| YEAR |
TITLE |
AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR |
| 2009 |
| Author Awards |
We
Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball
(Award Winner) |
Kadir Nelson |
|
The
Blacker the Berry : Poems
(Honor Book) |
Joyce Carol Thomas
Floyd Cooper, illustrator (il.) |
|
Keeping
the Night Watch
(Honor Book) |
Hope Anita Smith
E.B. Lewis, il. |
|
Becoming
Billie Holiday
(Honor Book) |
Carole Boston Weatherford
Floyd Cooper, il. |
| Illustrator Awards |
The
Blacker the Berry : Poems
(Award Winner) |
Joyce Carol Thomas
Floyd Cooper, il. |
|
We
Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball
(Honor Book) |
Kadir Nelson |
|
Before
John was a Jazz Giant : A Song of John Coltrane
(Honor Book) |
Carole Boston Weatherford
Sean Qualls, il.
|
|
Moon
over Star
(Honor Book) |
Dianna Hutts Aston
Jerry Pinkney, il. |
| John Steptoe Awards |
Bird
(Author Award) |
Zetta Elliott
Shadra Strickland, il. |
| 2008 |
| Author Awards |
Elijah
of Buxton
(Award Winner) |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
|
November
Blues
(Honor Book) |
Sharon M. Draper |
|
Twelve
Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
(Honor Book) |
Charles R. Smith Jr. |
| Illustrator Awards |
Let
it Shine
(Award Winner) |
Ashley Bryan |
|
The
Secret Olivia Told Me
(Honor Book) |
N. Joy
Nancy Devard, il. |
|
Jazz
On A Saturday Night
(Honor Book) |
Leo and Diane Dillon |
| John Steptoe Awards |
Brendan
Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It
(Author Award) |
Sundee T. Frazier |
| 2007 |
| Author Awards |
Copper
Sun
(Award Winner) |
Sharon Draper |
|
The
Road to Paris
(Honor Book) |
Nikki Grimes |
| Illustrator Awards |
Moses:
When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
(Award Winner) |
Carole Boston Weatherford
Kadir Nelson, il. |
|
Jazz
(Honor Book) |
Walter Dean Myers
Christopher Myers, il. |
|
Poetry
for Young People: Langston Hughes
(Honor Book) |
David Roessel & Arnold Rampersad, eds.
Benny Andrews, il. |
| John Steptoe Awards |
Standing
Against the Wind
(Author Award) |
Traci L. Jones |
| 2006 |
| Author Awards |
Day
of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
(Award Winner) |
Julius Lester |
|
Maritcha:
A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
(Honor Book) |
Tonya Bolden |
|
Dark
Sons
(Honor Book) |
Nikki Grimes |
|
A
Wreath for Emmett Till
(Honor Book) |
Marilyn Nelson |
| Illustrator Awards |
Rosa
(Award Winner) |
Giovanni, Nikki
Bryan Collier, il. |
|
Brothers
in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
(Honor Book) |
Mary Williams
R. Gregory Christie, il. |
| John Steptoe Awards |
Jimi
& Me
(Author Award) |
Jaime Adoff |
| 2005 |
| Author Awards |
Remember
: The Journey to School Integration
(Award Winner) |
Toni Morrison |
|
The
Legend of Buddy Bush
(Honor Book) |
Sheila P. Moses |
|
Who
am I Without Him?
(Honor Book) |
Sharon G. Flake |
|
Fortune's
Bones : The Manumission Requiem
(Honor Book) |
Marilyn Nelson |
| Illustrator Awards |
Ellington
Was Not a Street
(Award Winner) |
Ntozake Shange
Kadir Nelson, il. |
|
God
Bless the Child
(Honor Book) |
Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog Jr.
