1989-1980 Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books

1989

Fallen Angels [1] by Walter Dean Myers**
Mirandy and Brother Wind [2] by Patricia McKissack and
illustrated by Jerry Pinkney**
A Thief in the Village and Other Stories by James Berry
Anthony Burns: the Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave [3]
by Virginia Hamilton
Under the Sunday Tree [4] by Eloise Greenfield and
illustrated by Amos Ferguson
Storm in the Night [5] by Mary Stolz and illustrated by Pat Cummings

1988

The Friendship [6] by Mildred D. Taylor**
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: an African Tale [7] by John Steptoe**
An Enchanted Hair Tale by Alexis De Veaux
The Tales of Uncle Remus: the Adventures of Brer Rabbit [8]
by Julius Lester
What a Morning! the Christmas Story in Black Spirituals [9]
selected by John Langstaff and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
The Invisible Hunters: a Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua [10] compiled by Harriet Rohmer and illustrated by Joe Sam

1987

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World [11] by Mildred Pitts Walter**
Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney**
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales [12]
by Ashley Bryan
Which Way Freedon? [13] by Joyce Hansen
C.L.O.U.D.S. by Pat Cummings

1986

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales [14] by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon**
The Patchwork Quilt [15] by Valerie Flournoy and
illustrated by Jerry Pinkney**
Junius Over Far by Virginia Hamilton
Trouble's Child by Mildred Pitts Walter

1985

Motown and Didi by Walter Dean Myers**
Circle of Gold by Candy Dawson Boyd
A Little Love by Virginia Hamilton

1984

Everett Anderson's Good-bye [16] by Lucille Clifton**
My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter and
illustrated by Pat Cummings**
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl by Virginia Hamilton
Lena Horne by James Haskins
Bright Shadow by Joyce Carol Thomas
Because We Are by Mildred Pitts Walter

1983

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush [17] by Virginia Hamilton**
Black Child by Peter Magubane**
This Strange New Feeling by Julius Lester
All the Colors of the Race by Arnold Adoff and illustrated by John Steptoe
I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals by Ashley Bryan

1982

Let the Circle Be Unbroken [18] by Mildred D. Taylor**
Mother Crocodile: an Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal by Rosa Guy and illustrated by John Steptoe**
Rainbow Jordan by Alice Childress
Lou in the Limelight by Kristin Hunter
Mary: an Autobiography by Mary E. Mebane
Daydreamers by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Tom Feelings

1981

This Life by Sidney Poitier**
Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum by Ashley Bryan**
Don't Explain: a Song of Billie Holiday by Alexis De Veaux
Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Carole Byard
Count on Your Fingers African Style by Claudia Zaslavsky and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1980

The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers**
Cornrows by Camille Yarborough and illustrated by Carole Byard**
Movin' Up by Berry Gordy
Childtimes: a Three-Generation Memoir by Eloise Greenfield and
Lessie Jones Little
Andrew Young: Young Man With a Mission by James Haskins
James Van Der Zee: the Picture Takin' Man by James Haskins
Let the Lion Eat Straw by Ellease Southerland

** award winner

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