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Coretta Scott King Award
Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.
The award is designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. For more information go to the ALA Coretta Scott King Awards.
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2007 Medal Winner |
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illus. by Matt Phelan |
2007 Honor Book |
Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm |
2007 Honor Book |
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson |
2007 Honor Book |
Rules by Cynthia Lord |
2006 Medal Winner |
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins |
2006 Honor Book |
Whittington by Alan Armstrong, illustrated by S.D. Schindler |
2006 Honor Book |
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
2006 Honor Book |
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale |
2006 Honor Book |
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson |
2005 Medal Winner |
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata |
2005 Honor Book |
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko |
2005 Honor Book |
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman |
2005 Honor Book |
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt |
2004 Medal Winner |
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering |
2004 Honor Book |
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes |
2004 Honor Book |
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy |
2003 Medal Winner |
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi |
2003 Honor Book |
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer |
2003 Honor Book |
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff |
2003 Honor Book |
A Corner of The Universe by Ann M. Martin |
| 2003 Honor Book | Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan |
2002 Medal Winner |
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park |
2002 Honor Book |
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath |
2002 Honor Book |
Carver: A Life In Poems by Marilyn Nelson |
2001 Medal Winner |
A Year Down Yonder by by Richard Peck |
2001 Honor Book |
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer |
2001 Honor Book |
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo |
2001 Honor Book |
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos |
| 2001 Honor Book | The Wanderer by Sharon Creech |
2000 Medal Winner |
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis |
2000 Honor Book |
Getting Near to Baby by by Audrey Couloumbis |
2000 Honor Book |
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm |
2000 Honor Book |
26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola |
Visit the ALSC Newbery Medal Home Page for a list of all of the years.
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