Whittemore Library: Burns Collection of Award Winning Children's Literature: Coretta Scott King Award

About the Award

"The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.

The Coretta Scott King Book Award was founded in 1969 by Mabel McKissick and Glyndon Greer at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards have grown to include several categories. In 1974, George Ford became the first illustrator to receive the award for Ray Charles (Crowell). "

This information as well as more can be found on http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards/about.

Author Awards 2020s

Unspeakable: the Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 976.6 Wea Curric Lib

ISBN: 9781541581203

Publication Date: 2021-02-02
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: j Woo

ISBN: 9780399545436

Publication Date: 2020-09-01
New Kid by Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Cra

ISBN: 9780062691200

Publication Date: 2019-02-05

Author Awards 2010s

A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield
ISBN: 9780544785137

Publication Date: 2018-01-02
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Call Number: j Wat

ISBN: 9781681191058

Publication Date: 2017-02-14
March : Book 3 by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell
Call Number: j Lew

ISBN: 9781603094023

Publication Date: 2016-08-02
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: j Wil

ISBN: 9780062215871

Publication Date: 2015-04-21
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: j 921 Woo

ISBN: 9780399252518

Publication Date: 2014-08-28
P. S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia; Sisi Aisha Johnson (Narrated by)
Call Number: j Wil

ISBN: 9781470361839

Publication Date: 2013-07-12
Hand in Hand by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 973.04 Pin

ISBN: 9781423142577

Publication Date: 2012-10-23
Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Burns Coretta Scott King Author 2012 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780061730740

Publication Date: 2011-09-27
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: j Wil

ISBN: 9780060760885

Publication Date: 2010-01-26
Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Burns Coretta Scott King Author 2010 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780822567646

Publication Date: 2009-08-01
We Are the Ship by Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 2009 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780786808328

Publication Date: 2008-01-08
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 2008 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780439023443

Publication Date: 2007-09-01
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: j Dra

ISBN: 0689821816

Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Day of Tears by Julius Lester
Call Number: j Les

ISBN: 0786804904

Publication Date: 2005-04-13
Remember by Toni Morrison
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 2005 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 061839740X

Publication Date: 2004-05-03
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 2004 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689849222

Publication Date: 2003-06-01
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 2003 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0803725698

Publication Date: 2001-12-31
The Land by Mildred D. Taylor; Max Ginsburg (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 2002 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0803719507

Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 2001 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0399231137

Publication Date: 2000-04-24
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: j Cur

ISBN: 0385323069

Publication Date: 1999-09-07

Author Awards 1990s

Heaven by Angela Johnson
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1999 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689822294

Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: j Dra

ISBN: 068980699X

Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Slam! by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1997 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780545055741

Publication Date: 2008-05-01
Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 398.2 Ham

ISBN: 0590473700

Publication Date: 1995-11-01
Christmas in the Big House by Patricia C. McKissack; Fredrick L. McKissack; John Thompson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1995 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0590430270

Publication Date: 1994-10-01
Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1994 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0531054764

Publication Date: 1993-04-01
The Dark-Thirty by Patricia C. McKissack; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1993 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0679818634

Publication Date: 2006-08-22
Now Is Your Time! by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1992 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0060243716

Publication Date: 1991-12-01
Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor; Phyllis J. Fogelman (Editor)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1991 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0803703406

Publication Date: 1990-06-11
A Long Hard Journey by Patricia C. McKissack; Fredrick L. McKissack
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1990 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0802768849

Publication Date: 1990-01-01

Author Awards 1980s

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1989 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780545055765

Publication Date: 2008-05-01
The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor; Max Ginsburg (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Tay

ISBN: 0803704186

Publication Date: 1987-09-30
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter; Catherine Stock (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1987 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0688066453

Publication Date: 1986-10-10
The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Call Number: Curric Lib Swider Collection Hamilton

ISBN: 0679843361

Publication Date: 1993-01-04
Motown and Didi by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1985 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780670490622

Publication Date: 1984-10-15
Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton; Ann Grifalconi (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1984 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0030635187

Publication Date: 1983-08-15
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1983 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780399208942

Publication Date: 1982-08-13
Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
Call Number: j Tay

ISBN: 0803747489

Publication Date: 1981-01-01
The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1980 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780670794546

Publication Date: 1979-10-22

Author Awards 1970s

Escape to Freedom by Ossie Davis
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1979 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0670297755

Publication Date: 1990-02-15
Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King 1978 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0381900614

Publication Date: 1977-10-01
The Story of Stevie Wonder by James Haskins
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1977 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 068841740X

Publication Date: 1976-01-01
Duey's Tale by Pearl Bailey; Arnold Skolnick (Illustrator); Gary Azon (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1976 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0151265763

Publication Date: 1975-02-01
The Legend of Africania by Dorothy Robinson; Herbert Temple (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Author 1975 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0874850371

Publication Date: 1974-08-01
Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis; George Ford (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King 1974 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0690670656

Publication Date: 1973-10-01

Illustrator Awards 2020s

Respect by Carole Boston Weatherford; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534452282

Publication Date: 2020-08-25
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 811 Ale

ISBN: 9781328780966

Publication Date: 2019-04-02

Ilustrator Awards 2010s

The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 523.1 Bau

ISBN: 9780763678838

Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander; Chris Colderley; Marjory Wentworth; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 811 Ale

ISBN: 9780763680947

Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
ISBN: 9780316213882

Publication Date: 2016-10-25
Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 921 And

ISBN: 9781419714658

Publication Date: 2015-04-14
Firebird by Misty Copeland; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Cop

