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Coretta Scott King Award

Though not recognized as an association award by the ALA until 1982, the Coretta Scott King Award had its inception in the late sixties. The award, commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and honoring his widow, Coretta Scott King, honors African American writers and illustrators and celebrates the African American experience through artistic expression. It is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table.

Awards for 2011

1. Coretta Scott King Award for Author

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      One Crazy Summer

      Rita Williams-GarciaRita Williams-Garcia 9780060760885
   Publisher Comments: Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though her father and Big Ma will send them from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to stay with Cecile... (read more)

2. Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrator

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      Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave

      Bryan Collier and Laban Carrick HillBryan Collier and Laban Carrick Hill 9780316107310
   Publisher Comments: To us it is just dirt, the ground we walk on... But to Dave it was clay, the plain and basic stuff upon which he formed a life as a slave nearly 200 years ago. Dave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in the 1800s. He... (read more)

Past Winners

1. Author 2010

   
   Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable... Vaunda Miche Nelson Used Hardcover $10.00
   

2. Illustrator 2010

   
   My People Langston Hughes Sale Hardcover $7.98
   

3. Author 2009

   
   We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro... Kadir Nelson Used Hardcover $10.00
   

4. Illustrator 2009

   
   The Blacker the Berry Joyce Carol Thomas

   

   Used Hardcover $9.00
   

5. Author 2008

   
   Elijah of Buxton Christopher Curtis

   

   Used Hardcover $7.50
   

6. Illustrator 2008

   
   Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals Ashley Bryan Used Hardcover $7.95
   

7. Author 2007

   
   Copper Sun Sharon M Draper

   

   Used Hardcover $9.00
   

8. Illustrator 2007

   
   Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her... Carole Boston Weatherford

   

   New Hardcover $15.99
   

9. Illustrator 2006

   
   Rosa Nikki Giovanni

   

   Used Hardcover $9.00
   

10. Author 2005

    
    Remember: The Journey to School... Toni Morrison Used Hardcover $10.00
    

11. Illustrator 2005

    
    Ellington Was Not a Street Ntozake Shange

    

    Used Hardcover $6.95
    

12. Illustrator 2004

    
    Beautiful Blackbird Ashley Bryan

    

    Used Hardcover $9.50
    

13. Author 2003

    
    Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes

    

    Used Hardcover $5.95
    

14. Illustrator 2003

    
    Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of... Nikki Grimes Used Hardcover $9.00
    

15. Author 2002

    
    The Land 1st Edition Mildred D. Taylor

    

    Used Hardcover $10.00
    

16. Illustrator 2002

    
    Goin' Someplace Special Patricia McKissack Sale Hardcover $6.98
    

17. Author 2001

    
    Miracle's Boys Jacqueline Woodson

    

    Used Trade Paper $3.95
    

18. Illustrator 2001

    
    Uptown Bryan Collier New Hardcover $17.95
    

19. Illustrator 2000

    
    In the Time of the Drums Gullah Kim L. Siegelson Used Hardcover $4.95
    

20. Author 1999

    
    Heaven Angela Johnson

    

    Used Trade Paper $4.00
    

21. Illustrator 1999

    
    I See the Rhythm Toyomi Igus Used Hardcover $8.50
    

22. Author 1998

    
    Forged by Fire Sharon M. Draper

    

    New Hardcover $17.99
    

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