Jerry Pinkney, il. |
|
The
People Could Fly : The Picture Book
(Honor Book) |
Virginia Hamilton
Leo & Diane Dillon, ils. |
| John Steptoe Awards |
Missy
Violet & Me
(Author Award) |
Barbara Hathaway |
|
Jazzy
Miz Mozetta
(Illustrator Award) |
Brenda C. Roberts
Frank Morrison, il. |
| 2004 |
| Author Awards |
The
First Part Last
(Award Winner) |
Angela Johnson |
|
Days
of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States
(Honor Book) |
Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack |
|
Locomotion
(Honor Book) |
Jacqueline Woodson |
|
The
Battle of Jericho
(Honor Book) |
Sharon M. Draper |
| Illustrator Awards |
Beautiful
Blackbird
(Award Winner) |
Ashley Bryan |
|
Almost
to Freedom
(Honor Book) |
Colin Bootman |
|
Thunder
Rose
(Honor Book) |
Kadir Nelson |
| John Steptoe Awards |
The
Way a Door Closes
(Author Award) |
Hope Anita Smith |
|
My
Family Plays Music
(Illustrator Award) |
Judy Cox
Elbrite Brown, il. |
| 2003 |
| Author Awards |
Bronx
Masquerade
(Award Winner) |
Nikki Grimes |
|
Talkin'
About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
(Honor Book) |
Nikki Grimes |
|
The
Red Rose Box
(Honor Book) |
Brenda Woods |
| Illustrator Awards |
Talkin'
About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
(Award Winner) |
E. B. Lewis |
|
Rap
A Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That
(Honor Book) |
Leo & Diane Dillon |
|
Visiting
Langston
(Honor Book) |
Bryan Collier |
| John Steptoe Awards |
Chill
Wind
(Author Award) |
Janet McDonald |
|
The
Moon Ring
(Illustrator Award) |
Randy DuBurke |
| 2002 |
| Author Awards |
The
Land
(Award Winner) |
Mildred D. Taylor |
|
Money
Hungry
(Honor Book) |
Sharon G. Flake |
|
Carver,
a Life in Poems
(Honor Book) |
Marilyn Nelson |
| Illustrator Awards |
Goin'
Someplace Special
(Award Winner) |
Jerry Pinkney |
|
Martin's
Big Words
(Honor Book) |
Doreen Rappoport
Bryan Collier, il. |
| John Steptoe Award |
Freedom
Summer
(Illustrator Award) |
Deborah Wiles
Jerome Lagarrigue, il. |
| 2001 |
| Author Awards |
Miracle's
Boys
(Award Winner) |
Jacqueline Woodson |
|
Let
It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedon Fighters
(Honor Book) |
Andrea Davis Pinkney |
| Illustrator Awards |
Uptown
(Award Winner) |
Bryan Collier |
|
Freedom
River
(Honor Book) |
Bryan Collier |
|
Only
Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
(Honor Book) |
Anne Rockwell
R. Gregory Christie, il. |
|
Virgie
Goes to School with Us Boys
(Honor Book) |
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
E. B. Lewis, il. |
| (No John Steptoe Award presented) |
| 2000 |
| Author Awards |
Bud,
Not Buddy
(Award Winner)
|
Christopher Paul Curtis |
|
Francie
(Honor Book) |
Karen English |
|
Black
Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers
(Honor Book) |
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack |
|
Monster
(Honor Book) |
Walter Dean Myers |
| Illustrator Awards |
In
the Time of the Drums
(Award Winner) |
Kim L. Siegelson
Brian Pinkney, il. |
|
My
Rows and Piles of Coins
(Honor Book) |
Tololwa M. Mollel
E. B. Lewis, il. |
|
Black
Cat
(Honor Book) |
Christopher Myers |
| (No John Steptoe Award presented) |
| 1999 |
| Author Awards |
Heaven
(Award Winner) |
Angela Johnson |
|
Jazmin's
Notebook
(Honor Book) |
Nikki Grimes |
|
Breaking
Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African
Burial Ground
(Honor Book) |
Joyce Hansen & Gary McGowan |
|
The
Other Side: Shorter Poems
(Honor Book) |
Angela Johnson |
| Illustrator Awards |
i
see the rhythm
(Award Winner) |
Toyomi Igus
Michelle Wood, il. |
|
I Have Heard of a Land
(Honor Book) |
Joyce Carol Thomas
Floyd Cooper, il. |
|
The Bat Boy and His Violin
(Honor Book) |
Gavin Curtis
E. B. Lewis, il. |
|
Duke
Ellington: The Piano Man and His Orchestra
(Award Winner) |
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Brian Pinkney, il. |
| John Steptoe Awards |
The Skin I'm In
(Author Award) |
Sharon Flake |
|
The
Piano Man
(Illustrator Award) |
Debbie Chocolate
Eric Velasquez, il. |
| 1998 |
| Author Awards |
Forged
by Fire
(Award Winner) |
Sharon M. Draper |
|
Bayard
Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement
(Honor Book) |
James Haskins |
|
I
Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl
(Honor Book) |
Joyce Hansen |
| Illustrator Awards |
In
Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers
(Award Winner) |
Javaka Steptoe |
|
Ashley
Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry
(Honor Book) |
Ashley Bryan |
|
Harlem
(Honor Book) |
Walter Dean Myers
Christopher Myers, il. |
|
The
Hunterman and the Crocodile
(Honor Book) |
Baba Wague Diakite |
| (No John Steptoe Award presented) |
| 1997 |
| Author Awards |
Slam
(Award Winner) |
Walter Dean Myers |
|
Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolt
(Honor Book) |
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack |
| Illustrator Awards |
Minty:
A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
(Award Winner) |
Alan Schroeder
Jerry Pinkney, il. |
|
The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American
Children
(Honor Book) |
Adedjouma, ed.
