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Coretta Scott King Book Award Recipients
2012
Author Award Winner
Kadir Nelson, author and illustrator of “Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans” (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers). “Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans” is an extensive volume focusing on American history as it intertwines with the lives of African Americans. The story is told from the viewpoint of an elderly woman who shares her life story while highlighting pivotal historical events including abolition, the Great Migration, World War II, and the Civil Rights movement.
Illustrator Award Winner
Shane W. Evans, illustrator of “Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom” (A Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership). Effective interplay of dark and light—dark blues and greens that represent fear and oppression; bright golds that signal the joy of freedom—characterizes this portrayal of a band of slaves’ nighttime escape. They run, rest, get help from others, and finally celebrate their hard-won liberation.
Author Honor
Eloise Greenfield, “The Great Migration: Journey to the North,” illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Patricia C. McKissack, “Never Forgotten,” illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon and published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Illustrator Honor
Kadir Nelson, author and illustrator of “Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans,” published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Ashley Bryan, storyteller, artist, author, poet, and musician whose numerous awards include the Coretta Scott King Book Award for "Let it Shine" and "Beautiful Blackbird."
2011
Author Award Winner
Illustrator Award Winner
Bryan Collier, illustrator of Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, written by Laban Carrick Hill (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.). Dave, a slave in 19th century South Carolina, demonstrated extraordinary talent and skill to achieve creative success. At a time when it was illegal for slaves to read and write, the eloquent poetry on Dave’s remarkable pots provided inspiration and hope to those who had none.
Author Honor
Walter Dean Myers, author of Lockdown (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers).
Jewell Parker Rhodes, author of Ninth Ward (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.).
G. Neri, author of Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, illustrated by Randy DuBurke (Lee & Low Books, Inc.).
Illustrator Honor
Javaka Steptoe, author of Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix, written by Gary Golio (Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company).
John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon, authors of Zora and Me (Candlewick Press).
Sonia Lynn Sadler, illustrator of Seeds of Change, written by Jen Cullerton Johnson (Lee & Low Books, Inc.).
Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith, professor emerita at the University of South Florida, Tampa, School of Library and Information Science
2010
Author Award Winner
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, author of Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.).
Illustrator Award Winner
Charles R. Smith, Jr., illustrator of My People; text by Langston Hughes (ginee seo books, Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
Author Honor
Tanita S. Davis, author of Mare’s War (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.).
Illustrator Honor
E.B. Lewis, illustrator of The Negro Speaks of Rivers; text by Langston Hughes (Disney - Jump at the Sun Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group).
John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Kekla Magoon, author of The Rock and the River (Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division).
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Walter Dean Myers is the winner of the inaugural Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children’s author Virginia Hamilton. Myers’ books include: “Amiri & Odette: A Love Story,” published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic; “Fallen Angels,” published by Scholastic Press; “Monster,” published by Amistad and HarperTeen, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers; and “Sunrise Over Fallujah,” published by Scholastic Press.
2009
Author Award Winner
Kadir Nelson, author and illustrator of We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Disney-Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Disney Book Group).
Illustrator Award Winner
Floyd Cooper, illustrator of The Blacker the Berry, written by Joyce Carol Thomas (Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers).
Author Honor
Hope Anita Smith, author of Keeping the Night Watch (Henry Holt and Company).
Joyce Carol Thomas, author of The Blacker the Berry, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers).
Carole Boston Weatherford, author of Becoming Billie Holiday (Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc).
Illustrator Honor
Kadir Nelson, author and illustrator of We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Disney-Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Disney Book Group).
Jerry Pinkney, illustrator of The Moon Over Star, written by Diana Hutts Aston (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group).
Sean Qualls, illustrator of Before John Was a Jazz Giant, by Carole Boston Weatherford (Henry Holt and Company).
2008
Author Award Winner
Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic).
Illustrator Award Winner
Ashley Bryan, author and illustrator of Let it Shine (Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
Author Honor
Sharon M. Draper, author of November Blues (Atheneum Books for Young Adults).
Charles R. Smith, Jr., author of Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Candlewick Press).
Illustrator Honor
Nancy Devard, illustrator of The Secret Olivia Told Me, written by N. Joy (Just Us Books).
