A Grammy-nominated headliner for the New Orleans Jazz Fest describes his childhood in Tremé and how he came to be a bandleader by age six.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Recognizing an African American Illustrator of outstanding books for children
Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream of a pluralistic society.
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2016 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Honor
A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
2016 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Honor
Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
2015 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Winner
Firebird is illustrated by Christopher Myers, who is the King Illustrator Book winner. American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
2015 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Honor
Illustrated by Christian Robinson, King Illustrator Honor winner. A portrait of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world. Meticulously researched by both author and artist, Josephine's powerful story of struggle and triumph is an inspiration and a spectacle, just like the legend herself.
2015 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Honor
Illustrated by Frank Morrison, King Illustrator Honor winner. A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources
2014 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Winner
A boy wakes up one morning to find his father gone. At first, he feels lost. But his father has left him a letter filled with advice to guide him through the times he cannot be there
2014 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Honor
Presents a biography of the former South African president best known for his political activism and fight to end apartheid.
2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Winner
Presents the popular poem by one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the courage and dignity of the African American Pullman porters in the early twentieth century. Illustrated by Bryan Collier.
2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Honor
This story of an African American wedding explains the history of the custom of jumping the broom, and the time when slaves had not been allowed to legally marry before the post-slavery Reconstruction era. Illustrated by Daniel Minter.
2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Honor
Two friends try to outdo each other on the basketball court in an out-of-this-world game of H.O.R.S.E
2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Honor
Martin Luther King's famous I have a dream speech, illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
2012 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Winner
A family silently crawls along the ground. They run barefoot through unlit woods, sleep beneath bushes, take shelter in a kind stranger's home. Where are they heading? They are heading for Freedom by way of the Underground Railroad. 9781596435384
2012 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Honor
The story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. But it is also the story of injustice; of a country divided by law, education, and wealth; of a people whose struggles and achievements helped define their country. Kadir Nelson, one of this generation's most accomplished, award-winning artists, has created an epic yet intimate introduction to the history of America and African Americans, from colonial days through the civil rights movement. Written in the voice of an Everywoman, an unnamed narrator whose forebears came to this country on slave ships and who lived to cast her vote for the first African American president, Heart and Soul touches on some of the great transformative events and small victories of that history.
2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award - Winner
Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter. Written by Laban Carrick Hill and Illustrated by Bryan Collier.