Coretta Scott King Award#Hamilton Award

|+ Table key

|+ Coretta Scott King Book Awards winners and runners-up

! scope=col width="5%" |Year

! scope=col width="10%" |Work

! scope=col width="20%" |Recipient

! scope=col width="30%" |Title

! scope=col width="10%" |Citation

! scope=row |1970

! scope=row | Author

|{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|Lillie Patterson}}

|Martin Luther King Jr.: Man of Peace

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |1971

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |Author

|{{sort|Rollins, Charlemae|Charlemae Rollins}}

|Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes

|Winner

|I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

| rowspan="8" |Honor

|Unbought and Unbossed

|I Am a Black Woman

|Every Man Heart Lay Down

|{{sort|voice of the children|The Voice of the Children}}

|Black Means

|Ebony Book of Black Achievement

|Mary Jo's Grandmother

! scope=row |1972

! scope=row | Author

|{{sort|Fax, Elton C.|Elton Fax}}

|17 Black Artists

|Winner

! scope=row |1973

!scope=row | Author

|{{sort|Duckett, Alfred|Alfred Duckett}}

|I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1974

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |Author

|{{sort|Mathis, Sharon Bell|Sharon Bell Mathis}}

|Ray Charles

|Winner

|{{sort|hero ain't nothin but a sandwich|A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich}}

| rowspan="5" |Honor

|Don't You Remember?

|Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women

|Guest in the Promise Land

|Mukasa

! scope=row | Illustrator

|{{sort|Ford, George|George Ford}}

|Ray Charles

|Winner

! scope=row |1975

!scope=row | Author

|{{sort|Robinson, Dorothy|Dorothy Robinson}}

|{{sort|Legend of Africania, The|The Legend of Africania}}

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |1976

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |Author

|{{sort|Bailey, Pearl|Pearl Bailey}}

|Duey's Tale

|Winner

|Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa

| rowspan="4" |Honor

|Paul Robeson

|Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff

|Song of the Trees

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |1977

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|Haskins, James|James Haskins}}

|{{sort|Story of Stevie Wonder, The|The Story of Stevie Wonder}}

|Winner

|Everett Anderson's Friend

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry

|Quiz Book on Black America

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |1978

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |Author

|{{sort|Greenfield, Eloise, a, 1978|Eloise Greenfield}}

|Africa Dream

|Winner

|{{sort|Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be,The|The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be}}

| rowspan="6" |Honor

|Marvin and Tige

|Mary McCleod Bethune

|Barbara Jordan

|Coretta Scott King

|Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington

! scope=row | Illustrator

|{{sort|Byard, Carole|Carole Byard}}

|Africa Dream

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1979

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |Author

|{{sort|Davis, Ossie|Ossie Davis}}

|Escape to Freedom

|Winner

|Benjamin Banneker

| rowspan="4" |Honor

|I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf

|Justice and Her Brothers

|Skates of Uncle Richard

! scope=row | Illustrator

|{{sort|Feelings, Tom, a, 1979|Tom Feelings}}

|Something on My Mind

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1980

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |Author

|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|Walter Dean Myers}}

|{{sort|Young Landlords, The|The Young Landlords}}

|Winner

|Movin' Up

| rowspan="5" |Honor

|Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir

|Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission

|James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin' Man

|Let the Lion Eat Straw

! scope=row | Illustrator

|{{sort|Byard, Carole|Carole Byard}}

|Cornrows

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |1981

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author

|{{sort|Poitier, Sidney|Sidney Poitier}}

|This Life

|Winner

|Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}

|Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum

|Winner

|Grandmama's Joy

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Count on Your Fingers African Style

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1982

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|Mildred Taylor}}

|Let the Circle Be Unbroken

|Winner

|Rainbow Jordan

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Lou In the Limelight

|Mary: An Autobiography

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Steptoe, John|John Steptoe}}

|Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal

|Winner

|Daydreamers

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1983

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author

|{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|Virginia Hamilton}}

|Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush

|Winner

|This Strange New Feeling

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Magubane, Peter|Peter Magubane}}

|Black Child

|Winner

|All the Colors of the Race

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals

|Just Us Women

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1984

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |Author

|{{sort|Clifton, Lucille, a, 1984|Lucille Clifton}}

|Everett Anderson's Goodbye

|Winner

|{{sort|Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl, The|The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl}}

| rowspan="4" |Honor

|Lena Horne

|Bright Shadow

|Because We Are

|{{sort|King, Coretta Scott|Coretta Scott King (editor)}}

|{{sort|Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., The|The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr}}

|Special

! scope=row | Illustrator

|{{sort|Cummings, Pat, a, 1984|Pat Cummings}}

|My Mama Needs Me

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |1985

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|Walter Dean Myers}}

|Motown and Didi

|Winner

|Circle of Gold

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|{{sort|Little Love, A|A Little Love}}