Leo and Diane Dillon, authors and illustrators of Jazz On A Saturday Night (Scholastic Blue Sky Press).
2007
Author Award Winner
Sharon Draper, author of Copper Sun (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
Illustrator Award Winner
Kadir Nelson, illustrator of Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children).
Author Honor
Nikki Grimes, author of The Road to Paris (G.P. Putnum’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group).
Illustrator Honor
Christopher Myers, illustratror of Jazz, written by Walter Dean Myers (Holiday House, Inc.).
Benny Andrews, illustrator of Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes, edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.).
2006
Author Award Winner
Julius Lester, author of Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children).
Illustrator Award Winner
Bryan Collier, illustrator of Rosa, written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company).
Author Honor
Tonya Bolden, author of Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers).
Nikki Grimes, author of Dark Sons (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children).
Marilyn Nelson, author of A Wreath for Emmett Till, illustrated by Philippe Lardy (Houghton Mifflin Company).
Illustrator Honor
R. Gregory Christie, illustrator of Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, written by Mary Williams (Lee and Low Books).
2005
Author Award Winner
Toni Morrison, author of Remember: The Journey to School Integration (Houghton Mifflin).
Illustrator Award
Kadir A. Nelson, illustrator of Ellington Was Not a Street, written by Ntozake Shange (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers).
Author Honor
Shelia P. Moses, author of The Legend of Buddy Bush (Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster).
Sharon G. Flake, author of Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children).
Marilyn Nelson, author of Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem (Front Street).
Illustrator Honor
Jerry Pinkney, illustrator of God Bless the Child, text by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers).
Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrators of The People Could Fly: The Picture Book, written by Virginia Hamilton (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's).
2004
Author Award Winner
Angela Johnson, author of The First Part Last (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers).
Author Honor
Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack, authors of Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States (Scholastic).
Jacqueline Woodson, author of Locomotion (Grosset & Dunlap).
Sharon Draper, author of The Battle of Jericho (Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
Illustrator Award
Ashley Bryan, author and illustrator of Beautiful Blackbird (Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
Illustrator Honor
Colin Bootman, illustrator of Almost to Freedom, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Carolrhoda Books).
Kadir Nelson, illustrator of Thunder Rose, written by Jerdine Nolen (Silver Whistle).
2003
Author Award Winner
Nikki Grimes, author of Bronx Masquerade (Dial Books for Young Readers).
Author Honor
Brenda Woods, author of The Red Rose Box (G. P. Putnam’s Sons)
Nikki Grimes, author of Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman, illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Orchard Books/Scholastic).
Illustrator Award Winner
E. B. Lewis, illustrator of Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman, written by Nikki Grimes (Orchard Books/Scholastic).
Illustrator Honor
Leo and Diane Dillion, authors and illustrators of Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles—Think of That (Blue Sky Press/Scholastic).
Bryan Collier, illustrator of Visiting Langston, written by Willie Perdomo (Henry Holt & Co.).
2002
Author Award Winner
The Land by Mildred Taylor (Phyllis Fogelman Books/Penguin Putnam)
Author Honor Books
Money-Hungry by Sharon G. Flake (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson (Front Street)
Illustrator Award Winner
Goin’ Someplace Special, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text by Patricia McKissack (Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum)
Illustrator Honor Books
Martin’s Big Words, illustrated by Bryan Collier; text by Doreen Rappoport (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
2001
Author Award Winner
Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Author Honor Books
Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn (Gulliver Books, Harcourt)
Illustrator Award Winner
Uptown by Bryan Collier (Henry Holt)
Illustrator Honor Books
Freedom River, illustrated by Bryan Collier; text by Doreen Rapport (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie; text by Anne Rockwell (Random House)
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys, illustrated by E.B. Lewis; text by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard (Simon & Schuster)
2000
Author Award Winner
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte)
Author Honor Books
Francie by Karen English (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers by Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack (Scholastic Press)
Monster by Walter Dean Myers (HarperCollins)
Illustrator Award Winner
In the Time of the Drums, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text by Kim L. Siegelson (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children)
Illustrator Honor Books
My Rows and Piles of Coins, illustrated by E. B. Lewis; text by Tololwa M. Mollel (Clarion Books)
Black Cat by Christopher Myers (Scholastic)
1999
Author Award Winner
