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Note: All materials are housed on the first floor, North wing, in the Media/Curriculum area.
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Current Coretta Scott King Medal Winner
2008 Author:  Christopher Paul Curtis. Elijah of Buxton.  Scholastic.
PZ7.C94137El 2007
Illustrator: Ashley Bryan.  Let It Shine.  Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Oversize BV 353 .S68 2005

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2000's Coretta Scott King Medal Winners
2007 Author:  Sharon Draper. Copper Sun.  Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
PZ7 .D78325Cop 2006
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson.  Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom.  Written by Carole Boston Weatherford. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children.
E444.T82 W43 2006
2006 Author:  Julius Lester. Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue.  Jump at the Sun/Hyperion.
PZ7 .L5629Da 2005
Illustrator:  Bryan Collier.  Rosa.  Written by Nikki Giovanni.  Henry Holt.
F334.M753 P38427 2005
2005 Author: Toni Morrison. Remember: The Journey to School Integration. Houghton Mifflin.
LC214.2 .M67 2004
Illustrator: Kadir A. Nelson. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange. Simon & Schuster PS3569.H3324 E45 2004
2004 Author: Angela Johnson. The First Part Last. Simon & Schuster.
PZ7 .J629Fi 2003
Illustrator (and Author): Ashley Bryan. Beautiful Blackbird. Atheneum Books for Young Readers PZ8.1 .B839Bg 2003
2003 Author: Nikki Grimes. Bronx Masquerade. Dial Books.
PZ7 .G88429Br 2002
Illustrator: E. B. Lewis. Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes. Orchard Books/Scholastic TK540.C546 G75 2002
2002 Author: Mildred Taylor. The Land. Phyllis Fogelman Books/Penguin Putnam.
PZ7 .T21723Lan 2001
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney. Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack. Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum PZ7 .M478693Go 2001
2001 Author: Jacqueline Woodson. Miracle’s Boys. G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
Not in the collection
Illustrator (and Author): Bryan Collier. Uptown. Henry Holt PZ7 .C67759Up 2000
2000 Author: Christopher Paul Curtis. Bud, Not Buddy. Delacorte.
PZ7 .C94137Bu 1999
Illustrator: Brian Pinkney. In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children PZ7 .S56657In 1999

1990's Coretta Scott King Medal Winners
1999

Author: Angela Johnson. Heaven. Simon & Schuster.

Not in the collection
Illustrator: Michele Wood. i see the rhythm by Toyomi Igus. Children’s Book Press ML3556 .I48 1998
1998 Author: Sharon M. Draper. Forged by Fire. Atheneum.
Not in the collection
Illustrator: Javaka Steptoe. In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers by Alan Schroeder. Lee & Low PS592 .N4B46 1997
1997 Author: Walter Dean Myers. Slam. Scholastic.
Not in the collection
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney. Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder. Dial Books for Young Readers E444.T82 S37 1996
1996 Author: Virginia Hamilton. Her Stories. Scholastic/Blue Sky Press GR111.A47 H35 1995
Illustrator (and Author): Tom Feelings. The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo. Dial Books for Young Readers ND237.F32 A4 1995
1995 Author: Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack. Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. Scholastic, Inc F213 .M36 1994
Illustrator: James Ransome. The Creation by James Weldon Johnson. Holiday House PS3519.O2625 C73 1994
1994 Author: Angela Johnson. Toning the Sweep. Orchard Not in the collection
Illustrator: Tom Feelings. Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Phyllis Fogelman. Dial Books for Young Readers PS591.N4 S58 1994
1993 Author: Patricia A. McKissack. Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural. Knopf. PZ7 .M478693Tah 1992
Illustrator: Kathleen Atkins Wilson. The Origin of Life on Earth: an African Creation Myth retold by David A. Anderson/SANKOFA. Sights PZ8.1 .A543Or 1991
1992 Author: Walter Dean Myers. Now is Your Time: the African American Struggle for Freedom. HarperCollins. Not in the collection
Illustrator (and Author): Faith Ringgold. Tar Beach. Crown. PZ7 .R4726Tar 1991
1991 Author: Mildred D. Taylor. The Road to Memphis. Dial. PZ7 .T21723Rm 1990
Illustrators: Leo and Diane Dillon. Aida text by Leontyne Price. Harcourt. ML3930.V4 P7 1990
1990 Author: Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack. A Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter. Walker. Not in the collection
Illustrator: Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Nathaniel Talking by Eloise Greenfield. Black Butterfly. Not in the collection

