Coretta Scott King Award | Lodi Public Library

A selection of Coretta Scott King Award winning books. The Coretta Scott King Award is awarded to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books. It was started in 1970 by the American Library Association (ALA) and is named in honor of Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Here is a selection of award winners and honorees. Clicking on a book cover will take you to its catalog record.

cover of Standing in need of a prayer — Standing in the Need of Prayer by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. by Frank Morrison

cover of Me and Mama — Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera

cover of The Undefeated — The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, ill. by Kadir Nelson

cover of Sulwe — Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, ill. by Vashti Harrison

cover of Me and the Boss — Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love by Michelle Edwards, ill. by April Harrison

cover of Unspeakable: the Tulsa race massacre — Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. by Floyd Cooper

cover of What is Given From the Heart — What is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack, ill. by April Harrison

cover of Respect — Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. by Frank Morrison

cover of Soul Food Sunday — Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham, ill. by C. G. Esperanza

cover of Choosing Brave — Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy, ill. by Janelle Washington

cover of We Wait for the Sun — We Wait for the Wun by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe, ill. by Raissa Figueroa

cover of Unspeakable: the Tulsa race massacre — Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. by Floyd Cooper

cover of Hidden Figures — Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly and Winifred Conkling, ill. by Laura Freeman

cover of Out of Wonder — Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander et al., ill. by Ekua Holmes

cover of Last Stop on Market Street — Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, ill. by Christian Robinson

cover of Thank You Omu — Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora

cover of Before She Was Harriet — Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman by Lesa Cline-Ransome, ill. by James E. Ransome

cover of Crown — Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, ill. by Gordon C. James

cover of Magnificent Homespun Brown — Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration by Samara Cole Doyon, ill. by Kaylani Juanita

cover of The Stuff of Stars — The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer, ill. by Ekua Holmes

cover of Trombone Shorty — Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, ill. by Bryan Collier

cover of Firebird — Firebird by Misty Copeland, ill. by Christopher Myers

cover of Underground — Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans

cover of Ellington Was Not a Street — Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange, ill. by Kadir Neson

cover of Knock Knock — Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty, ill. by Bryan Collier

cover of Heart and Soul — Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson

cover of Bad News for Outlaws — Bad News for Outlaws: the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

cover of Radiant Child — Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe

cover of I, Too, Am America — I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes, ill. by Bryan Collier

cover of Dave the Potter — Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill, ill. by Bryan Collier

cover of Uptown — Uptown by Bryan Collier

cover of The Patchwork Quilt — The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy, ill. by Jerry Pinkney

cover of In the Time of the Drums — In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson, ill. by Brian Pinkney

cover of Moses — Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. by Kadir Nelson

cover of Rosa — Rosa by Nikki Giovanni, ill. by Bryan Collier

cover of Beautiful Blackbird — Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan

cover of I See the Rhythm — I See the Rhythm: a Story of African American Music by Toyomi Igus, ill. by Michele Wood

cover of Let it Shine — Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals by Ashley Bryan

cover of My People — My People by Charles R. Smith Jr., poem by Langston Hughes

cover of Goin' Someplace Special — Goin' Someplace Special by Pat McKissack, ill. by Jerry Pinkney