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{{Infobox award
|name           = Coretta Scott King Award
|image          =
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|caption        =
|awarded_for    = The most distinguished portrayal of African American experience in literature for children or teens
|presenter      = Coretta Scott King Book Award Round Table, a round table of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA)
|country        = United States
|year           = 1970
|website        = {{URL|www.ala.org/csk}}
}}

The '''Coretta Scott King Award''' is an annual award presented by the Coretta Scott King Book Award Round Table, part of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA). Named for [[Coretta Scott King]], wife of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], this award recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children by [[African Americans]] that reflect the African American experience.  Awards are given both to authors and to illustrators for universal human values.

The first author award was given in 1970.  In 1974, the award was expanded to honor illustrators as well as authors. Starting in 1978, runner-up Author Honor Books have been recognized.  Recognition of runner-up Illustrator Honor Books began in 1981. 
In addition, the Coretta Scott King Awards committee has given the Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, starting in 2010, and beginning in 1996 an occasional John Steptoe Award for New Talent.

Like the [[Newbery Medal]] and [[Caldecott Medal]], the Coretta Scott King Awards have the potential to be used in classroom teaching and projects.<ref name="Stephens">{{cite book |last1=Stephens |first1=Claire Gatrell |url=https://archive.org/details/corettascottking0000step |title=Coretta Scott King award books: using great literature with children and young adults |date=2000 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=978-1-56308-685-4 |pages=xv |access-date=27 March 2019 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Coretta Scott King.jpg|thumb|Scott King in 1993|alt=Scott King looking off in the distance]]
The idea for the Coretta Scott King Award came from Glyndon Flynt Greer, a school librarian in [[Englewood, New Jersey]].<ref name="Greer">{{cite web |title=Glyndon Flynt Greer |url=https://archives.library.illinois.edu/alaarchon/index.php?p=digitallibrary%2Fdigitalcontent&id=2675 |publisher=[[American Library Association]] Archives |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327222110/https://archives.library.illinois.edu/alaarchon/index.php?p=digitallibrary%2Fdigitalcontent&id=2675 |url-status=live }}</ref> At a meeting of the American Library Association in Atlantic City in 1969, Greer, librarian Mabel McKissick, and publisher John M. Carroll, lamented the lack of recognition for minority writers. No person of color had won either the [[Newbery Medal|Newbery]] or [[Caldecott Medal|Caldecott]] Medals at that time. Before the conference ended, a group of African American librarians had formed to promote the creation of a new award.  Among them were [[Augusta Braxton Baker]], [[Charlemae Hill Rollins]], and [[Virginia Lacy Jones]].<ref name="SmithBlog">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Henrietta M. |title=Guest Blogger Post, Musings & Ponderings, Publishing 101 The Origins of the Coretta Scott King Award |url=https://blog.leeandlow.com/2013/02/25/the-origins-of-the-coretta-scott-king-award/ |website=The Open Book Blog |access-date=27 March 2019 |date=25 February 2013 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327211003/https://blog.leeandlow.com/2013/02/25/the-origins-of-the-coretta-scott-king-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The award's name was intentionally chosen to honor recently assassinated [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and his wife, [[Coretta Scott King]].<ref name=about/> The name also commemorates the life of King Jr. and honors the dedication Coretta Scott King had to making the world a place that welcomes all people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards|title=The Coretta Scott King Book Awards|date=18 January 2009|website=Round Tables|language=en|access-date=24 October 2019|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024200323/http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards|url-status=live}}</ref> The first Coretta Scott King Award was presented to [[Lillie Patterson]], a librarian in Baltimore, for her elementary level biography ''Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace''.<ref name="SmithBlog" />

Early sponsors of the award included the [[New Jersey Library Association]], and the library councils of the Englewood Middle School and [[Dwight Morrow High School]].<ref name="Thompkins">{{cite thesis |last1=Thompkins |first1=Joyce Hollmon |url=http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2836&context=dissertations |title=An annotated bibliography of the Coretta Scott King Award Books from 1970-1990 |date=1993 |publisher=Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University |location=Atlanta, GA |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101100839/http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2836&context=dissertations |archive-date=1 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|13}}With support from [[Roger McDonough]], the third annual Coretta Scott King Award was presented during the American Library Association's 1972 Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. The award was briefly sponsored by the School of Library and Information Studies at [[Atlanta University]] from 1974 to 1976.  In 1976, a separate awards committee and an advisory board of mostly local librarians were formed, co-chaired by [[Ella Gaines Yates]].<ref name="Thompkins" />{{rp|14–15}}

In 1974, the award was expanded to honor illustrators as well as authors. The first illustrator to receive the award was [[George Ford (illustrator)|George Ford]], for his work in illustrating ''Ray Charles'' by [[Sharon Bell Mathis]].<ref name="LeeLow">{{cite web |title=Interviews: Ray Charles By Sharon Bell Mathis Illustrations by George Ford |url=https://www.leeandlow.com/books/ray-charles/interviews |website=[[Lee & Low Books]] |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327211004/https://www.leeandlow.com/books/ray-charles/interviews |url-status=live }}</ref> Starting in 1978, the runner-ups for the author prize were listed as Honor Books, and beginning in 1981 the illustrator runner-ups were also listed as Honor Books.<ref name="Thompkins" />{{rp|63, 67}}

In 1979, the awards committee and the advisory board merged, forming the Coretta Scott King Award Task Force. With support from [[E. J. Josey]], the new committee became part of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association. Greer served as its first chair until her death on 24 August 1980. Harriet Brown then became acting chair.<ref name="Thompkins" />{{rp|14–17}} Brown was succeeded by [[Effie Morris|Effie Lee Morris]] in 1981. Under Morris' leadership, the Coretta Scott King Awards were officially recognized by the executive board of the ALA. Morris wrote formal selection criteria for the awards to meet ALA's standards, and the Coretta Scott King Awards were accepted as an ALA unit award in 1982, the twelfth year that they had been given.<ref name="Thompkins" />{{rp|14–17}}<ref name="smith" />

Winning books receive a medal; honor books receive a certificate. Winning and honor books are identified by the presence on their covers of the Coretta Scott King Award Seal.  The original seal was designed by artist [[Lev Mills]] in 1974, with a bronze seal on winning books and a pewter seal on honor books. In a later revision of the seal, the colors changed to bronze and black for winners, and pewter and black for honors.<ref name="about" />

The award eventually changed its ALA affiliation from the SRRT to the Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), which had previously been a task force of the SRRT and was a closer match for its activities.<ref name="Bertram">{{cite web |last1=Bertram |first1=Cara |title=50 Years of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards |url=https://archives.library.illinois.edu/ala/csk/ |publisher=[[American Library Association]] Archives |access-date=27 March 2019 |date=13 February 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327222934/https://archives.library.illinois.edu/ala/csk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022 The Coretta Scott King Book Award was designated an official ALA Round Table: the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table.