ISBN: 9780399166150

Publication Date: 2014-09-04
Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty; Bryan Collier (Artist)
Call Number: j Bea

ISBN: 9780316209175

Publication Date: 2013-12-17
I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2013 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9781442420083

Publication Date: 2012-05-22
Underground by Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 973.7 Eva

ISBN: 9781596435384

Publication Date: 2011-01-18
Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 738.092 Hil

ISBN: 9780316107310

Publication Date: 2010-09-07
My People by Langston Hughes; Charles R. Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: STATE/Curriculum/Reference Burns j Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2010 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9781416935407

Publication Date: 2009-01-06
The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2009 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0060253754

Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Let It Shine by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2008 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689847327

Publication Date: 2007-01-09
Moses by Carole Boston Weatherford; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Wea

ISBN: 0786851759

Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 921 Par

ISBN: 0805071067

Publication Date: 2005-10-01
Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2005 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689828845

Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2004 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689847319

Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Talkin' about Bessie by Nikki Grimes; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator); B. Moser (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 921 Col

ISBN: 0439352436

Publication Date: 2002-11-01
Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2002 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689818858

Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Uptown by Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2001 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0805057218

Publication Date: 2000-06-01
In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2000 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 078680436X

Publication Date: 1999-03-15

Ilustrator Awards 2010s

The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 523.1 Bau

ISBN: 9780763678838

Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander; Chris Colderley; Marjory Wentworth; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 811 Ale

ISBN: 9780763680947

Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
ISBN: 9780316213882

Publication Date: 2016-10-25
Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 921 And

ISBN: 9781419714658

Publication Date: 2015-04-14
Firebird by Misty Copeland; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Cop

ISBN: 9780399166150

Publication Date: 2014-09-04
Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty; Bryan Collier (Artist)
Call Number: j Bea

ISBN: 9780316209175

Publication Date: 2013-12-17
I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2013 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9781442420083

Publication Date: 2012-05-22
Underground by Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 973.7 Eva

ISBN: 9781596435384

Publication Date: 2011-01-18
Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 738.092 Hil

ISBN: 9780316107310

Publication Date: 2010-09-07
My People by Langston Hughes; Charles R. Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: STATE/Curriculum/Reference Burns j Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2010 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9781416935407

Publication Date: 2009-01-06
The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2009 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0060253754

Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Let It Shine by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2008 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689847327

Publication Date: 2007-01-09
Moses by Carole Boston Weatherford; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Wea

ISBN: 0786851759

Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 921 Par

ISBN: 0805071067

Publication Date: 2005-10-01
Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2005 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689828845

Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2004 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689847319

Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Talkin' about Bessie by Nikki Grimes; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator); B. Moser (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 921 Col

ISBN: 0439352436

Publication Date: 2002-11-01
Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2002 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0689818858

Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Uptown by Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2001 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0805057218

Publication Date: 2000-06-01
In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2000 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 078680436X

Publication Date: 1999-03-15

Illustrator Awards 1990s

I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus; Michele Wood (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0892391510

Publication Date: 1998-02-11
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall by Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1998 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 1880000318

Publication Date: 2000-12-01
Minty by Alan Schroeder; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: j 921 Tub

ISBN: 0803718888

Publication Date: 1996-05-01
The Middle Passage by Tom Feelings; Kadir Nelson (Introduction by); Sylviane A. Diouf (Introduction by); Kamili Feelings (Introduction by)
Call Number: j 759.13 Fee OVERSIZED

ISBN: 9780525552444

Publication Date: 2018-01-02
The Creation by James Weldon Johnson; James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1995 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0823410692

Publication Date: 1994-03-01
Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Tom Feelings (Editor, Illustrator); Maya Angelou (Contribution by); Askia Toure (Contribution by); Langston Hughes (Contribution by)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1994 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0803710011

Publication Date: 1993-11-01
The Origin of Life on Earth by David A. Anderson-Sankofa; Kathleen A. Wilson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1993 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0962997854

Publication Date: 1991-11-01
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Rin

ISBN: 0517580306

Publication Date: 1991-01-16
Aïda by Leontyne Price; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1991 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 9780152004057

Publication Date: 1990-10-22
Nathaniel Talking by Eloise Greenfield; Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1990 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0863162002

Publication Date: 1989-08-01

Illustrator Awards 1980s

Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1989 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0394887654

Publication Date: 1988-09-12
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe (Illustrator); Clarita Kohen (Translator)
Call Number: j 398.2 Ste

ISBN: 0688040454

Publication Date: 1987-03-31
Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1987 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0027331202

Publication Date: 1986-04-30
The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: j Flo

ISBN: 0803700970

Publication Date: 1985-03-29
My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter; Pat Cummings (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1984 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0688016715

Publication Date: 1983-04-01
Black Child by Peter Magubane
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1983 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0394709594

Publication Date: 1982-03-12
Mother Crocodile by Birago Diop; Rosa Guy (Adapted by); John Steptoe (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2 Dio

ISBN: 0440064066

Publication Date: 1981-05-01
Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough; Carole Byard (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1980 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 069820462X

Publication Date: 1979-11-01

Illustrator Awards 1970s

Something on My Mind by Nikki Grimes; Tom Feelings (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King Illustrator 1979 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0803782292

Publication Date: 1978-01-01
Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King 1978 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0381900614

Publication Date: 1977-10-01
Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis; George Ford (Illustrator)
Call Number: Burns Coretta Scott King 1974 Ref Curric Lib

ISBN: 0690670656

Publication Date: 1973-10-01

Notes

Notes: The 1981 Author Award is not included in this list because it is not a YA or children's book.

No Illustrator Awards were presented in 1975, 1976, or 1977.