The Coretta Scott King Award | A Childs Book

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The Coretta Scott King Award, 1990-2000

The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution published during the previous year.

2025 Coretta Scott King Author Winner

Twenty-four Seconds From Now
Reynolds, Jason

For Illustration

In the Time of the Drums, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

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2025 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Winner

My Daddy Is A Cowboy
Seales, Stephanie

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2025 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

Black Girl You Are Atlas
Watson, Renée

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2025 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

Black Star
Alexander, Kwame

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2025 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

One Big Open Sky
Cline-Ransome, Lesa

1999

Medal Winners

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For Narrative

Heaven by Angela Johnson

For Illustration

I See the Rhythm illustrated by Michele Wood

1998

Medal Winners

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For Narrative

Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper

For Illustration

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers by Javaka Steptoe

1997

Medal Winners

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For Narrative

Slam! by Walter Dean Myers

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For Illustration

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1996

Medal Winners

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For Narrative

Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton

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For Illustration

The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo by Tom Feelings

1995

Medal Winners

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For Narrative

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack

For Illustration

The Creation illustrated by James E. Ransome

1994

Medal Winners

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For Narrative

Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson

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For Illustration

Soul Looks Back in Wonder illustrated by Tom Feelings

1993

Medal Winners

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For Narrative

The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack

For Illustration

The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson

1992

Medal Winners

For Narrative

Now Is Your Time: The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers

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For Illustration

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

1991

Medal Winners

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For Narrative

The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor

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For Illustration

Aida illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

1990

Medal Winners

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For Narrative

A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter by Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack

For Illustration

Nathaniel Talking illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

The Newbery Medal Stories

The Caldecott Stories

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