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |1986

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|Virginia Hamilton}}

|{{sort|People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, The|The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales}}

|Winner

|Junius Over Far

|Honor

|Trouble's Child

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|Jerry Pinkney}}

|{{sort|Patchwork Quilt, The|The Patchwork Quilt}}

|Winner

|{{sort|People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, The|The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales}}

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1987

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|Mildred Pitts Walter}}

|Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World

|Winner

|Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales

|Honor

|Which Way Freedom

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|Jerry Pinkney}}

|Half a Moon and One Whole Star

|Winner

|Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|C.L.O.U.D.S.

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1988

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|Mildred Taylor}}

|{{sort|Friendship, The|The Friendship}}

|Winner

|{{sort|Enchanted Hair Tale, A|An Enchanted Hair Tale}}

|Honor

|{{sort|Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, The|The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit}}

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Steptoe, John|John Steptoe}}

|Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale

|Winner

|What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|{{sort|Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua, The|The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua}}

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1989

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|Walter Dean Myers}}

|Fallen Angels

|Winner

|{{sort|Thief in the Village and Other Stories, A|A Thief in the Village and Other Stories}}

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|Jerry Pinkney}}

|Mirandy and Brother Wind

|Winner

|Under the Sunday Tree

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Storm in the Night

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1990

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick|Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack}}

|{{sort|Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter, The|A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter}}

|Winner

|Nathaniel Talking

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|{{sort|Bells of Christmas, The|The Bells of Christmas}}

|Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Gilchrist, Jan Spivey|Jan Spivey Gilchrist}}

|Nathaniel Talking

|Winner

|{{sort|Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South|The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South}}

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |1991

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|Mildred Taylor}}

|{{sort|Road to Memphis, The|The Road to Memphis}}

|Winner

|Black Dance in America

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|When I Am Old with You

! scope=row | Illustrator

|{{sort|Dillon, Leo and Diane, a, 1991|Leo and Diane Dillon}}

|Aida

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |1992

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author

|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|Walter Dean Myers}}

|Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom

|Winner

|Night on Neighborhood Street

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Ringgold, Faith|Faith Ringgold}}

|Tar Beach

|Winner

|All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Night on Neighborhood Street

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |1993

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|McKissack, Patricia |Patricia C. McKissack}}

|{{sort|dark-thirdy|The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural}}

|Winner

|Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Somewhere in the Darkness

|Mississippi Challenge

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Wilson, Kathleen Atkins|Kathleen Atkins Wilson}}

|{{sort|Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth, The|The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth}}

|Winner

|Little Eight John

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Sukey and the Mermaid

|Working Cotton

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |1994

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Johnson, Angela|Angela Johnson}}

|Toning the Sweep

|Winner

|Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Feelings, Tom, a, 1994|Tom Feelings}}

|Soul Looks Back in Wonder

|Winner

|Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Uncle Jed's Barbershop

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |1995

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick|Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack}}

|Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters

|Winner

|{{sort|Captive, The|The Captive}}

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This

|Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Ransome, James E.|James Ransome}}

|{{sort|Creation, The|The Creation}}

|Winner

|{{sort|singing man|The Singing Man}}

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Meet Danitra Brown

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Sharon |Draper}}

|Tears of a Tiger

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1996

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|Hamilton, Virginia|Virginia Hamilton}}

|Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales

|Winner

|{{sort|Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963,The|The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963}}

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Like Sisters on the Homefront

|From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Feelings, Tom, a, 1996|Tom Feelings}}

|{{sort|Middle Passage, The|The Middle Passage}}

|Winner

|Her Stories

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|{{sort|Faithful Friend|The Faithful Friend}}

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1997

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author

|{{sort|Myers, Walter Dean|Walter Dean Myers}}

|Slam

|Winner

|Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|Jerry Pinkney}}

|Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

|Winner

|{{sort|palm of my heart|The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children}}

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Running the Road to ABC

|Neeny Coming, Neeny Going

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Martha |Southgate}}

|Another Way to Dance

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |1998

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Draper, Sharon, a, 1998|Sharon Draper}}

|Forged By Fire

|Winner

|Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|Javaka Steptoe}}

|In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers

|Winner

|Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Harlem

|{{sort|Hunterman and the Crocodile,The|The Hunterman and the Crocodile}}

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="10" |1999

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|Johnson, Angela|Angela Johnson}}

|Heaven

|Winner

|Jazmin's Notebook

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground

|{{sort|Other Side: Shorter Poems, The|The Other Side: Shorter Poems}}

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Wood, Michele|Michele Wood}}

