Coretta Scott King Honor Books Bibliography
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT). Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.” The Award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and honors his widow, Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination in continuing the work for peace and world brotherhood.
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Lexile Call Year Title Information Score Number
990L 2020 Bryan, Ashley. Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey From B World War II to Peace. First edition. New York: Atheneum B8401B Books for Young Readers, 2019. (Illustrator Honor)
This book details artist Ashley Bryan's experiences as a Black soldier in the segregated army of WWII.
680L 2020 Mbalia, Kwame. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole In the Sky. F First edition. Los Angeles: Disney-Hyperion, 2019. (Author M4595T Honor)
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up and steals Eddie's
1 notebook. Tristan chases after it, and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to get it away from the creature, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters. Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?
2020 Nyong'o, Lupita, and Vashti Harrison. Sulwe. First edition. New Contact York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2019. TRC (Illustrator Honor)
When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but a shooting star's tale of the sisters Night and Day helps her understand there is beauty and worth in every shade.
2020 Petrus, Junauda. The Stars and the Blackness Between Them. F New York: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2019. (Author P44965S Honor)
Audre is being sent to live in America with her father because her strictly religious mother caught her with her secret girlfriend, the pastor's daughter. Her grandmother Queenie tries to reassure her granddaughter that she won't lose her roots. Minneapolis. Mabel is trying to figure out why she feels the way she feels-- about her ex Terrell, about her girl Jada and that moment they had in the woods. When Audre and her father come for dinner, Mabel falls hard for Audre and is determined to take care of her as she tries to navigate an American high school. But when test results reveal why Mabel has been feeling low-key sick all summer, it's Audre who is caring for Mabel as they face a deeply uncertain future.
360L 2020 Ransome, James. The Bell Rang. First edition. New York: E Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019. (Illustrator R1745B Honor)
Every single morning, the overseer of the plantation rings the bell. Daddy gathers wood. Mama cooks. Ben and the other slaves go out to work. Each day is the same. Full of grueling work and sweltering heat. Every day, except one, when the bell rings and Ben is nowhere to be found. Because Ben ran.
2 Yet, despite their fear and sadness, his family remains hopeful that maybe, just maybe, he made it North. That he is free. An ode to hope and a powerful tribute to the courage of those who ran for freedom, The Bell Rang is a stunning reminder that our past can never be forgotten.
750L 2020 Reynolds, Jason, and Alexander Nabaum. Look Both Ways: A F Tale Told In Ten Blocks. First edition. New York, New R3352LOO York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019. (Author Honor)
Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and weaves them into one funny, poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.
760L 2019 Cline-Ransome, Lesa. Finding Langston. New York: Holiday F House, 2018. (Author Honor) C6157F
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
610L Johnson, Varian. The Parker Inheritance. New York: Arthur A. F Levine Books, 2018. (Author Honor) J638P
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure-- but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert.
510L Magoon, Kekla. The Season of Styx Malone. New York: Wendy F Lamb Books, 2018. (Author Honor) M27583S
Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene have the whole summer for adventures in the woods behind their house in Sutton, Indiana. Caleb dreams of venturing beyond their ordinary small town, but his dad likes the family to stay close to home. Then Caleb and Bobby Gene meet new neighbor Styx Malone. Styx is sixteen and oozes cool. He's been lots of different places. Styx promises Caleb and Bobby Gene that together, they can pull off the Great Escalator Trade--exchanging one small thing for something better until they achieve their wildest dream. But as the
3 trades get bigger, the brothers soon find themselves in over their heads. It becomes clear that Styx has secrets--secrets so big they could ruin everything--and Caleb fears their whole plan might fall apart.
980L Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four 510.92 Black Women and the Space Race. Illustrated by Laura SH594H Freeman. New York: Harper, 2018. (Illustrator Honor)
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes.
800L Duncan, Alice Faye. Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: E The Sanitation Strike of 1968. Illustrated by R. Gregory D9121M Christie. Honesdale, PA: Calkins Creek, 2018. (Illustrator Honor)
This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year- old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination--when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest.
650L Clark-Robinson, Monica. Let the Children March. Illustrated by E Frank Morrison. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. C559L (Illustrator Honor)
Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
700L 2018 Barnes, Derrick. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. Chicago: E Bolden, 2017. (author honor) B261C
Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
HL720L Reynolds, Jason. Long Way Down. New York: Atheneum, 2017. F (author honor) R3352L
There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry; Don't snitch; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone already dead. Dead by teenage gun violence. And each has something to share with Will.