Dr. [[Henrietta M. Smith]] edited four volumes, published by the American Library Association, that provide a history of the award.<ref name=smith/> ''The Coretta Scott King Awards: 50th Anniversary'' was published in 2019 on the Award's 50th anniversary.<ref>McCollough Carole J., Adelaide Poniatowski Phelps and Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table. Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee. 2019. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards : 50th Anniversary'' Sixth ed. Chicago: ALA Editions.</ref>

From 1996 on, the Coretta Scott King Awards program includes the John Steptoe Award for New Talent, optionally awarded to an author, an illustrator, or both.<ref name="hamilton" />

==Recipients==
[[File:Sharon Draper (11505).jpg|thumb|Sharon Draper won the Steptoe Award before going on to win two Coretta Scott King Awards |alt=Drapper speaking sitting down]]
[[File:Ashley Bryan 01.jpg|thumb|[[Ashley Bryan]] has won the award as both an author and illustrator and has been recognized 12 total times|alt=Bryan smiling against a floral background]]
[[File:Christopher Paul Curtis.JPG|thumb|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]] became the first author to win the [[Newbery Medal]] and Coretta Scott King Award in the same year for ''[[Bud, Not Buddy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bird |first=Betsy |date=28 March 2009 |title=Fun Facts About the Coretta Scott King Book Awards |url=https://afuse8production.slj.com/2009/03/28/fun-facts-about-the-coretta-scott-king-book-awards/ |access-date=20 January 2023 |publisher=[[School Library Journal]] |language=en-US |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120194736/https://afuse8production.slj.com/2009/03/28/fun-facts-about-the-coretta-scott-king-book-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|alt=Paul Curtis smiling with a raised hand]]
[[File:Jerry Pinkney 2019 Texas Book Festival.jpg|thumb|[[Jerry Pinkney|Jerry Pinkney's]] five wins are the most for any illustrator|alt=Pinkney smiling]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Table key
|-
! scope=col |Row color
! scope=col |Meaning
|-
! scope=row style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"|
| Indicates a Coretta Scott King author winner
|-
! scope=row style="background: LightYellow; color:black"|
| Indicates a Coretta Scott King illustrator winner
|-
! scope=row style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"|
| Indicates a John Steptoe Award for New Talent winner
|- 
! scope=row style="background:Lavender; color:black"|
| Indicates a special recognition
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Coretta Scott King Book Awards winners and runners-up<ref name="winners" />
! scope=col width="5%" |Year
! scope=col width="10%" |Work
! scope=col width="20%" |Recipient
! scope=col width="30%" |Title
! scope=col width="10%" |Citation
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=row |1970
! scope=row | Author
|'''{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|[[Lillie Patterson]]}}'''
|'''''Martin Luther King Jr.: Man of Peace'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |1971
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |Author
|'''{{sort|Rollins, Charlemae|[[Charlemae Rollins]]}}'''
|'''''Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Angelou, Maya|[[Maya Angelou]]}}
|''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]''
| rowspan="8" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Chisholm, Shirley|[[Shirley Chisholm]]}}
|''Unbought and Unbossed''
|-
|{{sort|Evans, Mari|[[Mari Evans]]}}
|''I Am a Black Woman''
|-
|{{sort|Graham, Lorenz|[[Lorenz Graham]]}}
|''Every Man Heart Lay Down''
|-
|{{sort|Jordan, June and Terri Bush|[[June Jordan]] and [[Terri Bush]]}}
|{{sort|voice of the children|''The Voice of the Children''}}
|-
|{{sort|Groom, Gladys and Barney Grossman|[[Gladys Groom]] and [[Barney Grossman]]}}
|''Black Means''
|-
|{{sort|Peters, Margaret W.|[[Margaret W. Peters]]}}
|''Ebony Book of Black Achievement''
|-
|{{sort|Udry, Janice May|[[Janice May Udry]]}}
|''Mary Jo's Grandmother''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=row |1972
! scope=row | Author
|'''{{sort|Fax, Elton C.|[[Elton Fax]]}}'''
|'''''17 Black Artists'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=row |1973
!scope=row | Author
|'''{{sort|Duckett, Alfred|[[Alfred Duckett]]}}'''
|'''''I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1974
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |Author
|'''{{sort|Mathis, Sharon Bell|[[Sharon Bell Mathis]]}}'''
|'''''Ray Charles'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Childress, Alice, b, 1974|[[Alice Childress]]}}
|{{sort|hero ain't nothin but a sandwich|''[[A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich (novel)|A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich]]''}}
| rowspan="5" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Clifton, Lucille, b, 1974|[[Lucille Clifton]]}}
|''Don't You Remember?''
