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.
7 Coretta Scott King Award Winning and Honored Books for 1998
Author Award
Forged by Fire
by Sharon M. Draper
List Price: $7.99Simon Pulse (Jan 01, 1997)
Fiction, Mass Market Paperback, 160 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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Author Honor
Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement
by James Haskins
List Price: $14.95Disney-Hyperion (Sep 01, 1996)
Fiction, Hardcover, 128 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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Author Honor
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina 1865 (Dear America Series)
by Joyce Hansen
List Price: $12.99Scholastic Inc (Oct 01, 1997)
Fiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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Illustrator Award
In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall
by Folami Abiade, Dinah Johnson, Carole Boston Weatherford, Dakari Hru, Michael Burgess, E. Ethelbert Miller, Lenard D. Moore, David Anderson, Angela Johnson, Sonia Sanchez, and Davida Adedjouma, Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe
List Price: $8.95Lee & Low Books (Apr 01, 2013)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Illustrator Honor
Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry
by Ashley Bryan, Illustrated by Ashley Bryan
List Price: $7.99Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Jan 01, 2001)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Illustrator Honor
Harlem
by Walter Dean Myers, Illustrated by Christopher Myers
List Price: $17.99Scholastic Press (Feb 01, 1997)
Fiction, Paperback, 192 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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Illustrator Honor
The Hunterman and the Crocodile: A West African Folktale
by Baba Wagué Diakité, Illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité
List Price: $16.95Scholastic Inc (Mar 01, 1997)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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