4 HL590L Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give. New York: Balzer + Bray, F 2017. (author honor) T3614H
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
750L 2017 Reynolds, Jason. As Brave as You. New York: Atheneum Books F for Young Readers, 2016. (author honor) R3352AS
When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires—literally.
730L Bryan, Ashley. Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives, E and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan. New York: B8401F Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016. (author and illustrator honor)
Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never take away.
AD670L Weatherford, Carole Boston. Freedom in Congo Square. E Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. New York: Little Bee W3784F Books, 2016. (illustrator honor)
Six days a week, slaves labor from sunup to sundown and beyond, but on Sunday afternoons, they gather with free blacks at Congo Square outside New Orleans, free from oppression.
N/A Jackson, Richard. In Plain Sight: A Game. Illustrated by Jerry E Pinkney. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2016. (illustrator J13741 honor)
Sophie lives with Mama and Daddy and Grandpa, who spends his days by the window. Every day after school, it's Grandpa whom Sophie runs to.
"Here I am, Grandpa!"
5 "Ah, Sophie, how was your day?"
As Sophie and her grandpa talk, he asks her to find items he's "lost" throughout the day, guiding Sophie on a tour through his daily life and connecting their generations.
770L 2016 Reynolds, Jason and Kiely, Brandon. All American Boys. New F York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015. (author R3352A honor)
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
760L Reynolds, Jason. The Boy in the Black Suit. New York: F Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015. (author honor) R3352B
Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
580L Shabazz, Ilyasah. X: A Novel. Somerville, MA: Candlewick F Press, 2015. (author honor) SH113X
Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies--after all, his father's been murdered, his mother's been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm's efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory. Deep down, he knows that the freedom he's found is only an illusion--and that he can't run forever. X follows Malcolm from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.
630L Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & E Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore. Illustrated by R. Gregory N338B Christie. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 2015. (illustrator honor)
Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like
6 Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
610L de la Peña, Matt. Last Stop on Market Street. Illustrated by E Christian Robinson. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2015. D3706L (illustrator honor)
A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
750L 2015 Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, F 2014. (author honor) AL2715C
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
560L Magoon, Kekla. How It Went Down. New York: Henry Holt, F 2014. (author honor) M27583H
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white, and in the aftermath, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.
NP Nelson, Marilyn and Hadley Hooper. How I Discovered Poetry. 811 New York: Dial Books, 2014. (author honor) N335H
The author reflects on her childhood in the 1950s and her development as an artist and young woman through fifty poems that consider such influences as the Civil Rights Movement, the "Red Scare" era, and the feminist movement.
790L Powell, Patricia Hruby. Josephine: The Dazzling Life of B Josephine Baker. Illustrated by Christian Robinson. San B1746P Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2014. (illustrator honor)
A portrait of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world.
720L Russell-Brown, Katheryn. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone. B Illustrated by Frank Morrison. New York: Lee & Low L698R Books, 2014. (illustrator honor)
A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz
7 musicians of the twentieth century.
760L 2014 Lewis, John and Andrew Aydin. March: Book One. Marietta, B GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2013. (author honor) L5873L
730L Myers, Walter Dean. Darius & Twig. New York: Amistad, 2013. F (author honor) Additional copy available in the Ronnie M9929DAI Barnes Collection
850L Grimes, Nikki. Words with Wings. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong, F 2013. (illustrator honor) G8823W
960L Nelson, Kadir. Nelson Mandela. New York: HarperCollins, B 2013. (illustrator honor) M3125NEK
Presents a biography of the former South African president best known for his political activism and fight to end apartheid.