|-
|{{sort|Crane, Louise|[[Louise Crane]]}}
|''Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women''
|-
|{{sort|Hunter, Kristin|[[Kristin Hunter]]}}
|''Guest in the Promise Land''
|-
|{{sort|Nagenda, John|[[John Nagenda]]}}
|''Mukasa''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=row | Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Ford, George|[[George Ford (illustrator)|George Ford]]}}'''
|'''''Ray Charles'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=row |1975
!scope=row | Author
|'''{{sort|Robinson, Dorothy|[[Dorothy Robinson]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Legend of Africania, The|''The Legend of Africania''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |1976
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |Author
|'''{{sort|Bailey, Pearl|[[Pearl Bailey]]}}'''
|'''''Duey's Tale'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Graham, Shirley|[[Shirley Graham Du Bois|Shirley Graham]]}}
|''Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa''
| rowspan="4" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Greenfield, Eloise, b, 1976|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}}
|''Paul Robeson''
|-
|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}
|''[[Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff]]''
|-
|{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}}
|''[[Song of the Trees]]''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |1977
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|Haskins, James|[[James Haskins]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Story of Stevie Wonder, The|''The Story of Stevie Wonder''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Clifton, Lucille, b, 1977|[[Lucille Clifton]]}}
|''Everett Anderson's Friend''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}}
|''[[Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry]]''
|-
|{{sort|Blake, Clarence N. and Donald F. Martin|[[Clarence N. Blake]] and [[Donald F. Martin]]}}
|''Quiz Book on Black America''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |1978
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |Author
|'''{{sort|Greenfield, Eloise, a, 1978|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}}'''
|'''''Africa Dream'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Faulkner, William J.|[[William J. Faulkner]]}}
|{{sort|Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be,The|''The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be''}}
| rowspan="6" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Glass, Frankcina|[[Frankcina Glass]]}}
|''Marvin and Tige''
|-
|{{sort|Greenfield, Eloise, b, 1978|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}}
|''Mary McCleod Bethune''
|-
|{{sort|Haskins, James|[[James Haskins]]}}
|''Barbara Jordan''
|-
|{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|[[Lillie Patterson]]}}
|''Coretta Scott King''
|-
|{{sort|Stewart, Ruth Ann|[[Ruth Ann Stewart]]}}
|''Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=row | Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Byard, Carole|[[Carole Byard]]}}'''
|'''''Africa Dream'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1979
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |Author
|'''{{sort|Davis, Ossie|[[Ossie Davis]]}}'''
|'''''Escape to Freedom'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|[[Lillie Patterson]]}}
|''Benjamin Banneker''
| rowspan="4" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Peterson, Jeanne W.|[[Jeanne W. Peterson]]}}
|''I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf''
|-
|{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}}
|''Justice and Her Brothers''
|-
|{{sort|Fenner, Carol|[[Carol Fenner]]}}
|''Skates of Uncle Richard''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=row | Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Feelings, Tom, a, 1979|[[Tom Feelings]]}}'''
|'''''Something on My Mind'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1980
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |Author
|'''{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}'''
|{{sort|Young Landlords, The|'''''The Young Landlords'''''}}
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Gordy, Berry|[[Berry Gordy]]}}
|''Movin' Up''
| rowspan="5" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Greenfield, Eloise and Little, Leslie Jones, b, 1980|[[Eloise Greenfield]] and [[Lessie Jones Little]]}}
|''[[Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir]]''
|-
|{{sort|Haskins, James|[[James Haskins]]}}
|''Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission''
|-
|{{sort|Haskins, James|[[James Haskins]]}}
|''James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin' Man''
|-
|{{sort|Southerland, Ellease|[[Ellease Southerland]]}}
|''Let the Lion Eat Straw''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=row | Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Byard, Carole|[[Carole Byard]]}}'''
|'''''Cornrows'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |1981
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author
|'''{{sort|Poitier, Sidney|[[Sidney Poitier]]}}'''
|'''''This Life'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|De Veaux, Alexis, b, 1981|[[Alexis De Veaux]]}}
|''Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday''
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}'''
|'''''Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Byard, Carole|[[Carole Byard]]}}
|''Grandmama's Joy''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}
|''Count on Your Fingers African Style''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1982
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}}'''
|'''''[[Let the Circle Be Unbroken]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Childress, Alice, b, 1982|[[Alice Childress]]}}
|''Rainbow Jordan''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Hunter, Kristin|[[Kristin Hunter]]}}
|''Lou In the Limelight''
|-
|{{sort|Mebane, Mary E.|[[Mary E. Mebane]]}}
|''Mary: An Autobiography''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Steptoe, John|[[John Steptoe]]}}'''
|'''''Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Feelings, Tom, b, 1982|[[Tom Feelings]]}}
|''Daydreamers''
|Honor
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1983
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author
|'''{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}}'''
|'''''[[Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush]]'''''
|Winner
|-
|{{sort|Lester, Julius|[[Julius Lester]]}}
|''This Strange New Feeling''
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Magubane, Peter|[[Peter Magubane]]}}'''
|'''''Black Child'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Steptoe, John|[[John Steptoe]]}}
|''All the Colors of the Race''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}
|''I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals''
|-
|{{sort|Cummings, Pat, b, 1983|[[Pat Cummings (illustrator)|Pat Cummings]]}}
|''Just Us Women''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1984
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |Author
|'''{{sort|Clifton, Lucille, a, 1984|[[Lucille Clifton]]}}'''
|'''''Everett Anderson's Goodbye'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}}
|{{sort|Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl, The|''The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl''}}
| rowspan="4" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Haskins, James|[[James Haskins]]}}
|''Lena Horne''
|-
|{{sort|Thomas, Joyce Carol|[[Joyce Carol Thomas]]}}
|''Bright Shadow''
|-
|{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|[[Mildred Pitts Walter]]}}
|''Because We Are''
|- style="background:Lavender; color:black"
|{{sort|King, Coretta Scott|'''[[Coretta Scott King]]''' (editor)}}
|'''{{sort|Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., The|''The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr''}}'''
|'''Special'''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=row | Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Cummings, Pat, a, 1984|[[Pat Cummings (illustrator)|Pat Cummings]]}}'''
|'''''My Mama Needs Me'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |1985
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}'''
|'''''[[Motown and Didi]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Boyd, Candy Dawdon|[[Candy Dawson Boyd]]}}
|''Circle of Gold''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}}
|{{sort|Little Love, A|''A Little Love''}}
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |1986
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, The|''[[The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales]]''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}}
|''Junius Over Far''
|Honor
|-
|{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|[[Mildred Pitts Walter]]}}
|''Trouble's Child''
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Patchwork Quilt, The|''The Patchwork Quilt''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Dillon, Leo and Diane, b, 1986|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}}
|{{sort|People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, The|''The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales''}}
|Honor
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1987
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|[[Mildred Pitts Walter]]}}'''
