Below are the Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books for 2001. You find the author award and honor books, the illustrator and illustrator honor books, Click here for a list of all the Coretta Scott King Award Winners since the Award's inception in 1969 |
Coretta Scott King Author Awards - 2001 |
Miracle's
Boys (click to buy book on-line now)
Format: Hardcover, 192pp.
From the Publisher
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Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books - 2001 |
Let
It Shine: The Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters (click to buy book on-line now) Format: Hardcover, 120pp.
From the Publisher Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred slaves escape the South on the Underground Railroad. Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. The lives these women led are part of an incredible story about courage in the face of oppression; about the challenges and triumphs of the battle for civil rights; and about speaking out for what you believe in--even when it feels like no one is listening. Andrea Davis Pinkney's moving text and Stephen Alcorn's glorious portraits celebrate the lives of ten bold women who lit the path to freedom for generations. Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author of numerous award-winning picture book biographies. A former editor at Essence Magazine who now edits children's books, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Stephen Alcorn is an acclaimed painter
and printmaker who has created artwork for a number of anthologies. He
lives in Cambridge, New York. |
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - 2001 |
Uptown (click to buy book on-line now)
Format:
Hardcover, 32pp. Discover the vibrant world of Harlem, New York, as seen through the eyes of one little boy who lives there. "Uptown . . . Uptown is a rich mix of flavors, colors, sounds, and cultures that come together to create a vibrant community like no other in the world. Seen through the eyes of one little boy who lives there, the details of life in Harlem are as joyous as a game of basketball on a summer's afternoon and as personal as a trip to the barbershop where old-timers reminisce. Bryan Collier's spare, poetic text and beautiful, intricate illustrations evoke every aspect of Harlem, from the legendary Apollo Theater to chocolate-colored brownstones, weekend shopping on 125th Street, and the music of Duke Ellington.
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Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books - 2001 |
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Freedom River (click to buy book on-line now) Format: Hardcover, 32pp. Describes an incident in the life of John
Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio,
and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to
freedom. Only
Passing through: The Story of Sojourner Truth Format: Hardcover, 40pp.
From the Publisher
Virgie
Goes to School with Us Boys Format: Hardcover, 32pp. In the post-Civil War South, a young
African American girl is determined to prove that she can go to school
just like her older brothers.
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Coretta
Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent - 2001 The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, given to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstanding book, is designed to bring visibility to a writer or artist at the beginning of his/her career as a published book creator. The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent was presented for the first time in 1995. |
No Award Presented |
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