Coretta Scott King

Award-Winning Ebooks

K-5

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K-2 Ebooks (all available in Sora)

The Me I Choose to Be by Natasha Tarpley

The Me I Choose to Be

by Natasha Tarpley

The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi

The People Remember

by Ibi Zoboi

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Nina: The Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd

Nina: The Story of Nina Simone

by Traci N. Todd

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We Wait for the Sun by Katie McCabe

We Wait for the Sun

by Katie McCabe

Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham

Soul Food Sunday

by Winsome Bingham

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Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Cole Doyon

Magnificent Homespun Brown

by Samara Cole Doyon

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Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

by Suzanne Slade

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Me and Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera

Me and Mama

by Cozbi A. Cabrera

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The Undefeated

by Kwame Alexander

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What is Given from the Heart by Pat McKissack

What is Given from the Heart

by Pat McKissack

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The Bell Rang by James Ransome

The Bell Rang

by James Ransome

A slave family is distressed when they discover their son Ben has run away.

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o

Sulwe

by Lupita Nyong'o

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The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer

The Stuff of Stars

by Marion Dane Bauer

Explores the formation of the universe.

Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora

Thank You, Omu!

by Oge Mora

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Hidden Figures: the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

by Margot Lee Shetterly

Let the Children March by Alice Faye Duncan

Let the Children March

by Alice Faye Duncan

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Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

by Javaka Steptoe

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Grades 3-6 Ebooks (all available in Sora)

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

by Carole Boston Weatherford

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T by Carole Boston Weatherford

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

by Carole Boston Weatherford

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King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

King and the Dragonflies

by Kacen Callender

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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

by Kwame Mbalia

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Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Finding Langston

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

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The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

The Parker Inheritance

by Varian Johnson

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The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon

The Season of Styx Malone

by Kekla Magoon

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Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Before She Was Harriet

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

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Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life

by Ashley Bryan

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Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia

Gone Crazy in Alabama

by Rita Williams-Garcia

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Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith

Hoodoo

by Ronald L. Smith

In 1930s Alabama, twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher is the only member of his family who seems unable to practice folk magic, but when a mysterious man called the Stranger puts the entire town at risk from his black magic, Hoodoo must learn to conjure to defeat him.

Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

by Patricia Hruby Powell

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Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes

Words with Wings

by Nikki Grimes

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For a full list of Coretta Scott King Award-winning books, see the official Coretta Scott King Award website.