Gregorie Christie, il. |
|
Running the Road to ABC
(Honor Book) |
Denise Lauture
Reynold Ruffins, il. |
|
Neeny Coming, Neeny Going
(Honor Book) |
Karen English
Synthis Saint James, il. |
| John Steptoe Award |
Another Way to Dance
(Award Winner) |
Martha Southgate |
| 1996 |
| Author Awards |
Her
Stories
(Award Winner) |
Virginia Hamilton |
|
The
Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963
(Honor Book) |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
|
Like
Sisters on the Homefront
(Honor Book) |
Rita Williams-Garcia |
|
From
the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
(Honor Book) |
Jacqueline Woodson |
| Illustrator Awards |
The
Middle Passage: White
Ships Black Cargo
(Award Winner) |
Tom Feelings |
|
Her
Stories
(Honor Book) |
Virginia Hamilton
Leo & Diane Dillon, ils. |
|
The
Faithful Friend
(Honor Book) |
Robert San Souci
Brian Pinkney, il. |
| (No John Steptoe Award presented) |
| 1995 |
| Author Awards |
Christmas
in the Big House,
Christmas in the Quarters
(Award Winner) |
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack |
|
The
Captive
(Honor Book) |
Joyce Hansen |
|
I
Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
(Honor Book) |
Jacqueline Woodson |
|
Black
Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League
(Honor Book) |
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack |
| Illustrator Awards |
The
Creation
(Award Winner) |
James Weldon Johnson
James Ransome, il. |
|
The
Singing Man
(Honor Book) |
Angela Shelf Medearis
Teresa Shaffer, il. |
|
Meet
Danitra Brown
(Honor Book) |
Nikki Grimes
Floyd Cooper, il. |
John Steptoe Award
(first presentation) |
Tears
of a Tiger
(Award Winner) |
Sharon Draper |
| 1994 |
| Author Awards |
Toning
the Sweep
(Award Winner) |
Angela Johnson |
|
Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea
(Honor Book) |
Joyce Carol Thomas |
|
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
(Honor Book) |
Walter Dean Myers |
| Illustrator Awards |
Soul
Looks Back in Wonder
(Award Winner) |
Tom Feelings |
|
Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea
(Honor Book) |
Joyce Carol Thomas
Floyd Cooper, il. |
|
Uncle Jed's Barbershop
(Honor Book) |
Margaree King Mitchell
James Ransome, il. |
| 1993 |
| Author Awards |
Dark
Thirty:
Southern
Tales of the Supernatural
(Award Winner) |
Patricia C. McKissack |
|
Mississippi Challenge
(Honor Book) |
Mildred Pitts Walter |
|
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
(Honor Book) |
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack |
|
Somewhere
in the Darkness
(Honor Book) |
Walter Dean Myers |
| Illustrator Awards |
The
Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth
(Award Winner) |
David A. Anderson
Kathleen Atkins Wilson, il. |
|
Little
Eight John
(Honor Book) |
Jan Wahl
Wil Clay, il. |
|
Sukey and the Mermaid
(Honor Book) |
Robert San Souci
Brian Pinkney, il. |
|
Working
Cotton
(Honor Book) |
Sherley Anne Williams
Carole Byard, il. |
| 1992 |
| Author Awards |
Now
Is Your Time: The
African American Struggle for Freedom
(Award Winner) |
Walter Dean Myers |
|
Night
on Neighborhood Street
(Honor Book) |
Eloise Greenfield |
| Illustrator Awards |
Tar
Beach
(Award Winner) |
Faith Ringgold |
|
All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African
American Spirituals
(Honor Book) |
Ashley Bryan |
|
Night
on Neighborhood Street
(Honor Book) |
Eloise Greenfield
Jan Spivey Gilchrist, il. |
| 1991 |
| Author Awards |
The
Road to Memphis
(Award Winner) |
Mildred D. Taylor |
|
Black Dance in America
(Honor Book) |
James Haskins |
|
When I am Old with You
(Honor Book) |
Angela Johnson |
