Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners 1970 to Present
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 CSK Book Awards seal and award names are owned by the American Library Association.
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.
8 Coretta Scott King Award Winning and Honored Books for 1978
Author Award
Africa Dream
by Eloise Greenfield, Illustrated by Carole Byard
List Price: $6.99Amistad (Jan 01, 1977)
Fiction, Paperback, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Author Honor
Barbara Jordan
by James Haskins
List Price: $8.95Dial Books for Young Readers (Jan 01, 1978)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 215 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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Author Honor
Coretta Scott King (Americans All)
by Lillie Patterson
List Price: $8.76Garrard Publishing Company (Apr 01, 1977)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 96 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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Author Honor
Marvin and Tige
by Frankcina Glass
Fawcett (Nov 12, 1978)Fiction, Mass Market Paperback, 232 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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Author Honor
Mary McLeod Bethune (Crowell Biographies)
by Eloise Greenfield
List Price: $14.89Harper & Row (Apr 01, 1977)
Fiction, Library Binding, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Author Honor
Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington
by Ruth Ann Stewart
Doubleday (Dec 01, 1977)Nonfiction, Hardcover, 154 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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Author Honor
The Days When the Animals Talked: Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be (Young Readers)
by William J. Faulkner
Africa World Press (Jan 01, 1993)Fiction, Paperback, 190 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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Illustrator Award
Africa Dream
by Eloise Greenfield, Illustrated by Carole Byard
List Price: $6.99Amistad (Jan 01, 1977)
Fiction, Paperback, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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