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The Corretta Scott King Award

Awarded annually to authors and illustrators of African
descent for their distinguished  books for children.
2003 Author Award Winner

Bronx Masquerade

written by Nikki Grimes
Author Honor Book

Talkin' About Bessie:
The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman


written by Nikki Grimes
illustrated by E.B. Lewis
   

Red Rose Box

written by Brenda Woods
2003 Illustrator Award Winner

Talkin' About Bessie:
The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman


illustrated by E.B. Lewis
written by Nikki Grimes
Illustrator Honor Award

Rap A Tap Tap:
Here's Bojangles - Think of That


illustrated and written by Leo and Diane Dillon

Visiting Langston

illustrated by Bryan Collier
written by Willie Perdomo
Past Coretta Scott King Awards
     

2003
- Bronx Masquerade
- Talking About Bessie:  The Story of Aviator
     Elizabeth Coleman
Nikki Grimes

E.B. Lewis

2002
- The Land
- Goin' Someplace Special
Mildred D. Taylor
Jerry Pinkney

2001
- Miracle's Boys
- Uptown
Jacqueline Woodson
Bryan Collier

2000
- Bud, Not Buddy
- In the Time of the Drums
Christopher Paul Curtis
Brian Pinkney

1999
- Heaven
- I see the rhythm
Angela Johnson
Michele Wood

1998
- Forged by Fire
- In Daddy's Arms I am Tall:
       African Americans Celebrating Fathers
Sharon M. Draper

Javaka Steptoe

1997
- Slam
- Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Walter Dean Myers
Jerry Pinkney

1996
- Her Stories
- The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo
Virginia Hamilton
Tom Feelings

1995
- Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
- The Creation 
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
James Ransome

1994
- Toning the Sweep
- Soul Looks Back in Wonder
Angela Johnson
Tom Feelings

1993
- Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
- The Origin of Life on Earth: an African Creation Myth
Patricia A. McKissack
Kathleen Atkins

1992
- Now is Your Time: the African American
        Struggle for Freedom
- Tar Beach
 Walter Dean Myers

Faith Ringgold

1991
- The Road to Memphis
- Aida
Mildred D. Taylor
Leo and Diane Dillon

1990
- A Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter
- Nathaniel Talking
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
Jan Spivey Gilchrist


Earlier Winners
 


For more information on the Coretta Scott King Award,
visit the Social Responsibilities Round Table site. 



 
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