Coretta Scott King Award Winners

Copper Sun
by Shirley Hazzard
• 2010 - Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Michaeux Nelson
• 2009 - We Are the Ship by Kadir Nelson
• 2008 - Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
• 2007 - Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
• 2006 - Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester
• 2005 - Remember by Toni Morrison
• 2004 - The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
• 2003 - Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
• 2002 - The Land by Mildred Taylor
• 2001 - Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
• 2000 - Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• 1999 - Heaven by Angela Johnson
• 1998 - Forged By Fire by Sharon Draper
• 1997 - Slam by Walter Dean Myers
• 1996 - Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton
• 1995 - Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Fred L. McKissack
• 1994 - Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson
• 1993 - Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia C. McKissack
• 1992 - Now is Your Time by Walter Dean Myers
• 1991 - Road to Memphis by Mildred Taylor
• 1990 - Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter by Patricia C. McKissack

The complete list can be viewed at the Coretta Scott King Book Awards website.

My People
Charles R. Smith, Jr.
• 2010 - My People illustrated by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
• 2009 - The Blacker the Berry illustrated by Floyd Cooper
• 2008 - Let it Shine illustrated by Ashley Bryan
• 2007 - Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson
• 2006 - Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier
• 2005 - Ellington Was Not a Street illustrated by Kadir Nelson
• 2004 - Beautiful Blackbird illustrated by Ashley Bryan
• 2003 - Talkin' About Bessie illustrated by E. B. Lewis
• 2002 - Goin' Someplace Special illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
• 2001 - Uptown illustrated by Bryan Collier
• 2000 - In the Time of the Drums illustrated by Brian Pinkney
• 1999 - I see the rhythm illustrated by Michele Wood
• 1998 - In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers illustrated by Javaka Steptoe
• 1997 - Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
• 1996 - The Middle Passage illustrated by Tom Feelings
• 1995 - The Creation illustrated by James Ransome
• 1994 - Soul Looks Back in Wonder illustrated by Tom Feelings
• 1993 - The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson
• 1992 - Tar Beach illustrated by Faith Ringgold
• 1991 - Aida illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
• 1990 - Nathaniel Talking illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

The complete list can be viewed at the Coretta Scott King Book Awards website.