2021 Coretta Scott King Awards

January 26, 2021 | strande

 

The American Library Association announced the top youth books and media of the year, 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.

2021 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner

Before the ever after by Jacqueline Woodson

2021 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books

All the days past, all the days to come by Mildred D Taylor
King and the dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Also available in: e-book | e-audiobook
Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box by Evette Dionne
Also available in: e-book

2021 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner

R-E-S-P-E-C-T : Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul by Carole Boston Weatherford

2021 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books

Magnificent homespun brown : a celebration by Samara Cole Doyon
Also available in: video | e-video
Exquisite : the poetry and life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade
Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award Winners

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Also available in: e-book | e-audiobook

Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children’s author Virginia Hamilton and was awarded to Dorothy L. Guthrie in 2021.