|'''''Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}
|''Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales''
|Honor
|-
|{{sort|Hansen, Joyce|[[Joyce Hansen]]}}
|''Which Way Freedom''
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}'''
|'''''[[Half a Moon and One Whole Star]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}
|''Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Cummings, Pat, b, 1987|[[Pat Cummings (illustrator)|Pat Cummings]]}}
|''C.L.O.U.D.S.''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1988
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Friendship, The|''[[The Friendship]]''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|De Veaux, Alexis, b, 1988|[[Alexis De Veaux]]}}
|{{sort|Enchanted Hair Tale, A|''An Enchanted Hair Tale''}}
|Honor
|-
|{{sort|Lester, Julius|[[Julius Lester]]}}
|{{sort|Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, The|''[[The Tales of Uncle Remus: the Adventures of Brer Rabbit (Lester book)|The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit]]''}}
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Steptoe, John|[[John Steptoe]]}}'''
|'''''[[Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters|Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}
|''What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Sam, Joe|[[Joe Sam]]}}
|{{sort|Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua, The|''The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua''}}
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1989
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}'''
|''[[Fallen Angels (Myers novel)|'''Fallen Angels''']]''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Berry, James|[[James Berry (poet)|James Berry]]}}
|{{sort|Thief in the Village and Other Stories, A|''A Thief in the Village and Other Stories''}}
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}}
|''Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}'''
|'''''[[Mirandy and Brother Wind]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Ferguson, Amos|[[Amos Ferguson]]}}
|''Under the Sunday Tree''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Cummings, Pat, b, 1989|[[Pat Cummings (illustrator)|Pat Cummings]]}}
|''Storm in the Night''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1990
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter, The|''A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Greenfield, Eloise, b, 1990|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}}
|''Nathaniel Talking''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}}
|{{sort|Bells of Christmas, The|''The Bells of Christmas''}}
|-
|{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|[[Lillie Patterson]]}}
|''Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Gilchrist, Jan Spivey|[[Jan Spivey Gilchrist]]}}'''
|'''''Nathaniel Talking'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}
|''{{sort|Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South|[[The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South]]}}''
|Honor
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |1991
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Road to Memphis, The|''[[The Road to Memphis (novel)|The Road to Memphis]]''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Haskins, James|[[James Haskins]]}}
|''Black Dance in America''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Johnson, Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}}
|''When I Am Old with You''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=row | Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Dillon, Leo and Diane, a, 1991|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}}'''
|'''''Aida'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |1992
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author
|'''{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}'''
|'''''Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Greenfield, Eloise, b, 1992|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}}
|''Night on Neighborhood Street''
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Ringgold, Faith|[[Faith Ringgold]]}}'''
|'''''[[Tar Beach]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}
|''All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Gilchrist, Jan Spivey|[[Jan Spivey Gilchrist]]}}
|''Night on Neighborhood Street''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |1993
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|McKissack, Patricia |[[Patricia C. McKissack]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|dark-thirdy|''[[The Dark-Thirty|The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural]]''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}}
|''Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}
|''Somewhere in the Darkness''
|-
|{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|[[Mildred Pitts Walter]]}}
|''Mississippi Challenge''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Wilson, Kathleen Atkins|[[Kathleen Atkins Wilson]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth, The|''The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Clay, Wil|[[Wil Clay]]}}
|''Little Eight John''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|[[Brian Pinkney]]}}
|''Sukey and the Mermaid''
|-
|{{sort|Byard, Carole|[[Carole Byard]]}}
|''Working Cotton''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1994
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Johnson, Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}}'''
|'''''Toning the Sweep'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Thomas, Joyce Carol|[[Joyce Carol Thomas]]}}
|''Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}
|''Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Feelings, Tom, a, 1994|[[Tom Feelings]]}}'''
|'''''Soul Looks Back in Wonder'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Cooper, Floyd, b, 1994|[[Floyd Cooper (illustrator)|Floyd Cooper]]}}
|''Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Ransome, James E.|[[James Ransome (illustrator)|James Ransome]]}}
|''Uncle Jed's Barbershop''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |1995
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}}'''
|'''''[[Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Hansen, Joyce|[[Joyce Hansen]]}}
|{{sort|Captive, The|''The Captive''}}
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Woodson, Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}}
|''I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This''
|-
|{{sort|McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick Jr.<!-- whereas "Fredrick" is Fredrick Sr. -->|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr.}}
|''[[Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues]]''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Ransome, James E.|[[James Ransome (illustrator)|James Ransome]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Creation, The|''The Creation''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Shaffer, Teresa|[[Teresa Shaffer]]}}
|{{sort|singing man|''The Singing Man''}}
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Cooper, Floyd, b, 1995|[[Floyd Cooper (illustrator)|Floyd Cooper]]}}
|''Meet Danitra Brown''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Sharon |Draper}}'''
|'''''[[Tears of a Tiger]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1996
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}}'''
|'''''[[Her Stories|Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Curtis, Christopher Paul, b, 1995|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]]}}
|{{sort|Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963,The|''[[The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963]]''}}
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}}
|''Like Sisters on the Homefront''
|-
|{{sort|Woodson, Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}}
|''From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Feelings, Tom, a, 1996|[[Tom Feelings]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Middle Passage, The|''The Middle Passage''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Dillon, Leo and Diane, b, 1996|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}}
|''Her Stories''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|[[Brian Pinkney]]}}
|''{{sort|Faithful Friend|The Faithful Friend}}''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1997
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author
|'''{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}'''
|'''''Slam'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}}
|''Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts''
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}'''
|'''''Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory, b, 1997|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}}
|{{sort|palm of my heart|''The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children''}}
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Ruffins, Reynold|[[Reynold Ruffins]]}}
|''Running the Road to ABC''
|-
|{{sort|Saint James, Synthia |[[Synthia Saint James]]}}
|''Neeny Coming, Neeny Going''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Martha |Southgate}}'''
|'''''Another Way to Dance'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1998
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Draper, Sharon, a, 1998|[[Sharon Draper]]}}'''
