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Coretta Scott King Award - Illustrators
Best books by authors and illustrators of African descent. Began in 1970. Coretta Scott King Award website |
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Brown, Laurene Krasny How to be a Friend Dinosaur characters illustrate the value of friends, how to make friends, how to be and not be a good friend, and how to enjoy being by yourself. 1998 Easy Nonfiction Book 158.25 B |
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2013 Hughes, Langston I Too Am America Presents the popular poem by one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the courage and dignity of the African American Pullman porters in the early twentieth century. Easy Nonfiction Book |
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2012 Evans, Shane Underground "A stellar introduction to the Underground Railroad, narrated by a group of slaves. Readers experience the fugitives' escape, their long nighttime journey punctuated by meetings with friends and enemies, and their final glorious arrival in a place of freedom."--Amazon.com. Easy Nonfiction Book |
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2011 Hill, Laban Carrick Dave the Potter : Artist Poet Slave Biography of Dave, an extraordinary potter, poet and slave who lived in South Carolina in the 1800's. Easy Nonfiction Book 921 D272 2010 |
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2010 Hughes, Langston My People Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Smith interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today. Easy Nonfiction Book 811.52 H874 |
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2009 Thomas, Joyce Carol The Blacker the Berry : Poems A collection of poems, including Golden Goodness, Cranberry Red, and Biscuit Brown, celebrating individuality and Afro-American identity. Children's Nonfiction Book 811.54 T364 |
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2008 Bryan, Ashley, illustrator Let it Shine : Three Favorite Spirituals Illustrated versions of three well-known hymns: This Little Light of Mine; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands; When the Saints Go Marching In Easy Nonfiction Book 782.25302 L |
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2007 Weatherford, Carole Boston Moses : When Harriet Tubman Led her People to Freedom Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one. Easy Nonfiction Book 921 T793 |
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2006 Giovanni, Nikki Rosa Children's Nonfiction Book 921 P238 |
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2005 Shange, Ntozake. Ellington Was Not a Street Easy Nonfiction Book 811.54 Sh18 |
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2004 Bryan, Ashley Beautiful Blackbird In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his blackening brew. Easy Nonfiction Book 398.20968 B |
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2003 Grimes, Nikki Talkin' 'bout Bess : the Story of Aviator Bessie Coleman A biography of the woman who became the first licensed Afro-American pilot. Children's Nonfiction Book 921 C6764 |
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2002 McKissack, Pat Goin' Someplace Special In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library. Easy Picture Book MCKISSACK |
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2001 Collier, Bryan Uptown A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River. Easy Picture Book COLLIER |
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2000 Siegelson, Kim L. In the Time of the Drums Mentu, an American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship. Children's Fiction Book SIEGELSON |
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1999 Igus, Toyomi I See the Rhythm Chronicles and captures poetically the history, mood, and movement of African American music. Includes timeline. Children's Nonfiction Book 784.756 I |
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1998 Schroeder, Alan In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall : African Americans Celebrating Fathers A collection of poems celebrating African-American fathers, by Angela Johnson, E. Ethelbert Miller, Carole Boston Weatherford, and others. Children's Nonfiction Book 811.00803 St45 |
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1997 Schroeder, Alan. Minty : a Story of Young Harriet Tubman Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s. Children's Fiction Book SCHROEDER |
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1996 Feelings, Tom The Middle Passage : White Ship Adult Nonfiction Book |
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1995 Johnson, James Weldon The Creation A poem based on the story of creation from the first book of the Bible. Children's Nonfiction Book 811.52 J633 |
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1994 Feelings, Tom Soul Looks Back in Wonder Artwork and poems by such writers as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Askia Toure portray the creativity, strength, and beauty of their African American heritage. Children's Nonfiction Book 811.508 F321 |
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