850L 2013 Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. No Crystal Stair: A Documentary F Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem N338N Bookseller. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Lab, 2012. (author honor)
640L Woodson, Jacqueline, and Earl B. Lewis. Each Kindness. New E York, NY: Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012. (author honor) W868E
1130L King, Martin Luther, Jr. I have a Dream: Martin Luther King, 323.092 Jr. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. New York: Random House, K585I 2012. (illustrator honor)
610L Lyons, Kelly Starling. Ellen’s Broom. Illustrated by Daniel E Minter. New York: J.P Putnam, 2012. (illustrator honor) L9953E
650L Myers, Christopher. H.O.R.S.E. New York: Egmont USA, 2012. E (illustrator honor) M99227H
730L 2012 Greenfield, Eloise. The Great Migration: Journey to the North. 811 New York: Amistad, 2011. (author honor) G837G
710L McKissack, Pat. Never Forgotten. New York: Schwartz and F Wade, 2011. (author honor) M217N
1050L Nelson, Kadir. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and 973 African Americans. New York: Balzer and Bray, 2011. N3346H (illustrator honor)
8 730L 2011 Myers, Walter Dean. Lockdown. New York: Amistad, 2010. F (author honor) M9929LO
470L Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Ninth Ward. New York: Little, Brown F and Co., 2010. (author honor) R3467N
510L Neri, Greg. Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty. New 305.896 York: Lee & Low Books, 2010. (author honor) N356Y
900L Golio, Gary. Jimi: Sounds like a Rainbow: A Story of the B Young Jimi Hendrix. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Boston: H385G Clarion Books, 2010. (illustrator honor)
830L 2010 Davis, Tanita S. Mare’s War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, F 2009. (author honor) D298M
N/A Hughes, Langston. The Negro Speaks of Rivers. Illustrated by 811.52 E.B. Lewis. New York: Disney Jump at the Sun Books, 2009 H8745N (illustrator honor)
N/A 2009 Smith, Hope Anita. Keeping the Night Watch. New York: Henry F Holt and Co., 2008. (author honor) SM588K
N/A Thomas, Joyce Carol. Blacker the Berry. Boston: HarperCollins, 811 2008. (author honor) T3646B
N/A Weatherford, Carole Boston. Becoming Billie Holiday. F Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Wordsong, 2008. (author honor) W3784B
900L Nelson, Kadir. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League 796.357 Baseball. New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for N3346W Children, 2008. (illustrator honor)
N/A Aston, Dianna Hutts. The Moon Over Star. Illustrated by Jerry E Pinkney. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2008. AS86MO (illustrator honor)
1090L Weatherford, Carole Boston. Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A B song of John Coltrane. Illustrated by Sean Qualls. New C722W York: Henry Holt, 2008. (illustrator honor)
770L 2008 Draper, Sharon M. November blues. New York: Atheneum F Books for Young Readers, 2007. (author honor) D7918N
NP Smith, Charles R. Twelve Rounds to Glory: The story of B Muhammad Ali. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, AL416SM 2007. (author honor)
9 350L Joy, N. The Secret Olivia Told Me. Illustrated by Nancy Devard. E East Orange, NJ: Just Us Books, 2007. (illustrator honor) J845S
580L Dillon, Leo and Diane. Jazz on A Saturday Night. New York: 781.65 Blue Sky Press, 2007. (illustrator honor) D5875J
700L 2007 Grimes, Nikki. The Road to Paris. New York: G.P. Putnam, F 2006. (author honor) G8823R
N/A Hughes, Langston. Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes. 811 Illustrated by Benny Andrews. New York: Sterling H8745L Publishing Co., Inc., 2006. (illustrator honor)
1190L 2006 Bolden, Tonya. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American 974.7 Girl. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005. (author honor) B6376M
740L Grimes, Nikki. Dark Sons. New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion F Books for Children, 2005. (author honor) G8823D
NP Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till. Boston: Houghton 811 Mifflin, 2005. (author honor) N335W
670L Williams, Mary. Brothers in Hope: The story of the Lost Boys F of Sudan. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. New York: Lee W6742B & Low Books, 2005. (illustrator Honor)
760L 2005 Moses, Shelia P. The Legend of Buddy Bush. New York: F Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2004. (author honor) M8535L
650L Flake, Sharon. Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories about F Girls and the Boys in Their Lives. New York: Jump at the F598W Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2004. (author honor)