1980's Coretta Scott King Medal Winners
1989 Author: Walter Dean Myers. Fallen Angels. Scholastic. PZ7 .M992Fal 1988
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney. Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack. Knopf. PZ7 .M478693Mi 1988
1988 Author: Mildred L. Taylor The Friendship. Dial. Not in the collection
Illustrator (and Author): John Steptoe Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: an African Tale. Lothrop. PZ8 .S585Mu 1987
1987 Author: Mildred Pitts Walter. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World. Lothrop. Not in the collection
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney. Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon. Macmillan. Not in the collection
1986 Author: Virginia Hamilton. The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales. Knopf. PZ8.1 .H154Pe 1985
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney. The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy. Dial. PZ7 .F667Pat 1985
1985 Author: Walter Dean Myers. Motown and Didi. Viking. Not in the collection
Illustrator: No award  
1984 Author: Lucille Clifton. Everett Anderson’s Good-bye. Holt. Not in the collection
Illustrator: Pat Cummings. My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter. Lothrop. Not in the collection
1983 Author: Virginia Hamilton. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. Philomel. Not in the collection
Illustrator (and Author): Peter Mugabane Black Child. Knopf. Not in the collection
1982 Author: Mildred D. Taylor. Let the Circle Be Unbroken. Dial. Not in the collection
Illustrator: John Steptoe. Mother Crocodile; an Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal by Rosa Guy. Delacorte. Not in the collection
1981 Author: Sidney Poitier. This Life. Knopf. Not in the collection
Illustrator (and Author): Ashley Bryan. Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum. Atheneum. Not in the collection
1980 Author: Walter Dean Myers. The Young Landlords. Viking. Not in the collection
Illustrator: Carole Bayard. Cornrows by Camille Yarborough. Coward-McCann. Not in the collection

1970's Coretta Scott King Medal Winners
1979 Author: Ossie Davis. Escape to Freedom. Viking. Not in the collection
Illustrator: Tom Feelings. Something on My Mind by Nikki Grimes. Dial. Not in the collection
1978 Author: Eloise Greenfield. Africa Dream. Ill. by Carole Bayard. Crowell. Not in the collection
Illustrator: Carole Bayard. Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield. Crowell. Not in the collection
1977 Author: James Haskins. The Story of Stevie Wonder. Lothrop. Not in the collection
Illustrator: No award  
1976 Author: Pearl Bailey. Duey’s Tale. Harcourt. Not in the collection
Illustrator: No award  
1975 Author: Dorothy Robinson. The Legend of Africana. Johnson Publishing. Not in the collection
Illustrator: No award  
1974 Author: Sharon Bell Mathis. Ray Charles. Ill. by George Ford. Crowell. Not in the collection
Illustrator: George Ford. Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis. Crowell. Not in the collection
1973 Author: Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett. I Never Had It Made: the Autobiography of Jackie Robinson. Putnam. GV865.R6 A29 1972
Illustrator: Award not established  
1972 Author: Elton C. Fax. Seventeen Black Artists. Dodd. N6538.N5 F3
Illustrator: Award not established  
1971 Author: Charlemae Rollins. Black Troubador: Langston Hughes. Rand McNally.
Not in the collection
Illustrator: Award not established  
1970 Author: Lillie Patterson. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace. Garrard. Not in the collection
Illustrator: Award not established  

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