2019 Coretta Scott King Awards

January 28, 2019 | strande

 

The American Library Association announced the top youth books and media of 2019, including the Coretta Scott King Awards. The Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table have issued awards to outstanding African American authors and illustrators since 1970. 

To find past award winners in our catalog to check availability, do a title search for Coretta Scott King Award. For more information about this award and its recipients, check the ALA website.

Help us recognize these honorees and winners by checking one out today.

 

2019 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner

A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riots of 1919 by Claire Hartfield
Also available in: e-audiobook

2019 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
The Parker inheritance by Varian Johnson
Also available in: e-audiobook
The season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
Also available in: audiobook

2019 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner

The stuff of stars by Marion Dane Bauer

2019 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books

Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race by Margot Lee Shetterly
Let the children march by Monica Clark-Robinson
Also available in: video
Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan

2019 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award Winners

Thank you, Omu! by illustrator Oge Mora
Monday's not coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Also available in: e-book