Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners 1970 to Present
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The Coretta Scott King Awards are presented annually by the American Library Association to honor African-American authors and illustrators who create outstanding books for children and young adults. “… an excellent start on your quest for the best in African-American literature for children.”
The award was established in 1969 to recognize authors. In 1979 it was expanded to include a separate award for illustrators. There are now five categories for book awards; Author, Author Honor, Illustrator, Illustrator Honor, and the John Steptoe Award for New Talent.
These awards are given to commemorate the life and work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her continuing efforts in working for peace and civil rights issues. In 2015 The Coretta Scott King Awards became part of the Youth Media Awards. Here is a printable list of all the award winning books.
You may learn more about this award at the American Library Association’s website. Also check out our list of Top 100+ Recommended African-American Children’s Books, some are also CSK Award winning titles.
9 Coretta Scott King Award Winning and Honored Books for 1971
Author Award
Black Troubadour
List Price: $4.95
Rand Mcnally (Jan 01, 1971)
Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 143 pages
ISBN: 9789997507501Publisher: Rand Mcnally
Book Description:
Author Honor
Black Means …
List Price: $4.95
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Jun 01, 1970)
Early Reader, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 63 pages
ISBN: 9780809030378Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Book Description:
Records the feelings of New York elementary school children toward the word "black."
Records the feelings of New York elementary school children toward the word "black."
Author Honor
Every Man Heart Lay Down
List Price: $19.95
Front Street, Incorporated (Sep 01, 1993)
Picture Book, Fiction, Hardcover, 48 pages
ISBN: 9781563971846Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Book Description:
Here is the story of the birth of Jesus retold in the idiom of Liberians newly acquainted with the English language. To the storytellers of Liberia, Bible stories become poems, or spoken songs. So it is with this simple and tender version of the Nativity. Long out of print, this special picture book is available again to a new generation of readers.
Here is the story of the birth of Jesus retold in the idiom of Liberians newly acquainted with the English language. To the storytellers of Liberia, Bible stories become poems, or spoken songs. So it is with this simple and tender version of the Nativity. Long out of print, this special picture book is available again to a new generation of readers.
Author Honor
I Am a Black Woman
by Mari Evans
List Price: $19.95
Writers and Readers Publishing (Dec 01, 1993)
Young Adult, Poetry, Paperback, 160 pages
ISBN: 9780863163142Publisher: Writers & Readers Publishing
Book Description:
Potent and powerful poetry, including her hallmark poem "I am a Black Woman"
Potent and powerful poetry, including her hallmark poem "I am a Black Woman"
Author Honor
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
List Price: $25.00
Random House (Mar 05, 2002)
Young Adult, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
ISBN: 9780375507892Publisher: Penguin Random House
Book Description:
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local powhitetrash. At eight years old and back at her mother s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ( I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare ) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity. James Baldwin
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local powhitetrash. At eight years old and back at her mother s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ( I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare ) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity. James Baldwin
Author Honor
Mary Jo’s Grandmother
List Price: $8.75
Albert Whitman & Company (Jun 01, 1970)
Picture Book, Fiction, Library Binding, 32 pages
ISBN: 9780807549841Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Book Description:
When her grandmother is hurt in a fall, Mary Jo must get help to the remote farm where they live.
When her grandmother is hurt in a fall, Mary Jo must get help to the remote farm where they live.
Author Honor
The Ebony Book of Black Achievement
List Price: $8.75
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. (Feb 01, 1974)
Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 124 pages
ISBN: 9780874850406Publisher: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
Book Description:
Twenty-one outstanding black men and women illustrated the progress of black achievement from the 14th to the 20th century in widely different fields of endeavor. Included are Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, Daniel Hale Williams, and W.E.B. Du Bois.
Twenty-one outstanding black men and women illustrated the progress of black achievement from the 14th to the 20th century in widely different fields of endeavor. Included are Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, Daniel Hale Williams, and W.E.B. Du Bois.
Author Honor
The Voice of the Children
by June Jordan
List Price: $8.75
Holt Rinehart & Winston (Jun 01, 1970)
Middle Grade, Poetry, Library Binding, 101 pages
ISBN: 9780030851742Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Book Description:
Twenty black and Puerto Rican children write their poetic impressions of growing up in the ghettos of America.
Twenty black and Puerto Rican children write their poetic impressions of growing up in the ghettos of America.
Author Honor
Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition
List Price: $8.75
Take Root Media (Jan 20, 2010)
Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Paperback, 200 pages
ISBN: 9780980059021Publisher: Take Root Media
Book Description:
Unbought and Unbossed is Shirley Chisholm s account of her remarkable rise from young girl in Brooklyn to America s first African-American Congresswoman. She shares how she took on an entrenched system, gave a public voice to millions, and sets the stage for her trailblazing bid to be the first woman and first African-American President of the United States. By daring to be herself, Shirley Chisholm shows us how she forever changed the status quo. This expanded edition, edited by Scott Simpson, digs deeper with analysis by experts like Donna Brazile and Shola Lynch exploring Shirley Chisholm s impact on today and tomorrow s world.
Unbought and Unbossed is Shirley Chisholm s account of her remarkable rise from young girl in Brooklyn to America s first African-American Congresswoman. She shares how she took on an entrenched system, gave a public voice to millions, and sets the stage for her trailblazing bid to be the first woman and first African-American President of the United States. By daring to be herself, Shirley Chisholm shows us how she forever changed the status quo. This expanded edition, edited by Scott Simpson, digs deeper with analysis by experts like Donna Brazile and Shola Lynch exploring Shirley Chisholm s impact on today and tomorrow s world.
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