coretta Scott King Award

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Child. Lit J 921 PAR
Publication Date: 2005

1999 Coretta Scott King Award

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Pinkney; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Child. Lit J 921 ELL
Publication Date: 2007-01-01

1998 Coretta Scott King Award

Harlem by Walter Dean Myers; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 811 MYE
ISBN: 9780590543408
Publication Date: 1997-02-01

1988 Coretta Scott King Award

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe (Illustrator); Clarita Kohen (Translator)
Call Number: Child Lit PZ8 .S585
ISBN: 0688040454
Publication Date: 2018-12-31

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