|''[[Forged by Fire (novel)|'''Forged By Fire''']]''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Haskins, James|[[James Haskins]]}}
|''Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Hansen, Joyce|[[Joyce Hansen]]}}
|''[[I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl]]''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|[[Javaka Steptoe]]}}'''
|'''''In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}
|''Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Myers, Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}}
|''Harlem''
|-
|{{sort|Diakite, Baba Wague|[[Baba Wagué Diakité]]}}
|{{sort|Hunterman and the Crocodile,The|''The Hunterman and the Crocodile''}}
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="10" |1999
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|Johnson, Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}}'''
|'''''Heaven'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Grimes, Nikki, b, 1999|[[Nikki Grimes]]}}
|''Jazmin's Notebook''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Hansen, Joyce and McGowan, Gary|[[Joyce Hansen]] and [[Gary McGowan]]}}
|''Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground''
|-
|{{sort|Johnson, Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}}
|{{sort|Other Side: Shorter Poems, The|''The Other Side: Shorter Poems''}}
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Wood, Michele|[[Michele Wood]]}}'''
|'''''[[I See the Rhythm]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Cooper, Floyd, b, 1999|[[Floyd Cooper (illustrator)|Floyd Cooper]]}}
|''I Have Heard of a Land''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Lewis, E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}}
|{{sort|Bat Boy and His Violin, The|''The Bat Boy and His Violin''}}
|-
|{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|[[Brian Pinkney]]}}
|''Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Sharon |Flake}}'''
|{{sort|Skin I'm In, The|'''''[[The Skin I'm In]]'''''}}
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Eric |Velasquez}}'''
|'''''{{sort|Piano Man, The|The Piano Man}}'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |2000
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|Curtis, Christopher Paul, a, 2000|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]]}}'''
|'''''[[Bud, Not Buddy]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|English, Karen|[[Karen English]]}}
|''Francie''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}}
|''[[Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers]]''
|-
|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}
|''[[Monster (Walter Dean Myers novel)|Monster]]''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|[[Brian Pinkney]]}}'''
|'''''In the Time of the Drums'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Lewis, E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}}
|''My Rows and Piles of Coins''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Myers, Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}}
|''Black Cat''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |2001
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author
|'''{{sort|Woodson, Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}}'''
|''[[Miracle's Boys (novel)|'''Miracle's Boys''']]''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Pinkney, Andrea Davis|[[Andrea Davis Pinkney]]}}
|''Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters''
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
| '''{{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}'''
|'''''Uptown'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
| {{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}
|''Freedom River''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory, b, 2001|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}}
|''Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth''
|-
|{{sort|Lewis, E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}}
|''Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |2002
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Land, The|''[[The Land (Mildred D. Taylor)|The Land]]''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Flake, Sharon|[[Sharon G. Flake]]}}
|''Money-Hungry''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Nelson, Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}}
|''Carver: A Life in Poems''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}'''
|'''''[[Goin' Someplace Special]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
| {{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}
|''Martin's Big Words''
|Honor
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Jerome |Lagarrigue}}'''
|'''''[[Freedom Summer (book)|Freedom Summer]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |2003
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Grimes, Nikki, a, 2003|[[Nikki Grimes]]}}'''
|'''''Bronx Masquerade'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Woods, Brenda|[[Brenda Woods]]}}
|{{sort|Red Rose Box,The|''The Red Rose Box''}}
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Grimes, Nikki, b, 2003|[[Nikki Grimes]]}}
|''Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Lewis, E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}}'''
|'''''Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
| {{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}
|''Visiting Langston''
|Honor
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Janet |McDonald}}'''
|'''''Chill Wind'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author / illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Randy |DuBurke}}'''
|'''''{{sort|Moon Ring, The|The Moon Ring}}'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |2004
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Johnson, Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|First Part Last, The|''[[The First Part Last]]''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}}
|''[[Days Of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States]]''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Draper, Sharon, b, 2004|[[Sharon Draper]]}}
|{{sort|Battle of Jericho, The|[[The Battle of Jericho (novel)|''The Battle of Jericho'']]}}
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}'''
|'''''Beautiful Blackbird'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Bootman, Colin|[[Colin Bootman]]}}
|''Almost to Freedom''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}}
|''Thunder Rose''
|-
|{{sort|Dillon, Leo and Diane, b, 2004|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}}
|''Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|{{sort|Smith, Hope Anita|'''[[Hope Anita Smith]]'''}}
|'''{{sort|Way a Door Closes|''The Way a Door Closes'' }}'''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |2005
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|Morrison, Toni|[[Toni Morrison]]}}'''
|'''''Remember: The Journey to School Integration'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Moses, Shelia P.|[[Shelia P. Moses]]}}
|{{sort|Legend of Buddy Bush, The|''The Legend of Buddy Bush''}}
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Flake, Sharon C.|[[Sharon G. Flake]]}}
|''Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives''
|-
|{{sort|Nelson, Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}}
|''Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}}'''
|'''''Ellington Was Not a Street'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}
|''[[God Bless the Child (picture book)|God Bless the Child]]''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Dillon, Leo and Diane, b, 2005|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}}
|{{sort|People Could Fly: The Picture Book, The|''[[The People Could Fly: The Picture Book]]''}}
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Barbara|Hathaway}}'''
|'''''Missy Violet and Me'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Frank|Morrison|Frank Morrison (illustrator)}}'''
|'''''Jazzy Miz Mozetta'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |2006
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|Lester, Julius|[[Julius Lester]]}}'''
|'''''Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Bolden, Tonya|[[Tonya Bolden]]}}
|''Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Grimes, Nikki, b, 2006|[[Nikki Grimes]]}}
|''Dark Sons''
|-
|{{sort|Nelson, Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}}
|{{sort|Wreath for Emmett Till, A|''A Wreath for Emmett Till''}}
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator
| '''{{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}'''
|[[Rosa (children's book)|'''''Rosa''''']]
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory, b, 2006|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}}
|''Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan''
|Honor
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Jaime |Adoff}}'''
|'''''Jimi & Me'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |2007
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author
|'''{{sort|Draper,Sharon, a, 2007|[[Sharon Draper]]}}'''
|'''''[[Copper Sun]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Grimes, Nikki, b, 2007|[[Nikki Grimes]]}}
|''{{sort|Road to Paris, The|[[The Road to Paris]]}}''
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}}'''
|'''''[[Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Myers, Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}}
