The Coretta Scott King Awards Winners, 1970-2003

2003
For Narrative:
• Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes--Winner!
Honor Books
• The Red Rose Box by Brenda Woods
• Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes
For Illustration:
• Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Colemanby E.B. Lewis --Winner!
Honor Book
• Rap A Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles-Think of That illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
• Visiting Langston illustratedby Bryan Collier

2002
For Narrative:
• The Land by Mildred D. Taylor--Winner!
Honor Books
• Money Hungry by Sharon G. Flake
• Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
For Illustration:
• Goin' Someplace Special illustrated by Jerry Pinkney --Winner!
Honor Book
• Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier

2001
For Narrative:
• Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson--Winner!
Honor Book
• Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney
For Illustration:
• Uptown written and illustrated by Bryan Collier--Winner!
Honor Books
• Freedom River illustrated by Bryan Collier
• Only Passing Through:The Story of Sojourner Truth illustrated by Gregory Christie Virgie
• Goes to School with Us Boys illustrated by E.B. Lewis

2000
For Narrative:
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis--Winner!
Honor Books
• Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack
• Monster by Walter Dean Myers
• Francie by Karen English
For Illustration:
• In the Time of the Drums illustrated by Brian Pinkney--Winner!
Honor Books
• My Rows and Piles of Coins illustrated by E.B. Lewis
• Black Cat written and illustrated by Christopher Myers

1999
For Narrative:
• Heaven by Angela Johnson--Winner!
Honor Books
• Jazmin's Notebook by Nikki Grimes
• Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground by Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan
• The Other Side: Shorter Poems by Angela Johnson
For Illustration:
• I See the Rhythm illustrated by Michele Wood--Winner!
Honor Books
• I Have Heard of a Land illustrated by Floyd Cooper Thomas
• The Bat Boy and His Violin illustrated by E.B. Lewis
• Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney

1998
For Narrative:
• Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper--Winner!
Honor Books
• Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement by James Haskins
• I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl by Joyce Hansen
For Illustration:
• In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers illustrated by Javaka Steptoe--Winner!
Honor Books
• Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry illustrated by Ashley Bryan
• Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers
• The Hunterman and the Crocodile: A West African Folktale illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité

1997
For Narrative:
• Slam! by Walter Dean Myers--Winner!
Honor Books
• Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack
For Illustration:
• Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman illustrated by Jerry Pinkney--Winner!
Honor Books
• The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children illustrated by Gregory Christie
• Running the Road to ABC illustrated by Reynold Ruffins
• Neeny Coming, Neeny Going illustrated by Synthia Saint James

1996
For Narrative:
• Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton--Winner!
Honor Books
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Like Sisters on the Home Front by Rita Williams-Garcia
• From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson
For Illustration:
• The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo illustrated by Tom Feelings--Winner!
Honor Books
• Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
• The Faithful Friend illustrated by Brian Pinkney

1995
For Narrative:
• Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack--Winner!
Honor Books
• The Captive by Joyce Hansen
• I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson
• Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack
For Illustration:
• The Creation illustrated by James E. Ransome--Winner!
Honor Books
• The Singing Man: Adapted from a West African Folktale illustrated by Terea Shaffer
• Meet Danitra Brown illustrated by Floyd Cooper

1994
For Narrative:
• Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson--Winner!
Honor Books
• Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea by Joyce Carol Thomas
• Malcolm X: by Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers
For Illustration:
• Soul Looks Back in Wonder illustrated by Tom Feelings--Winner!
Honor Books
• Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea illustrated by Floyd Cooper
• Uncle Jed's Barbershop illustrated by James Ransome

1993
For Narrative:
• The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack--Winner!
Honor Books
• Mississippi Challenge by Mildred Pitts Walter
• Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack
• Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers
For Illustration:
• The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson--Winner!
Honor Books
• Little Eight John illustrated by Wil Clay
• Sukey and the Mermaid illustrated by Brian Pinkney
• Working Cotton illustrated by Carole Byard

1992
For Narrative:
• Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers--Winner!
Honor Book
• Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield
For Illustration:
• Tar Beach illustrated by Faith Ringgold--Winner!
Honor Books
• All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals illustrated by Ashley Bryan
• Night on Neighborhood Street illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

1991
For Narrative:
• The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor--Winner!
Honor Books
• Black Dance in America: A History Through Its People by James Haskins
• When I Am Old with You by Angela Johnson
For Illustration:
• Aida illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon--Winner!

