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Coretta Scott King Awards 2014

Awards

Coretta Scott King Awards 2014

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, the Coretta Scott King Books Awards annually recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience. Further, the Award encourages the artistic expression of the black experience via literature and the graphic arts in biographical, social and historical treatments by African American authors and illustrators.

 

-The winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award is P.S. BE ELEVEN by Rita Williams-Garcia.

-Three King Author Honor Books were selected: MARCH: Book One written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell; DARIUS & TWIG by Walter Dean Myers; and WORDS WITH WINGS by Nikki Grimes

-The winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award is KNOCK KNOCK: My Dad’s Dream for Me illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Daniel Beaty.

- One King Illustrator Honor Book was NELSON MANDELA, illustrated and written by Kadir Nelson 
 
- The winner of the Correta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award is WHEN THE BEAT WAS BORN: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
 
- The winners of the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement are authors Patricia and Researcher Fredrick McKissack. The award is presented in even years to an African American author, illustrator or author/illustrator for a body of his or her published books for children and/or young adults, and who has made a significant and lasting literary contribution. 
Patricia McKissack and her late husband Fredrick McKissack, both natives of Tennessee, began their writing and research partnership in the 1980′s.Their subject matter from family-based folklore to nonfiction titles, are scholarly researched and written with accurate, authentic text, creating a cultural transmission of history. Their immense range of topics are informative, readable and enjoyable, covering accounts from slavery days to biographical studies of noted men and women in African American history past and present.
P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia -
March: Book One illustrated by Nate Powell written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin - Memoir

 

Opening on the morning of President Obama’s inauguration in January 2009, MARCH is a vivid first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis's personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement.

Darius & Twig by Walter Dean Myers - Sports
Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes - Poetry
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me written by Daniel Beaty, illustrated by Bryan Collier - Family
Nelson Mandela Written and Illustrated by Kadir Nelson - Non-fiction
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop written by Laban Carrick Hill, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III - Picturebook