|''[[Jazz (picture book)|Jazz]]''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Andrews, Benny|[[Benny Andrews]]}}
|''[[Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes]]''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Traci L. |Jones}}'''
|'''''Standing Against the Wind'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |2008
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author
|'''{{sort|Curtis, Christopher Paul, a, 2008|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]]}}'''
|'''''[[Elijah of Buxton]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Draper, Sharon, b, 2008|[[Sharon Draper]]}}
|''[[November Blues]]''
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Smith, Charles R.|[[Charles R. Smith Jr.]]}}
|''[[Twelve Rounds to Glory|Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali]]''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}'''
|'''''Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Devard, Nancy|[[Nancy Devard]]}}
|{{sort|Secret Olivia Told Me,The|''The Secret Olivia Told Me''}}
| rowspan="2" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Dillon, Leo and Diane, b, 2008|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}}
|''[[Jazz on a Saturday Night]]''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Sundee T. |Frazier}}'''
|'''''Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |2009
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}}'''
|'''''We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Smith, Hope Anita|[[Hope Anita Smith]]}}
|''[[Keeping the Night Watch]]''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Thomas, Joyce Carol|[[Joyce Carol Thomas]]}}
|{{sort|Blacker the Berry, The|''The Blacker the Berry (Thomas book){{!}}The Blacker the Berry''}}
|-
|{{sort|Weatherford, Carole Boston|[[Carole Boston Weatherford]]}}
|''[[Becoming Billie Holiday]]''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Cooper, Floyd, a, 2009|[[Floyd Cooper (illustrator)|Floyd Cooper]]}}'''
|'''{{sort|Blacker the Berry, The|''The Blacker the Berry''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}}
|''We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}
|{{sort|Moon Over Star, The|''[[The Moon Over Star]]''}}
|-
|{{sort|Qualls, Sean|[[Sean Qualls]]}}
|''[[Before John Was a Jazz Giant]]''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Shadra |Strickland}}'''
|'''''[[Bird (book)|Bird]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |2010
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author
|'''{{sort|Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux|[[Vaunda Micheaux Nelson]]}}'''
|''[[Bad News for Outlaws|'''Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal''']]''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Davis, Tanita S.|[[Tanita S. Davis]]}}
|''Mare's War''
|Honor
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Smith, Charles R.|[[Charles R. Smith Jr.]]}}'''
|'''''My People'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Lewis, E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}}
|''{{sort|Negro Speaks of Rivers, The|The Negro Speaks of Rivers}}''
|Honor
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Kekla |Magoon}}'''
|{{sort|Rock and the River|'''''[[The Rock and the River]]'''''}}
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |2011
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}}'''
|[[One Crazy Summer (novel)|'''''One Crazy Summer''''']]
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}
|''Lockdown''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Rhodes, Jewell Parker|[[Jewell Parker Rhodes]]}}
|''Ninth Ward''
|-
|{{sort|Neri, G.|[[G. Neri]]}}
|''Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator
| '''{{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}'''
|'''''[[Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|[[Javaka Steptoe]]}}
|''Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix''
|Honor
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|{{sort|Bond, Victoria and T. R. Simon|'''Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon'''}}
|'''''Zora and Me'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Sonia Lynn |Sadler}}'''
|'''''Seeds of Change'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" | 2012
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Author
| '''{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}}'''
| '''''[[Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans]]'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Greenfield, Eloise, b, 2012|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}}
| {{sort|great migration|''[[The Great Migration: Journey to the North]]''}}
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
| {{sort|McKissack, Patricia |[[Patricia C. McKissack]]}}
| ''[[Never Forgotten]]''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator
| '''{{sort|Evans, Shane W.|[[Shane W. Evans]]}}'''
| '''''[[Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom]]'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Nelson, Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}}
| ''[[Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans]]''
| Honor
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" | 2013
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Author
| '''{{sort|Pinkney, Andrea Davis|[[Andrea Davis Pinkney]]}}'''
| '''''Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Woodson, Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}}
| {{sort|Each Kindness|''Each Kindness''}}
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
| {{sort|Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux|[[Vaunda Micheaux Nelson]]}}
| ''No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
| '''{{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}'''
|'''''I, Too, Am America'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sort|Minter, Daniel|[[Daniel Minter]]}}
|''Ellen's Broom''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sort|Myers, Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}}
|''H.O.R.S.E.''
|-
|{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}}
|''I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr.''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" | 2014
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author
| '''{{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}}'''
| '''''P.S. Be Eleven'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Lewis, John|[[John Lewis]] and [[Andrew Aydin]]}}
| ''[[March (comics)|March: Book One]]''
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
| {{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}}
| ''Darius & Twig''
|-
| {{sort|Grimes, Nikki, b, 2014|[[Nikki Grimes]]}}
| ''Words with Wings''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" | Illustrator
| '''{{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}'''
| '''''Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Nelson, Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}}
| ''Nelson Mandela''
| Honor
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Theodore |Taylor III}}'''
|'''''When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" | 2015
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author
| '''{{sort|Woodson, Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}}'''
| '''''[[Brown Girl Dreaming]]'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Alexander, Kwame|[[Kwame Alexander]]}}
| {{sort|crossover|''[[The Crossover]]''}}
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
| {{sort|Nelson, Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}}
| ''How I Discovered Poetry''
|-
| {{sort|Magoon, Kekla|[[Kekla Magoon]]}}
| ''How It Went Down''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Illustrator
| '''{{sort|Myers, Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}}'''
| '''''Firebird'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Robinson, Christian|[[Christian Robinson]]}}
| ''Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker''
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
| {{sort|Morrison, Frank|[[Frank Morrison (illustrator)|Frank Morrison]]}}
| ''Little Melba and Her Big Trombone''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|{{sort|Reynolds, Jason|'''[[Jason Reynolds]]'''}}
|'''''When I Was the Greatest'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" | 2016
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author
| '''{{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}}'''
| '''''Gone Crazy in Alabama'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|[[Jason Reynolds]]}} and {{sort|Kiely, Brendan|Brendan Kiely}}
| ''[[All American Boys]]''
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
| {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|[[Jason Reynolds]]}}
| ''{{sort|Boy in the BLack Suit|The Boy in the Black Suit}}''
|-
| {{sort|Shabazz, Ilyasah|[[Ilyasah Shabazz]]}} and {{sort|Magoon,Kekla|[[Kekla Magoon]]}}
| ''X: A Novel''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Illustrator
| '''{{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}'''
| '''''Trombone Shorty'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Christie, R. Gregory, b, 2016|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}}
| {{sort|book itch|''The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore''}}
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
