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The Coretta Scott King Book Awards recognize African American and Black authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American/Black culture and universal human values.
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards recognize African American and Black authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American/Black culture and universal human values.
Coretta Scott King Author Book Award Winner 2026
Coretta Scott King Author Book Award Winner 2026
Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Grades 4 - 8
2026 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
The Library in the Woods
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Booktalk Not Available
Grades 2 - 5
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award Winner 2026
The Library in the Woods
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey. illus. by R. Gregory Christie
Read Aloud Not Available
Grades 2 - 5
Two 2026 King Illustrator Honor Books were selected:
André: André Leon Talley—A Fabulously Fashionable Fairy Tale
by Carole Boston Weatherford & Rob Sanders (text) & illus. by Lamont O’Neal
Read Aloud Not Available
Grades K - 3
City Summer, Country Summer
by Kiese Laymon (text) & illus. by Alexis Franklin
Grades 1 - 4
Past Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award Winners
2025 Winner
2025 Winner
Grades K - 3
2025 Honor
2025 Honor
Grades K - 3
2025 Honor
2025 Honor
Grades 2 - 5
2025 Honor
2025 Honor
Grades K - 3
2024
2024
Grades K - 5
2023
2023
Grades 2 - 5
2022
2022
Grades 3 - 6
2021
2021
Grades K - 3
2020
2020
Grades 3 - 7
2019
2019
Grades K - 4
Read Aloud Not Available
2018
2018
Grades 4 - 7
Read Aloud Not Available
2017
2017
Grades 1 - 5
2016
2016
Grades 1 - 5
2015
2015
Grades 2 - 6
2014
2014
Grades K - 3
Past Coretta Scott King Author Book Award Winners
2023
2023
Grades 4 - 8
2022
2022
Grades 3 - 6
2020
2020
Grades 4 - 8
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