Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
2005 Remember: The Journey to School Integration Author - Toni Morrision 2005 Elllington Was Not a Street Illustrator - Kadir Nelson 2004 The First Part Last Author - Angela Johnson 2004 Beautiful Blackbird Illustrator - Ashley Bryan 2003 Bronx Masquerade Author - Nikki Grimes 2003 Talkin' about Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Illustrator - E. B. Lewis 2002 The Land Author - Mildren Taylor 2002 Goin' Someplace Special Illustrator - Jerry Pinkney 2001 Miracle's Boys Author - Jacqueline Woodsen 2001 Uptown Illustrator - Bryan Collier 2000 Bud Not Buddy Author - Christopher paul Curtis 2000 In the Time of teh Drums Illustrator - Brian Pinkney 1999 Heaven Author - Angela Johnson 1999 i see the rhythm Illustration - Michele Wood 1998 Forged by Fire Author - Sharon M. Draper 1998 In Daddy's Arms I am Tall Illustrator - Javaka Steptoe 1997 Slam! Author - Walter Dean Myers 1997 Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman Illustrator - Jerry Pinkney 1996 Her Stories Author - Virginia Hamilton, Illustrator Leo and Diane Dillon 1996 The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo Illustrator - Tom Feelings 1995
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
Author -Christopher Paul Curtis
1995
The Creation
Illustrator - James E. Ransome
1994
Toning the Sweep
Author - Angela Johnson
1994
Soul Looks Back in Wonder
Illustrator -Tom Feelings
1993
Dark Thirty Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Author - Patricia McKissack
1993
The Origin of Life on Earth
Illustrator - Kathleen Atkins Wilson
1992
Now is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom
Author - Myers, Walter Dean
1992
Tar Beach
Illustrator - Faith Ringhold
1991
Road to Memphis
Author - Mildred D. Taylor
1991
Aida
Illustrator - Diane and Leo Dillon
1990
Long Hard Journey
Author - McKissack, Patricia and Frederick
1990
Nathaniel Talking
Illustrator - Gilchrest, Jan S.
1989
Fallen Angels
Author - Myers, Walter Dean
1989
Mirandy and Brother Wind
Author - Pinkney, Jerry
1988
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Author - Steptoe, John
1988
What a Morning
Author - Bryan, Ashley
1987
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
Author - Walter, Mildred Pitts
1987
Half a Moon and One Whole Star
Author - Crescent Dragonwagon, Illustrator - Pinkney, Jerry
1986
The People Could Fly
Author - Hamilton, Virginia
1986
Patchwork Quilt
Author - by Valerie Flournoy, Illustrator - Pinkney, Jerry
1985
Motown and Didi
Author - Myers, Walter Dean
1984
Everett Anderson's Goodbye
Author - Clifton, Lucille
1984
Mama Needs Me
Author - Mildred Pitts Walter, Illustrator - Cummings, Pat
1983
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Author - Hamilton, Virginia
1983
Black Child
Author - Magubane, Peter
1982
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
Author - Taylor, Mildred
1982
Mother Crocodile
Author - Birago Diop, Illustrator - Steptoe, John
1981
This Life
Author - Poitier, Sidney
1981
Beat the Story- Drum, Pum-Pum
Author - Bryan, Ashley
1980
Young Landlords
Author - Myers, Walter Dean
1980
Cornrows
Author - Camille Yarbrough, Illustrator - Byard, Carole
1979
Escape to Freedom
Author - Davis, Ossie
1979
Something on My Mind
Author - Feelings, Tom
1978
The Africa Dream
Author - Greenfield, Eloise and Byard, Cole
1977
The Story of Stevie Wonder
Author - Haskins, James
1976
Duey's Tale
Author - Bailey, Pearl
1975
The Legend of Africania
Author - Robinson, Dorothy and Temple, Herbert
1974
Ray Charles
Author - Mathis, Sharon Bell and Ford, George
1973
I Never Had it Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
Author - Duckett, Alfred
1972
Seventeen Black Artists
Author - Fax, Elton C.
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