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The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Coretta Scott King Book Award Round Table, part of the American Library Association (ALA). Named for Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King Jr., this award recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children by African Americans that reflect the African American experience.
Sharon M. Draper. Sharon Mills Draper (born August 21, 1948) [1][2] is an American children's writer, professional educator, and the 1997 National Teacher of the Year. She is a two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the young and adolescent African-American experience. She is known for her Hazelwood and Jericho series ...
Coretta Scott King Award winners. The following authors and illustrators have all received a Coretta Scott King Award (including the John Steptoe Award for New Talent) from the American Library Association. For the individual books that have received a Coretta Scott King Award, see Category: Coretta Scott King Award-winning works.
A Few Red Drops. The First Part Last. Forged by Fire (novel) Freedom Summer (book) Categories: American awards. Coretta Scott King. Illustrated book awards. Literary awards honoring minority groups.
The book won critical praise and was a Newbery Honor [1] book and the winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. [2] It also was a children's book bestseller. [ 3 ]
Coretta Scott King (née Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his assassination in 1968.
In the year of its inception, the book was a National Book Award finalist for young people's literature. [3] In 2011 it won the Coretta Scott King Award for its author, [4] the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, [5] and was a Newbery Medal Honor Book. [6]
Bud, Not Buddy is the second children's novel written by Christopher Paul Curtis. It was the first book to receive both the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, and the Coretta Scott King Award, which is given to outstanding African-American authors. Bud, Not Buddy was also recognized with the William Allen White ...