The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-1999

The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-1999

Author: Henrietta M. Smith

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 1999-06

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780838934968

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Provides annotations of the winning and honor books, biographies of prominent African American authors and illustrators, and interviews with Jerry Pinkney and author Walter Dean Myers.


I See the Rhythm of Gospel

I See the Rhythm of Gospel

Author: Toyomi Igus

Publisher: Zonderkidz

Published: 2012-07-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0310733367

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“We free now, baby,” mama whispers as we bounce and sway with the wagon’s twists and turns over roads of clay through the land that oppressed us to a new world, a brand new day. The dynamic author/illustrator team of Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood has come together again to produce I See the Rhythm of Gospel, a sequel to the Coretta Scott King Award-winning I See the Rhythm. Readers of all ages will be captivated by this informative and inspirational blend of poetry, art, and music that relates the history of gospel music as reflected through the journey of African Americans from their arrival as slaves in America to the election of our first black president, Barack Obama.


Martin Luther King, Jr

Martin Luther King, Jr

Author: Lillie Patterson

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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A biography of the minister, orator, and crusader for equal civil rights who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.


Fortune's Bones

Fortune's Bones

Author: Marilyn Nelson

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1629795887

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Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award For young readers comes a poetic commemoration of the life of an 18th-century slave, from a past poet laureate and three-time National Book Award finalist For over 200 years, the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut has housed a mysterious skeleton. In 1996, community members decided to find out what they could about it. Historians discovered that the bones were those of an enslaved man named Fortune, who was owned by a local doctor. After Fortune’s death, the doctor rendered the bones. Further research revealed that Fortune had married, had fathered four children, and had been baptized later in life. His bones suggest that after a life of arduous labor, he died in 1798 at about the age of 60. The Manumission Requiem is Marilyn Nelson’s poetic commemoration of Fortune’s life. Detailed notes and archival photographs enhance the reader’s appreciation of the poem.


Day of Tears

Day of Tears

Author: Julius Lester

Publisher: Perfection Learning

Published: 2007-03-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780756982010

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Emma cares for Mr. Butler's daughters and has been promised that she will never be sold as a slave. When he breaks his promise and sells her on auction day, Emma runs away, gets married and eventually gains her freedom in Canada.


Copper Sun

Copper Sun

Author: Sharon M. Draper

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-06-19

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1439115117

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A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) In this “searing work of historical fiction” (Booklist), Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper tells the epic story of a young girl torn from her African village, sold into slavery, and stripped of everything she has ever known—except hope. Amari's life was once perfect. Engaged to the handsomest man in her tribe, adored by her family, and fortunate enough to live in a beautiful village, it never occurred to her that it could all be taken away in an instant. But that was what happened when her village was invaded by slave traders. Her family was brutally murdered as she was dragged away to a slave ship and sent to be sold in the Carolinas. There she was bought by a plantation owner and given to his son as a "birthday present". Now, survival is all Amari can dream about. As she struggles to hold on to her memories, she also begins to learn English and make friends with a white indentured servant named Molly. When an opportunity to escape presents itself, Amari and Molly seize it, fleeing South to the Spanish colony in Florida at Fort Mose. Along the way, their strength is tested like never before as they struggle against hunger, cold, wild animals, hurricanes, and people eager to turn them in for reward money. The hope of a new life is all that keeps them going, but Florida feels so far away and sometimes Amari wonders how far hopes and dreams can really take her.


No Laughter Here

No Laughter Here

Author: Rita Williams-Garcia

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-06

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0061975753

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In this groundbreaking novel, Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia uses her vividly realistic voice to highlight an often taboo practice that affects millions of girls around the world every year, and to explore a perspective not often depicted in YA fiction. Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria are true best friends. But Victoria has been acting strange ever since she returned from her summer in Nigeria, where she had a special coming-of-age ceremony. Why does proud Victoria, named for a queen, slouch at her desk and answer the teacher's questions in a whisper? And why won't she laugh with Akilah anymore? Akilah's name means "intelligent," and she is determined to find out what's wrong. But when she learns the terrible secret Victoria is hiding, she suddenly has even more questions. The only problem is, they might not be the kind that have answers.


Me & Mama

Me & Mama

Author: Cozbi A. Cabrera

Publisher: Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1534454217

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A Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor Book Mama’s love is brighter than the sun, even on the rainiest of days. This celebration of a mother-daughter relationship is perfect for sharing with little ones! On a rainy day when the house smells like cinnamon and Papa and Luca are still asleep, when the clouds are wearing shadows and the wind paints the window with beads of water, I want to be everywhere Mama is. With lyrical prose and a tender touch, the Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor Book Mama and Me is an ode to the strength of the bond between a mother and a daughter as they spend a rainy day together.


No Crystal Stair

No Crystal Stair

Author: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab& 8482

Published: 2018-03

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1541514912

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In this work of historical fiction, Nelson tells the story of a man with a passion for knowledge and of a bookstore whose influence has become legendary.


Iggie's House

Iggie's House

Author: Judy Blume

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2024-11-05

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1665980826

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Iggie’s House just wasn’t the same. Iggie was gone, moved to Tokyo. And there was Winnie, cracking her gum on Grove Street, where she’d always lived, with no more best friend and two weeks left of summer. Then the Garber family moved into Iggie’s house—two boys, Glenn and Herbie, and Tina, their little sister. The Garbers were black and Grove Street was white and always had been. Winnie, a welcoming committee of one, set out to make a good impression and be a good neighbor. That’s why the trouble started. Because Glenn and Herbie and Tina didn’t want a “good neighbor.” They wanted a friend.