| {{sort|Robinson, Christian|[[Christian Robinson]]}}
| ''[[Last Stop on Market Street]]''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Ronald L.|Smith}}'''
|'''''Hoodoo'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Ekua |Holmes}}'''
|'''''[[Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" | 2017
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Author
| '''{{sort|Lewis, John|[[John Lewis]]}} and {{sort|Aydin, Andrew|[[Andrew Aydin]]}}'''
| ''[[March (comics)|'''March: Book Three''']]''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|[[Jason Reynolds]]}}
| ''As Brave as You''
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}
| ''[[Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan]]''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Illustrator
| '''{{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|[[Javaka Steptoe]]}}'''
| '''''[[Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat]]'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Christie, R. Gregory, b, 2017|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}}
| ''[[Freedom in Congo Square]]''
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}
| ''[[Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan]]''
|-
| {{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}}
| ''[[In Plain Sight (Jackson book)|In Plain Sight]]''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Nicola |Yoon}}'''
|{{sort|Sun is Also a Star, The|[[The Sun Is Also a Star (novel)|'''''The Sun Is Also a Star''''']]}}
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" | 2018
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author
| '''{{sort|Watson, Renee|[[Renée Watson (author)|Renée Watson]]}}'''
| '''''[[Piecing Me Together]]'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|Barnes, Derrick|[[Derrick Barnes (author)|Derrick Barnes]]}}
| ''[[Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut]]''
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
| {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|[[Jason Reynolds]]}}
| ''[[Long Way Down (book)|Long Way Down]]''
|-
| {{sort|Thomas, Angie|[[Angie Thomas]]}}
| {{sort|hate u give|''[[The Hate U Give]]''}}
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Illustrator
| '''{{sort|Holmes, Ekua|[[Ekua Holmes]]}}'''
| '''''Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets'''''
| '''Winner'''
|-
| {{sort|James, Gordon C.|[[Gordon C. James (illustrator)|Gordon C. James]]}}
| ''[[Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut]]''
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
| {{sort|Ransome, James E.|[[James Ransome (illustrator)|James Ransome]]}}
| ''[[Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman]]''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|David Barclay |Moore}}'''
|'''''{{sort|Stars Beneath Our Feet, The|The Stars Beneath Our Feet}}'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Charly |Palmer}}'''
|'''''Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="10" |2019
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sortname|Claire |Hartfield}}'''
|'''{{sort|few red drops|''[[A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919]]''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Lesa |Cline-Ransome}}
|''Finding Langston''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Varian |Johnson}}
|{{sort|parker inheritance|''The Parker Inheritance''}}
|-
|{{sortname|Kekla |Magoon}}
|{{sort|season of styx malone|''The Season of Styx Malone''}}
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Ekua |Holmes}}'''
|'''{{sort|stuff of stars|''[[The Stuff of Stars]]''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Laura |Freeman}}
|''[[Hidden Figures (picture book)|Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race]]''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Frank |Morrison|Frank Morrison (illustrator)}}
|''[[Let the Children March]]''
|-
|{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory, b, 2019|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}}
|[[Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968|''Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop'']]
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Tiffany D. |Jackson|}}'''
|'''''Monday's Not Coming'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Oge |Mora}}'''
|'''''[[Thank You, Omu!]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="10" |2020
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{sortname|Jerry |Craft}}'''
|'''''[[New Kid]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Junauda |Petrus}}
|{{sort|stars and the blackness between them|''[[The Stars and the Blackness Between Them]]''}}
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Kwame |Mbalia}}
|''[[Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky]]''
|-
|{{sortname|Jason |Reynolds}}
|''Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Kadir |Nelson}}'''
|'''{{sort|undefeated, the|''[[The Undefeated (picture book)|The Undefeated]]''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|James |Ransome|James Ransome (illustrator)}}
|{{sort|Bell Rang, the|''The Bell Rang''}}
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}
|''Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace''
|-
|{{sortname|Vashti |Harrison}}
|''[[Sulwe]]''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Alicia D.|Williams}}'''
|'''''[[Genesis Begins Again]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|April |Harrison}}'''
|'''''What is Given from the Heart'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black" |-
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |2021
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author
|'''{{sortname|Jacqueline |Woodson}}'''
|'''''[[Before the Ever After]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Mildred |Taylor}}
|''All the Days Past, All the Days to Come''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Kacen |Callender}}
|''[[King and the Dragonflies]]''
|-
|{{sortname|Evette |Dionne}}
|''Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box''
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black"
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Frank|Morrison|Frank Morrison (illustrator)}}'''
|'''{{sort|respect: aretha franklin, the queen of soul|''R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul''}}'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Kaylani |Juanita}}
|''Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Cozbi A. |Cabrera}}
|''Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks''
|-
|{{sortname|Cozbi A. |Cabrera}}
|''[[Me & Mama]]''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sortname|Tracy |Deonn}}'''
|'''''[[Legendborn]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black" |-
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |2022
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author
|'''{{sortname|Carole Boston |Weatherford}}'''
|'''''[[Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Safia |Elhillo}}
|''Home Is Not a Country''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Kekla |Magoon}}
|''Revolution in Our Time''
|-
|{{sortname|Ibi |Zoboi}}
|{{sort|People Remember|''The People Remember''}}
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |-
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Cooper, Floyd|[[Floyd Cooper (illustrator)|Floyd Cooper]]}}'''
|'''''Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Christian |Robinson}}
|''Nina: A Story of Nina Simone''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Raissa |Figueroa}}
|''We Wait for the Sun''
|-
|{{sortname|C.G. |Esperanza}}
|''Soul Food Sunday''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sort name|Amber |McBride}}'''
|'''''[[Me (Moth)]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black" |-
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="10" |2023
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author
|'''{{sortname|Amina|Luqman-Dawson}}'''
|'''''[[Freewater]]'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|Ibi |Zoboi}}
|''Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Alicia D. |Williams}}
|''{{sort|Talk, The|The Talk}}''
|-
|{{sortname|Tommie |Smith |Tommie Smith (author)}} and [[Derrick Barnes (author)|Derrick Barnes]]
|{{sort|Victory. Stand!|''Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice''}}
|- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |-
! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{sort|Morrison, Frank|[[Frank Morrison (illustrator)|Frank Morrison]]}}'''
|'''''Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{sortname|April |Harrison}}
|''Me and the Boss: A Story of Mending and Love''
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|{{sortname|Johnnie |Christmas}}
|''Swim Team''
|-
|{{sortname|Dawud |Anyabwile}}
|''Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sort name|Jas |Hammonds}}'''
|'''''We Deserve Monuments'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Janelle |Washington}}'''
|'''''Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black" |-