NP Nelson, Marilyn. Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem. 811 Asheville, N.C.: Front Street, 2004 (author honor) N335F
NP Holiday, Billie. God Bless the Child. Illustrated by Jerry MM Pinkney. New York: HarperCollins/Amistad, 2004. 782.42164 (illustrator honor) H717G
480L Hamilton, Virginia. The People Could Fly: The Picture Book. 398.2 Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York: Alfred A. H1808PP Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 2004. (illustrator honor)
10 1040L 2004 McKissack, Patricia. Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in 973.7 the United States. New York: Scholastic Press, 2003. M2175DY (author honor)
NP Woodson, Jacqueline. Locomotion. New York, NY: G.P. Barnes Putnam's Sons, 2009. (author honor) 811.54 W868L
700L Draper, Sharon M. The Battle of Jericho. New York: Atheneum F Books for Young Readers, 2003. (author honor) D7918B
530L Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. Almost to Freedom. Illustrated by F Colin Bootman. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Carolrhoda Books, N338A 2003. (illustrator honor)
910L Nolen, Jerdine. Thunder Rose. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. San E Diego: Harcourt, 2003. (illustrator honor) N717T
830L 2003 Woods, Brenda. The Red Rose Box. New York: Putnam, 2002. Barnes (author honor) F W861R
970L Grimes, Nikki. Talkin' about Bessie: The Story of Aviator B Elizabeth Coleman. New York: Orchard Books, 2002. C6771G (author honor)
300L Dillon, Leo and Diane. Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles— E Think of That! New York: Blue Sky Press, 2002. (illustrator D5875R honor)
NP Perdomo, Willie. Visiting Langston. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. 811 New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2002. (illustrator honor) P412V
650L 2002 Flake, Sharon. Money Hungry. New York: Jump at the F Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2001. (author honor) F598M
890L Nelson, Marilyn. Carver, a Life in Poems. Asheville, N.C.: Front 811.54 Street, 2001. (author honor) N335C
410L Rappaport, Doreen. Martin's Big Words: The Life of Martin 323.092 Luther King, Jr. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. New York: R182M Hyperion Books for Children, 2001. (illustrator honor)
940L 2001 Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women 323.092 Freedom Fighters. San Diego: Harcourt, 2000. (author P656L honor)
11 790L Rockwell, Anne F. Only Passing Through: The Story of Barnes Sojourner Truth. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. New 305.5 York: Alfred A. Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 2000. R593O (illustrator honor)
190L Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Virgie Goes to School with Us F Boys. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. New York: Simon & H832V Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999. (illustrator honor)
660L 2000 English, Karen. Francie. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999. Barnes (author honor) F EN365F
1130L McKissack, Pat. Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of 639.28 African-American Whalers. New York: Scholastic Press, M2175B 1999. (author honor)
670L Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. New York: Harper Tempest, Barnes 2001. (author honor) F M9929MON
700L Mollel, Tololwa M. My Rows and Piles of Coins. Illustrated by E E.B. Lewis. New York: Clarion Books, 1999. (illustrator M736M honor)
NP Myers, Christopher. Black Cat. New York: Scholastic Press, E 1999. (illustrator honor) M99227B
980L 1999 Grimes, Nikki. Jazmin’s Notebook. New York: Dial Books, Barnes 1998. (author honor) F G8823J
1200L Hansen, Joyce. Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story Barnes of New York’s African Burial Ground. New York: Henry Holt, 305.5 1998. (author honor) H198B
870L Johnson, Angela. The Other Side: Shorter Poems. New York: 811.54 Orchard Books, 1998. (author honor) J63O
NP Thomas, Joyce Carol. I Have Heard of a Land. Illustrated by E Floyd Cooper. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. T3646I (illustrator honor)
700L Curtis, Gavin. The Bat Boy & His Violin. Illustrated by E.B. E Lewis. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young C943B Readers, 1998. (illustrator honor)
12 800L Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and Barnes his Orchestra. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. New York: B Hyperion Books for Children, 1998. (illustrator honor) EL56P