1990
For Narrative:
• A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack--Winner!
Honor Books
• Nathaniel Talking by Eloise Greenfield
• The Bells of Christmas by Virginia Hamilton
• Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Freedom Movement by Lillie Patterson
For Illustration:
• Nathaniel Talking illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist--Winner!
Honor Book
• The Talking Eggs illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1989
For Narrative:
• Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers--Winner!
Honor Books
• A Thief in the Village and Other Stories of Jamaica by James Berry
• Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton
For Illustration:
• Mirandy and Brother Wind illustrated by Jerry Pinkney--Winner!
Honor Books
• Under the Sunday Tree illustrated by Amos Ferguson
• Storm in the Night illustrated by Pat Cummings

1988
For Narrative:
• The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor--Winner!
Honor Books
• An Enchanted Hair Tale by Alexis De Veaux
• The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Julius Lester
For Illustration:
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe--Winner!
Honor Books
• What a Morning: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals illustrated by Ashley Bryan
• The Invisible Hunters/Los Cazadores Invisibles: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua illustrated by Joe Sam

1987
For Narrative:
• Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter--Winner!
Honor Books
• Lion and the Ostrich Chicks: And Other African Folk Tales by Ashley Bryan
• Which Way Freedom? by Joyce Hansen
For Illustration:
• Half a Moon and One Whole Star illustrated by Jerry Pinkney--Winner!
Honor Books
• Lion and the Ostrich Chicks: And Other African Folk Tales illustrated by Ashley Bryan
• C.L.O.U.D.S. illustrated by Pat Cummings

1986
For Narrative:
• The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton--Winner!
Honor Books
• Junius over Far by Virginia Hamilton
• Trouble's Child by Mildred Pitts Walter
For Illustration:
• The Patchwork Quilt illustrated by Jerry Pinkney--Winner!
Honor Book
• The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

1985
For Narrative:
• Motown and Didi by Walter Dean Myers--Winner!
Honor Books
• Circle of Gold by Candy Dawson Boyd
• A Little Love by Virginia Hamilton

1984
For Narrative:
• Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton--Winner!
• The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Coretta Scott King (Special Citation)
Honor Books
• The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl by Virginia Hamilton
• Lena Horne by James Haskins
• Bright Shadow by Joyce Carol Thomas
• Because We Are by Mildred Pitts Walter
For Illustration:
• My Mama Needs Me illustrated by Pat Cummings--Winner!

1983
For Narrative:
• Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton--Winner!
Honor Books
• This Strange New Feeling by Julius Lester
For Illustration:
• Black Child illustrated by Peter Magubane--Winner!
Honor Books
• All the Colors of the Race: Poems illustrated by John Steptoe
• I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals illustrated by Ashley Bryan Just Us Women illustrated by Pat Cummings

1982
For Narrative:
• Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor--Winner!
Honor Books
• Rainbow Jordan by Alice Childress Lou in the Limelight by Kristin Hunter Mary: An Autobiography by Mary E. Mebane
For Illustration:
• Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal illustrated by John Steptoe--Winner!
Honor Book
• Daydreamers illustrated by Tom Feelings

1981
For Narrative:
• This Life by Sidney Poitier--Winner!
Honor Books
• Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday by Alexis De Veaux
For Illustration:
• Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum illustrated by Ashley Bryan--Winner!
Honor Books
• Grandmama's Joy illustrated by Carole Byard
• Count on Your Fingers African Style illustrated by Wangechi Mutu

1980
For Narrative:
• The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers--Winner!
Honor Books
• Movin' Up by Berry Gordy Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir by Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones
• Little Andrew Young, Man with a Mission by James Haskins
• James Van Derzee: The Picture Takin' Man by James Haskins
• Let the Lion Eat Straw by Ellease Southerland
For Illustration:
• Cornrows illustrated by Carol Byard--Winner!

1979
For Narrative:
•Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass by Ossie Davis--Winner!
Honor Books
• Benjamin Banneker, Genius of Early America by Lillie Patterson
• I Have a Sister, My Sister Is Deaf by Jeanne Peterson
• Justice and Her Brothers by Virginia Hamilton
• The Skates of Uncle Richard by Carol Fenner
For Illustration:
• Something on My Mind illustrated by Tom Feelings--Winner!

1978
For Narrative:
• Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield--Winner!
Honor Books
• The Days When the Animals Talked: Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be by William J. Faulkner
• Marvin and Tige by Frankcina Glass
• Mary McLeod Bethune by Eloise Greenfield
• Barbara Jordan by James Haskins
• Coretta Scott King by Lillie Patterson
• Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington by Ruth A. Stewart
For Illustration:
• Africa Dream illustrated by Carole Byard--Winner!

1977
Winner For Narrative:
• The Story of Stevie Wonder by James Haskins--Winner!

1976
Winner For Narrative:
• Duey's Tale by Pearl Bailey--Winner!

1975
Winner For Narrative:
• The Legend of Africana by Dorothy Robinson--Winner!

1974
Winners For Narrative:
• Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis--Winner!
For Illustration:
• Ray Charles illustrated by George Ford--Winner!
Note: Prior to 1974, the CSK Award was given to authors only.

1973
Winner For Narrative:
• I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett--Winner!

1972
Winner For Narrative:
• Seventeen Black Artists by Elton C. Fax--Winner!

1971
Winner For Narrative:
• Black Troubador: Langston Hughes by Charlemae Rollins--Winner!

1970
Winner For Narrative:
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace by Lillie Patterson--Winner!