|I See the Rhythm

|Winner

|I Have Heard of a Land

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|{{sort|Bat Boy and His Violin, The|The Bat Boy and His Violin}}

|Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Sharon |Flake}}

|{{sort|Skin I'm In, The|The Skin I'm In}}

|Winner

! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator

|{{sortname|Eric |Velasquez}}

|{{sort|Piano Man, The|The Piano Man}}

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |2000

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|Curtis, Christopher Paul, a, 2000|Christopher Paul Curtis}}

|Bud, Not Buddy

|Winner

|Francie

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers

|Monster

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|Brian Pinkney}}

|In the Time of the Drums

|Winner

|My Rows and Piles of Coins

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Black Cat

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |2001

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author

|{{sort|Woodson, Jacqueline|Jacqueline Woodson}}

|Miracle's Boys

|Winner

|Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

| {{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}

|Uptown

|Winner

|Freedom River

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth

|Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |2002

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Taylor, Mildred|Mildred Taylor}}

|{{sort|Land, The|The Land}}

|Winner

|Money-Hungry

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Carver: A Life in Poems

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|Jerry Pinkney}}

|Goin' Someplace Special

|Winner

|Martin's Big Words

|Honor

! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator

|{{sortname|Jerome |Lagarrigue}}

|Freedom Summer

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |2003

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Grimes, Nikki, a, 2003|Nikki Grimes}}

|Bronx Masquerade

|Winner

|{{sort|Red Rose Box,The|The Red Rose Box}}

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Lewis, E B|E. B. Lewis}}

|Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman

|Winner

|Visiting Langston

|Honor

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Janet |McDonald}}

|Chill Wind

|Winner

! scope=row | Steptoe author / illustrator

|{{sortname|Randy |DuBurke}}

|{{sort|Moon Ring, The|The Moon Ring}}

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |2004

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Johnson, Angela|Angela Johnson}}

|{{sort|First Part Last, The|The First Part Last}}

|Winner

|Days Of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|{{sort|Battle of Jericho, The|The Battle of Jericho}}

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}

|Beautiful Blackbird

|Winner

|Almost to Freedom

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Thunder Rose

|Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sort|Smith, Hope Anita|Hope Anita Smith}}

|{{sort|Way a Door Closes|The Way a Door Closes }}

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |2005

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|Morrison, Toni|Toni Morrison}}

|Remember: The Journey to School Integration

|Winner

|{{sort|Legend of Buddy Bush, The|The Legend of Buddy Bush}}

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives

|Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|Kadir Nelson}}

|Ellington Was Not a Street

|Winner

|God Bless the Child

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|{{sort|People Could Fly: The Picture Book, The|The People Could Fly: The Picture Book}}

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Barbara|Hathaway}}

|Missy Violet and Me

|Winner

! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator

|{{sortname|Frank|Morrison|Frank Morrison (illustrator)}}

|Jazzy Miz Mozetta

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |2006

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|Lester, Julius|Julius Lester}}

|Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue

|Winner

|Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Dark Sons

|{{sort|Wreath for Emmett Till, A|A Wreath for Emmett Till}}

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator

| {{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}

|Rosa

|Winner

|Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan

|Honor

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Jaime |Adoff}}

|Jimi & Me

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" |2007

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author

|{{sort|Draper,Sharon, a, 2007|Sharon Draper}}

|Copper Sun

|Winner

|{{sort|Road to Paris, The|The Road to Paris}}

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|Kadir Nelson}}

|Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

|Winner

|Jazz

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Traci L. |Jones}}

|Standing Against the Wind

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" |2008

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Author

|{{sort|Curtis, Christopher Paul, a, 2008|Christopher Paul Curtis}}

|Elijah of Buxton

|Winner

|November Blues

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" |Illustrator

|{{sortname|Ashley |Bryan}}

|Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals

|Winner

|{{sort|Secret Olivia Told Me,The|The Secret Olivia Told Me}}

| rowspan="2" |Honor

|Jazz on a Saturday Night

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Sundee T. |Frazier}}

|Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" |2009

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|Nelson, Kadir|Kadir Nelson}}

|We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

|Winner

|Keeping the Night Watch

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|{{sort|Blacker the Berry, The|The Blacker the Berry (Thomas book){{!}}The Blacker the Berry}}

|Becoming Billie Holiday

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Cooper, Floyd, a, 2009|Floyd Cooper}}

|{{sort|Blacker the Berry, The|The Blacker the Berry}}

|Winner

|We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|{{sort|Moon Over Star, The|The Moon Over Star}}

|Before John Was a Jazz Giant

! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator

|{{sortname|Shadra |Strickland}}

|Bird

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" |2010

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Author

|{{sort|Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux|Vaunda Micheaux Nelson}}

|Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal

|Winner

|Mare's War

|Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator

|{{sort|Smith, Charles R.|Charles R. Smith Jr.}}

|My People

|Winner

|{{sort|Negro Speaks of Rivers, The|The Negro Speaks of Rivers}}

|Honor

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Kekla |Magoon}}

|{{sort|Rock and the River|The Rock and the River}}

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" |2011

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|Rita Williams-Garcia}}

|One Crazy Summer

|Winner

|Lockdown

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Ninth Ward

|Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator

| {{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}

|Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave

|Winner

|Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix

|Honor

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sort|Bond, Victoria and T. R. Simon|Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon}}

|Zora and Me

|Winner

! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator

|{{sortname|Sonia Lynn |Sadler}}

|Seeds of Change

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" | 2012

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Author

| {{sort|Nelson, Kadir|Kadir Nelson}}

| Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

| Winner

| {{sort|great migration|The Great Migration: Journey to the North}}

| rowspan="2" | Honor

| Never Forgotten

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |Illustrator

| {{sort|Evans, Shane W.|Shane W. Evans}}

| Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom

| Winner

| Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

| Honor

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" | 2013

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Author

| {{sort|Pinkney, Andrea Davis|Andrea Davis Pinkney}}

| Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America

| Winner

| {{sort|Each Kindness|Each Kindness}}

| rowspan="2" | Honor

| No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

| {{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}

|I, Too, Am America

|Winner

|Ellen's Broom

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|H.O.R.S.E.

|I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr.

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" | 2014

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author

| {{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|Rita Williams-Garcia}}

| P.S. Be Eleven

| Winner

| March: Book One

| rowspan="3" | Honor

| Darius & Twig

| Words with Wings

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" | Illustrator

| {{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}

| Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me

| Winner

| Nelson Mandela

| Honor

! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator

|{{sortname|Theodore |Taylor III}}

|When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" | 2015

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author

| {{sort|Woodson, Jacqueline|Jacqueline Woodson}}

| Brown Girl Dreaming

| Winner

| {{sort|crossover|The Crossover}}

| rowspan="3" | Honor

| How I Discovered Poetry

| How It Went Down

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Illustrator

| {{sort|Myers, Christopher|Christopher Myers}}

| Firebird

| Winner

| Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

| rowspan="2" | Honor

| Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sort|Reynolds, Jason|Jason Reynolds}}

|When I Was the Greatest

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" | 2016

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author

| {{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|Rita Williams-Garcia}}

| Gone Crazy in Alabama

| Winner

| All American Boys

| rowspan="3" | Honor

| {{sort|Boy in the BLack Suit|The Boy in the Black Suit}}

| X: A Novel

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Illustrator

| {{sortname|Bryan |Collier}}

| Trombone Shorty

| Winner

| {{sort|book itch|The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore}}

| rowspan="2" | Honor

| Last Stop on Market Street

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Ronald L.|Smith}}

|Hoodoo

|Winner

! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator

|{{sortname|Ekua |Holmes}}

|Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="8" | 2017

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Author

| {{sort|Lewis, John|John Lewis}} and {{sort|Aydin, Andrew|Andrew Aydin}}

| March: Book Three

| Winner

| As Brave as You

| rowspan="2" | Honor

| Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Illustrator

| {{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|Javaka Steptoe}}

| Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

| Winner

| Freedom in Congo Square

| rowspan="3" | Honor

| Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan

| In Plain Sight

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Nicola |Yoon}}

|{{sort|Sun is Also a Star, The|The Sun Is Also a Star}}

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="9" | 2018

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | Author

| {{sort|Watson, Renee|Renée Watson}}

| Piecing Me Together

| Winner

| Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

| rowspan="3" | Honor

| Long Way Down

| {{sort|hate u give|The Hate U Give}}

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | Illustrator

| {{sort|Holmes, Ekua|Ekua Holmes}}

| Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

| Winner

| Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

| rowspan="2" | Honor

| Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|David Barclay |Moore}}

|{{sort|Stars Beneath Our Feet, The|The Stars Beneath Our Feet}}

|Winner

! scope=row | Steptoe illustrator

|{{sortname|Charly |Palmer}}

|Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song

|Winner

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="10" |2019

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Author

|{{sortname|Claire |Hartfield}}

|{{sort|few red drops|A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919}}

|Winner

|Finding Langston

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|{{sort|parker inheritance|The Parker Inheritance}}

|{{sort|season of styx malone|The Season of Styx Malone}}

! scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" |Illustrator

|{{sortname|Ekua |Holmes}}

|{{sort|stuff of stars|The Stuff of Stars}}

|Winner

|Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

| rowspan="3" |Honor

|Let the Children March

|Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop

! scope=row | Steptoe author

|{{sortname|Tiffany D. |Jackson