N/A 1998 Haskins, Jim. Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil unavailable Rights Movement. New York: Disney-Hyperion: 1996. (author honor)
820L Hansen, Joyce. Dear America: I Thought My Soul Would Rise F and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl. New York: H1984I Scholastic, 1997. (author honor)
NP Bryan, Ashley. Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African-American 811.54 Poetry. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, AS356 1997. (illustrator honor)
NP Myers, Walter Dean. Harlem: A Poem. Illustrated by 811.54 Christopher Myers. New York: Scholastic Press, 1997. M992H (illustrator honor)
AD800L Diakite, Baba Wague. The Hunterman and the Crocodile: A 398.2 West African Folktale. New York: Scholastic, 1997. D54H (illustrator honor)
1130L 1997 McKissack, Patricia. Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave 970.00496 Revolts. New York: Scholastic, 1996. (author honor) M217R
NP Adedjouma, Davida. The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African Barnes American Children. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. 811.54 New York: Lee & Low Books, 1996. (illustrator honor) P18
940L Lotu, Denize. Running the Road to ABC. Illustrated by Reynold E Ruffins. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young L918R Readers, 1996. (illustrator honor)
N/A English, Karen. Neeny Coming, Neeny Going. Illustrated by Barnes Synthia Saint James. Mahwah, N.J.: BridgeWater Books, E 1996. (illustrator honor) EN36NE
1000L 1996 Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham— F 1963. New York: Yearling Book, 1997, 1995. (author C941W.A honor)
750L Williams-Garcia, Rita. Like Sisters on the Homefront. New Barnes York: Lodestar Books, 1995. (author honor) F W67635L
13 690L Woodson, Jacqueline. From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun. F New York: Blue Sky Press, 1995. (author honor) W868FR
880L Hamilton, Virginia. Her Stories: African American Folktales, 398.2 Fairy Tales, and True Tales. Illustrated by Leo and Diane H1808H Dillon. New York: Blue Sky Press, 1995. (illustrator honor)
850L San Souci, Robert D. The Faithful Friend. Illustrated by Brian Barnes Pinkney. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young 398.21 Readers, 1995. (illustrator honor) SA54F
810L 1995 Hansen, Joyce. The Captive. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1994. F (author honor) H1984C
740L Woodson, Jacqueline. I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This. New Barnes York: Delacorte, 1994. (author honor) F W868I
1100L McKissack, Patricia. Black Diamond: The story of the Negro 796.357 baseball leagues. New York: Scholastic, 1994. (author M217B honor)
660L Medearis, Angela Shelf. The Singing Man: Adapted from a 398.21 West African Folktale. Illustrated by Teresa Shaffer. M467S Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001, 1994. (illustrator honor)
NP Grimes, Nikki. Meet Danitra Brown. Illustrated by Floyd 811.54 Cooper. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1994. G882M (illustrator honor)
NP 1994 Thomas, Joyce Carol. Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea: 811.54 Poems. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. New York: T364B HarperCollins, 1993. (author & illustrator honor)
890L Myers, Walter Dean. Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary: A Barnes Biography. New York: Scholastic, 1993 (author honor) B X1M
710L Mitchell, Margaree King. Uncle Jed's Barbershop. Illustrated by E James Ransome. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for M6948U Young Readers, 1993. (illustrator honor)
1120L 1993 Walter, Mildred Pitts. Mississippi Challenge. New York: 305.896 Bradbury Press, 1992. (author honor) W171M
960L McKissack, Patricia. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? New B York: Scholastic, 1992. (author honor) T777MC
14 640L Myers, Walter Dean. Somewhere in the Darkness. New York: Barnes Scholastic, 1992. (author honor) F M9929SO
580L Wahl, Jan. Little Eight John. Illustrated by Wil Clay. New York: E Lodestar Books, 1992. (illustrator honor) W1259L
820L San Souci, Robert D. Sukey and the Mermaid. Illustrated by 398.21 Brian Pinkney. New York: Four Winds Press, 1992. SA54S (illustrator honor)
600L Williams, Sherley Anne. Working Cotton. Illustrated by Carole E Byard. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. W6756W (illustrator honor)
NP 1992 Greenfield, Eloise. Night on Neighborhood Street. New York: 811.54 Dial Books, 1991. (author and illustrator honor) G837NA
NP Bryan, Ashley. All Night, All Day: A Child’s First Book of Barnes African American Spirituals. New York: Atheneum Press, 782.25 1991. (illustrator honor) AL51
