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

Author Awards 2020s

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.

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Burns Collection of Award Winning Children's Literature

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Illustrator Awards 1970s

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