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)...
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Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King...
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Freedom in Congo Square (section Awards and honors)
historic detail." In 2017, the book received a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award honor for its illustrations. Freedom in Congo Square is written...
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Elijah of Buxton (category Coretta Scott King Award-winning works)
critical praise and was a Newbery Honor book and the winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. It also was a children's book bestseller. Elijah of Buxton is...
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Bud, Not Buddy (category Coretta Scott King Award-winning works)
Medal for excellence in American children's literature, and the Coretta Scott King Award, which is given to outstanding African-American authors. Bud, Not...
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Simon & Schuster/McElderry. Legendborn received the Coretta Scott King Award/John Steptoe Award for New Talent as well as a nomination for the Los Angeles...
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leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he was also the brother of Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, and Yolanda King; and also grandson...
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author Kwame Alexander and the winner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Honor. The book, which is told entirely through verse, was first...
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Freewater (category Coretta Scott King Award-winning works)
slavery and find a community in the Great Dismal Swamp, won both the Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Medal in 2023. Luqman-Dawson's book is set in the southeastern...
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Christopher Paul Curtis (section Awards and honors)
recognition, receiving the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award and the Newbery Honor Book Award in addition to numerous other awards. In 2000, he became the...
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