1290L 1991 Haskins, James. Black Dance in America: A History Through Not its People. New York: HarperTrophy, 1992, 1990. (author available honor)
730L Johnson, Angela. When I Am Old with You. New York: Orchard E Books, 1990. (author honor) J6303W
N/A 1990 Greenfield, Eloise. Nathaniel Talking. New York: Black 811.54 Butterfly Children's Books, 1988. (author honor) G837N
570L Hamilton, Virginia. The Bells of Christmas. San Diego: Barnes Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. (author honor) F H1808B
990L Patterson, Lillie. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Barnes Movement. New York: Facts on File, 1989. (author honor) B K585PATT
940L San Souci, Robert D. The Talking Eggs: A Folktale From the Barnes American South. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: 398.2 Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989. (illustrator honor) SA54T
740L 1989 Berry, James. A Thief in the Village, and Other Stories. New F York: Orchard Books, 1988, 1987. (author honor) B45955T
15 860L Hamilton, Virginia. Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph B of a Fugitive Slave. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1988. (author B937H honor)
NP Greenfield, Eloise. Under the Sunday Tree. Illustrated by Amos 811.54 Ferguson. [S.I.]: HarperTrophy, 1991. (illustrator honor) G837U
550L Stolz, Mary. Storm in the Night. Illustrated by Pat Cummings. E New York: Harper & Row, 1988. (illustrator honor) ST71S
520L 1988 De Veaux, Alexis. An Enchanted Hair Tale. New York: Harper E & Row, 1987. (author honor) D492E
760L Lester, Julius. The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of 398.2 Brer Rabbit. New York: Dial Books, 1987. (author honor) L567T
N/A Langstaff, John M. What a Morning: The Christmas Story in 783.67 Black Spirituals. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. New York: W556 McElderry Books, 1987. (illustrator honor)
620L Rohmer, Harriet. The Invisible Hunters: A Legend From the 398.2 Miskito Indians of Nicaragua. Illustrated by JoeSam. San R636I Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1987. (illustrator honor)
N/A 1987 Bryan, Ashley. Lion and the Ostrich Chicks, and Other African Barnes Tales. New York: Atheneum, 1986. (author & illustrator 398.2 honor) B84L
700L Hansen, Joyce. Which Way Freedom? New York: Walker, 1986. F (author honor) H1984W
N/A Cummings, Pat. C.L.O.U.D.S. Illustrated by Pat Cummings. New E York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1986. (illustrator C9126CLO honor)
N/A 1986 Hamilton, Virginia. Junius Over Far. New York, N.Y.: Harper F & Row, 1985. (author honor) H1808JUN
N/A Walter, Mildred Pitts. Trouble's Child. New York: Lothrop, Lee Barnes & Shepard Books, 1985. (author honor) F W171T
480L Hamilton, Virginia. The People Could Fly: American Black 398.2 Folktales. New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, H1808P 2000, 1985. (illustrator honor)
16 610L 1985 Boyd, Candy Dawson. Circle of Gold. New York: Scholastic, Barnes 1984. (author honor) F B6924C.A
N/A Hamilton, Virginia. A Little Love. New York: Philomel Books, Barnes 1984. (author honor) F H1808L
830L 1984 Thomas, Joyce Carol. Bright Shadow. [S.I.]: Demco Media, Not 1983. (author honor) available
N/A Walter, Mildred Pitts. Because We Are. New York: Lothrop, Lee Barnes & Shepard, 1983. (author honor) F W171B
840L 1983 Lester, Julius. This Strange New Feeling: Three Love Stories Barnes from Black History. New York: Dial Press, 1982, 2007. F (author honor) L5673TH
N/A Adoff, Arnold. All the Colors of the Race: Poems. Illustrated by 811.54 John Steptoe. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, AD71A 1982. (illustrator honor)
N/A Bryan, Ashley. I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals, Barnes v. 2. New York: Atheneum, 1982. (illustrator honor) 783.67 IM1
610L Caines, Jeannette Franklin. Just Us Women. Illustrated by Pat Barnes Cummings. New York: Scholastic, 1991, 1982. (illustrator E honor) C123J
700L 1982 Childress, Alice. Rainbow Jordan. New York: Coward, McCann F C4377R & Geoghegan, 1981. (author honor)
N/A Lattany, Kristin Hunter. Lou in the Limelight. New York: F Scribner, 1981. (author honor) H917L
N/A Mebane, Mary E. Mary: An Autobiography. Chapel Hill: B University of North Carolina Press, 1999. (author honor) M464M
NP Feelings, Tom. Daydreamers. New York: Dial Press, 1981. Barnes (illustrator honor) 811.54 F321D
N/A 1981 De Veaux, Alexis. Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday. 784.53 [S.l.]: Writers & Readers Pub., 1988. (author honor) D492D
17 N/A Greenfield, Eloise. Grandmama's Joy. Illustrated by Carole Barnes Byard. New York: Philomel, 1980. (illustrator honor) E G837GR