| Illustrator Award |
Aida
(Award Winner) |
Leontyne Price
Leo & Diane Dillon, ils. |
| 1990 |
| Author Awards |
A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter
(Award Winner) |
Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack |
|
Nathaniel Talking
(Honor Book) |
Eloise Greenfield
Jan Spivey Gilchrist, il. |
|
The
Bells of Christmas
(Honor Book) |
Virginia Gilchrist |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement
(Honor Book) |
Lillie Patterson |
| Illustrator Awards |
Nathaniel Talking
(Award Winner) |
Eloise Greenfield
Jan Spivey Gilcrist, il. |
|
The
Talking Eggs
(Honor Book) |
Robert San Souci
Jerry Pinkney, il. |
| 1989 |
| Author Awards |
Fallen
Angels
(Award Winner) |
Walter Dean Myers |
|
A Thief in the Village and Other Stories
(Honor Book) |
James Berry |
|
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive
Slave
(Honor Book) |
Virginia Hamilton |
| Illustrator Awards |
Mirandy
and Brother Wind
(Award Winner) |
Patricia C. McKissack
Jerry Pinkney, il. |
|
Under the Sunday Tree
(Honor Book) |
Eloise Greenfield
Amos Ferguson, il. |
|
Storm
in the Night
(Honor Book) |
Mary Stolz
Pat Cummings, il. |
| 1988 |
| Author Awards |
The Friendship
(Award Winner) |
Mildred L. Taylor |
|
An
Enchanted Hair Tale
(Honor Book) |
Alexis De Veaux |
|
The
Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
(Honor Book) |
Julius Lester |
| Illustrator Awards |
Mufaro's
Beautiful Daughters:
An African Tale
(Award Winner) |
John Steptoe |
|
What
a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals
(Honor Book) |
John Langstaff
Ashley Bryan, il. |
|
The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito
Indians of Nicaragua
(Honor Book) |
Harriet Rohmer
Joe Sam, il. |
| 1987 |
| Author Awards |
Justin
and the Best Biscuits
in the World
(Award Winner) |
Mildred Pitts Walter |
|
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk
Tales
(Honor Book) |
Ashley Bryan |
|
Which
Way Freedom
(Honor Book) |
Joyce Hansen |
| Illustrator Awards |
Half
a Moon and One Whole
Star
(Award Winner) |
Crescent Dragonwagon
Jerry Pinkney, il. |
|
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk
Tales
(Honor Book) |
Ashley Bryan |
|
C.L.O.U.D.S.
(Honor Book) |
Pat Cummings |
| 1986 |
| Author Awards |
The
People Could Fly:
American Black Folktales
(Award Winner) |
Virginia Hamilton |
|
Junius Over Far
(Honor Book) |
Virginia Hamilton |
|
Trouble's Child
(Honor Book) |
Mildred Pitts Walter |
| Illustrator Awards |
The
Patchwork Quilt
(Award Winner) |
Valerie Flournoy
Jerry Pinkney, il. |
|
The
People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
(Honor Book) |
Virginia Hamilton
Leo & Diane Dillon, ils. |
| 1985 |
| Author Awards |
Motown
and Didi
(Award Winner) |
Walter Dean Myers |
|
Circle of Gold
(Honor Book) |
Candy Dawson Boyd |
|
A Little Love
(Honor Book) |
Virginia Hamilton |
| (No Illustrator Award presented) |
| 1984 |
| Author Awards |
Everett
Anderson's Good-bye
(Award Winner) |
Lucille Clifton |
|
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Special Citation) |
Coretta Scott King, comp. |
|
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl
(Honor Book) |
Virginia Hamilton |
|
Lena Horne
(Honor Book) |
James Haskins |
|
Bright Shadow
(Honor Book) |
Joyce Carol Thomas |
|
Because We Are
(Honor Book) |
Mildred Pitts Walter |
| Illustrator Award |
My Mama Needs Me
(Award Winner) |
Mildred Pitts Walter
Pat Cummings, il. |
| 1983 |
| Author Awards |
Sweet
Whispers, Brother
Rush
(Award Winner) |
Virginia Hamilton |
|
This Strange New Feeling
(Honor Book) |
Julius Lester |
| Illustrator Awards |
Black Child
(Award Winner) |