! rowspan="10" |2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coretta Scott King Book Awards {{!}} Awards & Grants |url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/coretta-scott-king-book-awards |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=www.ala.org |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216220120/https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/coretta-scott-king-book-awards |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/01/ibi-zoboi-dare-coulter-win-2024-coretta-scott-king-book-awards |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 April 2024 |archive-date=1 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301043233/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/01/ibi-zoboi-dare-coulter-win-2024-coretta-scott-king-book-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
! rowspan="4" |Author
|'''[[Ibi Zoboi]]'''
|'''''Nigeria Jones'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|[[Vashti Harrison]]
|''Big''
|Honor
|-
|[[Carole Boston Weatherford]]
|''[[How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee]]''
|Honor
|-
|[[Carole Boston Weatherford]]
|''Kin: Rooted in Hope''
|Honor
|- scope=row | style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |-
! rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''Dare Coulter'''
|'''''An American Story'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|[[Vashti Harrison]]
|''Big''
|Honor
|-
|[[Shannon Wright (illustrator)|Shannon Wright]]
|''Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes''
|Honor
|-
|Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
|''There Was a Party for Langston''
|Honor
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
! scope=row | Steptoe author
|'''{{sort name|Jade |Adia}}'''
|'''''There Goes the Neighborhood'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
!Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{sortname|Briana Mukodiri|Uchendu}}'''
|'''''We Could Fly'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- scope=row | style="background:#B0C4DE; color:black" |-
! rowspan="10" |2025<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=American Library Association announces 2025 Youth Media Award winners |url=https://www.ala.org/news/2025/01/american-library-association-announces-2025-youth-media-award-winners |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=[[American Library Association]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2025-01-27 |title=ALA Youth Media Award Winners Revealed |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/ala-youth-media-award-winners-revealed/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |language=en}}</ref>
! rowspan="4" |Author
|'''{{Sortname|Jason|Reynolds}}'''
|'''''Twenty-four Seconds from Now...'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{Sortname|Renée|Watson|dab=author}}
|''Black Girl You Are Atlas''
|Honor
|-
|{{Sortname|Kwame|Alexander}}
|''Black Star''
|Honor
|-
|{{Sortname|Lesa|Cline-Ransome}}
|''One Big Open Sky''
|Honor
|- scope=row | style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |-
! rowspan="4" |Illustrator
|'''{{Sortname|C. G.|Esperanza}}'''
|'''''My Daddy Is a Cowboy'''''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|{{Sortname|Ekua|Holmes}}
|''Coretta''
|Honor
|-
|{{Sortname|E. B.|Lewis|dab=illustrator}}
|''Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem''
|Honor
|-
|{{Sortname|April|Harrison}}
|''Go Forth and Tell''
|Honor
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
!Steptoe author
|'''{{Sortname|Craig Kofi|Farmer}}'''
|'''''Kwame Crashes the Underworld'''''
|'''Winner'''
|- style="background:#FFE3E3; color: black;"
!Steptoe illustrator
|'''{{Sortname|Jamiel|Law}}'''
|'''''Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues'''''
|'''Honor'''
|}

== Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement ==
[[File:Walter Dean Myers Naypl Ambassador.jpg|thumb|[[Walter Dean Myers]] has the most Coretta Scott King Awards wins as an author with five, and was the inaugural recipient of the Hamilton Award for Lifetime achievement |alt=Tightly cropped photo of Dean Myers' face]]From 2010 the Coretta Scott King Awards include the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, or Virginia Hamilton Award.<ref name="winners" /><ref name="hamilton" /> It is presented to creators and practitioners alternately: in even years, to an African American writer or illustrator of books for children or young adults; in odd years, to a practitioner for "active engagement with youth using award-winning African American literature for children and/or young adults, via implementation of reading and reading related activities/programs."<ref name="hamilton" />
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* 2010: [[Walter Dean Myers]], author
* 2011: [[Henrietta M. Smith|Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith]], professor emerita, [[University of South Florida]], School of Information.
* 2012: [[Ashley Bryan]], storyteller, artist, author, poet, and musician
* 2013: [[Demetria Tucker]], family and youth services librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library, a branch of the Newport News (Va.) Public Library System
* 2014: [[Patricia McKissack|Patricia]] and [[Fredrick McKissack]], children's authors
* 2015: [[Deborah D. Taylor]], young adult librarian
* 2016: [[Jerry Pinkney]], illustrator
* 2017: [[Rudine Sims Bishop|Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop]], professor emerita of education at Ohio State University
* 2018: [[Eloise Greenfield]], author
* 2019: Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy, professor of library science and director of the Office of University Accreditation at North Carolina Central University
* 2020: [[Mildred D. Taylor|Mildred Taylor]], author
* 2021: Dorothy L. Guthrie, retired librarian, district administrator, author and school board member
* 2022: [[Nikki Grimes]], author
* 2023: Dr. Claudette McLinn, retired librarian and bookseller<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=30 January 2023 |title=Dr. Claudette McLinn is the 2023 Recipient of the Coretta Scott King -Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/01/dr-claudette-mclinn-2023-recipient-coretta-scott-king-virginia-hamilton-award |access-date=22 June 2023 |publisher=[[American Library Association]] |language=en |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325020416/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/01/dr-claudette-mclinn-2023-recipient-coretta-scott-king-virginia-hamilton-award |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2024: [[Christopher Paul Curtis]], author<ref>{{cite web |title=Novelist Christopher Paul Curtis receives 2024 Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/01/novelist-christopher-paul-curtis-receives-2024-coretta-scott-king-virginia |website=American Library Association |access-date=25 January 2024 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125145629/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/01/novelist-christopher-paul-curtis-receives-2024-coretta-scott-king-virginia |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2025: Carolyn L. Garnes, public library director and founder of Aunt Lil’s Reading Room<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
{{Portal |Children's literature |United States}}
* [[Timeline of African American children's literature|Timeline of African-American children's literature]]

==References==
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<ref name=about>{{cite web | title = The History of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards | publisher = [[American Library Association]] | url = http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards/about | access-date = 27 March 2019 | archive-date = 16 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170716174435/http://www.ala.org/emiert/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present | url-status = live }}</ref>
<ref name=winners>{{cite web | title = Coretta Scott King Book Award — All Recipients, 1970–Present | date = 5 April 2012 | publisher = [[American Library Association]] | url = http://www.ala.org/emiert/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present | access-date = 22 June 2023 | archive-date = 16 March 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150316004911/http://www.ala.org/emiert/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present | url-status = live }}</ref>
<ref name=hamilton>{{cite web | title = Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement | date = 6 July 2012 | publisher = [[American Library Association]] | url = http://www.ala.org/emiert/virginia-hamilton-award-lifetime-achievement | access-date = 20 June 2023 | archive-date = 14 May 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133503/https://www.ala.org/rt/cskbart/virginia-hamilton-award-lifetime-achievement | url-status = live }}</ref>
<ref name=smith>
Smith, Henrietta M. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards Book: from Vision to Reality''. Chicago: [[American Library Association]]. 1994. {{ISBN|978-0-8389-3441-8}}<br />
——. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards Book, 1970–1999''. [[American Library Association]]. 1999. {{ISBN|978-0-8389-3496-8}}<br />
——. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2004''. [[American Library Association]]. 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-8389-3540-8}}<br />
——. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2009''. [[American Library Association]]. 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-8389-3584-2}}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Coretta Scott King}}
{{American Library Association}}

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