Heaven by Angela Johnson (Simon & Schuster)
Author Honor Books
Jazmin’s Notebook by Nikki Grimes (Dial Books)
Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground by Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan (Henry Holt and Company)
The Other Side: Shorter Poems by Angela Johnson (Orchard Books)
Illustrator Award Winner
i see the rhythm, illustrated by Michele Wood; text by Toyomi Igus (Children’s Book Press)
Illustrator Honor Books
I Have Heard of a Land, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; text by Joyce Carol Thomas
(Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins)
The Bat Boy and His Violin, illustrated by E. B. Lewis; text by Gavin Curtis (Simon & Schuster)
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Hyperion Books for Children)
1998
Author Award Winner
Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum)
Author Honor Books
Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement by James Haskins (Hyperion)
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl by Joyce Hansen (Scholastic)
Illustrator Award Winner
In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe; text by Alan Schroeder (Lee & Low)
Illustrator Honor Books
Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry by Ashley Bryan (Jean Karl/Atheneum)
Harlem, illustrated by Christopher Myers; text by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wagué Diakité (Scholastic)
1997
Author Award Winner
Slam by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
Author Honor Books
Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack (Scholastic)
Illustrator Award Winner
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text by Alan Schroeder (Dial Books for Young Readers)
Illustrator Honor Books
The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children, illustrated by Gregorie Christie; edited by Davida Adedjouma (Lee & Low Books Inc.)
Running the Road to ABC, illustrated by Reynold Ruffins; text by Denize Lauture (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Neeny Coming, Neeny Going, illustrated by Synthia Saint James; text by Karen English (BridgeWater Books)
1996
Author Award Winner
Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton (Scholastic/Blue Sky Press)
Author Honor Books
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte)
Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia (Delacorte)
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson (Scholastic/Blue Sky Press)
Illustrator Award Winner
The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo by Tom Feelings (Dial Books for Young Readers)
Illustrator Honor Books
Her Stories, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon; text by Virginia Hamilton (Scholastic/Blue Sky Press)
The Faithful Friend, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text by Robert San Souci (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
1995
Author Award Winner
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack (Scholastic)
Author Honor Books
The Captive by Joyce Hansen (Scholastic)
I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson (Delacorte)
Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack (Scholastic)
Illustrator Award Winner
The Creation, illustrated by James Ransome; text by James Weldon Johnson (Holiday House)
Illustrator Honor Books
The Singing Man, illustrated by Terea Shaffer; text by Angela Shelf Medearis (Holiday House)
Meet Danitra Brown, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; text by Nikki Grimes (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard)
1994
Author Award Winner
Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson (Orchard)
Author Honor Books
Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea by Joyce Carol Thomas; illustrated by Floyd Cooper (HarperCollins)
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
Illustrator Award Winner
Soul Looks Back in Wonder, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text ed. by Phyllis Fogelman (Dial Books for Young Readers)
Illustrator Honor Books
Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; text by Joyce Carol Thomas (HarperCollins)
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop, illustrated by James Ransome; text by Margaree King Mitchell (Simon & Schuster)
1993
Author Award Winner
Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia A. McKissack (Knopf)
Author Honor Books
Mississippi Challenge by Mildred Pitts Walter (Bradbury)
Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack (Scholastic)
Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
Illustrator Award Winner
The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth, illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson; retold by David A. Anderson/SANKOFA (Sights)
Illustrator Honor Books
Little Eight John, illustrated by Wil Clay; text by Jan Wahl (Lodestar)
Sukey and the Mermaid, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text by Robert San Souci (Four Winds)
Working Cotton, illustrated by Carole Byard; text by Sherley Anne Williams (Harcourt)
1992
Author Award Winner
Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers (HarperCollins)
Author Honor Books
Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Dial)
Illustrator Award Winner
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Crown)
Illustrator Honor Books
All Night, All Day: A Child’s First Book of African American Spirituals, illustrated and selected by Ashley Bryan (Atheneum)
Night on Neighborhood Street, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist, text by Eloise Greenfield (Dial)
1991
Author Award Winner
The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor (Dial)
Author Honor Books
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