N/A Zaslavsky, Claudia. Count on Your Fingers African Style. Barnes Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Crowell, 1980. 513 (illustrator honor) Z19C
N/A 1980 Gordy, Berry. Movin’ Up: Pop Gordy Tells His Story. New Not York: HarperCollins, 1979. (author honor) available
1000L Greenfield, Eloise. Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir. Barnes New York: Crowell, 1979. (author honor) 920.0092 G837C
N/A Haskins, James. Andrew Young, Man with a Mission. New Not York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1979. (author honor) available
1070L Haskins, James. James Van DerZee: The Picture-Takin' Man. B Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 1991. (author honor) V26H
N/A Oseye, Ebele. Let the Lion Eat Straw. New York: Scribner, Barnes 1979. (author honor) F SO88L
N/A 1979 Patterson, Lillie. Benjamin Banneker, Genius of Early America. B B2268P Nashville: Abingdon, 1978. (author honor)
520L Peterson, Jeanne W. I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf. (author 362.42 honor) P44276I
670L Hamilton, Virginia. Justice and Her Brothers. New York: Barnes Greenwillow Books, 1978. (author honor) F H1808JUS
710L Fenner, Carol. Skates of Uncle Richard. (author honor) Not available
N/A Faulkner, William J. The Days When the Animals Talked: 398.2 Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be. F273D Chicago: Follett, 1977. (author honor)
N/A Glass, Frankcina. Marvin and Tige. New York: St. Martin's Barnes Press, 1977. (author honor) 813 G464M
18 750L 1978 Greenfield, Eloise. Mary McLeod Bethune. New York: Crowell, Barnes 1977. (author honor) B B4658G
1190L Haskins, James. Barbara Jordan. New York: Dial, 1977. (author Not honor) Available
N/A Patterson, Lillie. Coretta Scott King. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard Not Pub. Co., 1977. (author honor) Available
N/A Stewart, Ruth Ann. Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Barnes Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington. Garden 301.45 City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1977. (author honor) ST49P
1050L 1977 Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Friend. New York: Henry Barnes Holt, 1992. (author honor) E C6134EF
920L Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. New York: F Scholastic, 1976. (author honor) T216R
N/A Blake, Clarance N. Quiz Book on Black America. Boston: Not Houghton Mifflin, 1976. (author honor) available
N/A 1976 Graham, Shirley. Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa. [S.I.]: Not Julian Messner, 1975. (author honor) Available
810L Greenfield, Eloise. Paul Robeson. New York: Lee & Low B Books, 1975. (author honor) R549G
860L Myers, Walter Dean. Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff. New Barnes York: Viking Press, 1975. (author honor) F M9929FAS
710L Taylor, Mildred D. Song of the Trees. New York: Dial Press, F 1975. (author honor) T216S
1975 No Honor Book Awards this Year
N/A 1974 Childress, Alice. A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich. New Barnes York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973. (author honor) F C4377H
19 N/A Clifton, Lucille. Don’t You Remember? Boston: Dutton, 1973. Not (author honor) Available
N/A Hunter, Kristin. Guests in the Promised Land. New York: Not Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1973. (author honor) Available
N/A Crane, Louise. Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women. Not Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1973. (author Available honor)
N/A Nagenda, John. Mukasa. New York: MacMillan, 1973. (author Not honor) Available
1973 No Honor Book Awards this Year
1972 No Honor Book Awards this Year
1330L 1971 Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Barnes Bantam Books, 1997, 1969. (author honor) B AN43I
N/A Chisholm, Shirley. Unbought and Unbossed. Boston: Houghton *Stacks Mifflin, 1970. (author honor) E840.8. C48 A3
N/A Evans, Mari. I am a Black Woman. New York: William Morrow Not and Company, 1970. (author honor) Available
N/A Graham, Lorenz B. Every Man Heart Lay Down. New York: Barnes Crowell, 1970, 1946. (author honor) 220 G76E
N/A Jordan, June. The Voice of the Children. Austin, TX: Holt Not Rinehart & Winston, 1970. (author honor) Available
N/A Groom, Gladys. Black Means. New York: Farrar Straus & Not Giroux, 1970. (author honor) Available
N/A Peters, Margaret. The Ebony Book of Black Achievement. 920.073 Chicago: Johnson Pub. Co., 1974. (author honor) P442E
20 N/A Udry, Janice May. Mary Jo's Grandmother. Park Ridge, IL: Not Albert Whitman & Company, 1970. (author honor) Available
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