The Coretta Scott King Award honors African American authors and illustrators who create outstanding books for children and young adults.

2012 Author Award Winner:

HEART AND SOUL: THE STORY OF AMERICA AND AFRICAN AMERICANS
by Kadir Nelson
A simple introduction to African American history, from Revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of President Obama.

2012 Author Honor Books:

THE GREAT MIGRATION: JOURNEY TO THE NORTH
by Eloise Greenfield
Describes the period of the 20th century when many African Americans left the South to make better lives for themselves in the northern states.

NEVER FORGOTTEN
by Patricia C. McKissack
In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements – Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth – is captured and taken to America as a slave.

For more information, please visit the Coretta Scott King Book Award website.