Peter Mugabane |
|
All
the Colors of the Race
(Honor Book) |
Arnold Adoff
John Steptoe, il. |
|
I'm
Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals
(Honor Book) |
Ashley Bryan, il. |
|
Just Us Women
(Honor Book) |
Jeanette Caines
Pat Cummings, il. |
| 1982 |
| Author Awards |
Let
the Circle Be Unbroken
(Award Winner) |
Mildred D. Taylor |
|
Rainbow
Jordan
(Honor Book) |
Alice Childress |
|
Lou in the Limelight
(Honor Book) |
Kristin Hunter |
|
Mary: An Autobiography
(Honor Book) |
Mary E. Mebane |
| Illustrator Awards |
Mother
Crocodile: An Uncle
Amadou Tale from Sengal
(Award Winner) |
Rosa Guy
John Steptoe, il. |
|
Daydreamers
(Honor Book) |
Eloise Greenfield
Tom Feelings, il. |
| 1981 |
| Author Awards |
This
Life
(Award Winner) |
Sidney Poitier |
|
Don't
Explian: A Song of Billy Holiday
(Honor Book) |
Alexis De Veaux |
| Illustrator Awards |
Beat
the Story Drum, Pum-Pum
(Award Winner) |
Ashley Bryan |
|
Grandmama's Joy
(Honor Book) |
Eloise Greenfield
Carole Byard, il. |
|
Count on Your Fingers African Style
(Honor Book) |
Claudia Zaslavsky
Jerry Pinkney, il. |
| 1980 |
| Author Awards |
The
Young Landlords
(Award Winner) |
Walter Dean Myers |
|
Movin' Up
(Honor Book) |
Berry Gordy |
|
Childtimes:
A Three-Generation Memoir
(Honor Book) |
Eloise Greenfield & Lessie Jones Little |
|
Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission
(Honor Book) |
James Haskins |
|
James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin' Man
(Honor Book) |
James Haskins |
|
Let the Lion Eat Straw
(Honor Book) |
Ellease Southerland |
| Illustrator Award |
Cornrows
(Award Winner) |
Camille Yarborough
Carole Bayard, il. |
| 1979 |
| Author Awards |
Escape to Freedom
(Award Winner) |
Ossie Davis |
|
Benjamin Banneker
(Honor Book) |
Lillie Patterson |
|
I
Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf
(Honor Book) |
Jeanne W. Peterson |
|
Justice
and Her Brothers
(Honor Book) |
Virginia Hamilton |
|
Skates of Uncle Richard
(Honor Book) |
Carol Fenner |
| Illustrator Award |
Something on My Mind
(Award Winner) |
Nikki Grimes
Tom Feelings, il. |
| 1978 |
| Author Awards |
Africa Dream
(Award Winner) |
Eloise Greenfield |
|
The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and
How They Came to Be
(Honor Book) |
William J. Faulkner |
|
Marvin and Tige
(Honor Book) |
Frankcina Glass |
|
Mary McCleod Bethune
(Honor Book) |
Eloise Greenfield |
|
Barbara Jordan
(Honor Book) |
James Haskins |
|
Coretta Scott King
(Honor Book) |
Lillie Patterson |
|
Portia:
The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T.
Washington
(Honor Book) |
Ruth Ann Stewart |
| Illustrator Award |
Africa Dream
(Award Winner) |
Eloise Greenfield
Carole Bayard, il. |
| 1977 |
| Author Award |
The
Story of Stevie Wonder
(Award Winner) |
James Haskins |
| (No Illustrator Award presented) |
| 1976 |
| Author Award |
Duey's
Tale
(Award Winner) |
Pearl Bailey |
| (No Illustrator Award presented) |
| 1975 |
| Author Award |
The Legend of Africana
(Award Winner) |
Dorothy Robinson |
| (No Illustrator Award presented) |
| 1974 |
| Author Award |
Ray Charles
(Award Winner) |
Sharon Bell Mathis |
| Illustrator Award |
Ray Charles
(Award Winner) |
Sharon Bell Mathis
George Ford, il. |
| (Note:
Prior to 1974, the Coretta Scott King Award was given to authors only.) |
| 1973 Award |
I
Never Had It Made: The
Autobiography of Jackie Robinson |
as told to Alfred Duckett |
| 1972 Award |
17
Black Artists |
Elton C. Fax |
| 1971 Award |
Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes |
Charlemae Rollins |
| 1970 Award |
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace |
Lillie Patterson |