Activities with Coretta Scott King Award Winners © 2002 Nancy Polette 

For expanded ready-to-use activities see Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Awards: 101 Ideas and Activities by Nancy Polette. Alleyside Press, 2000

The Coretta Scott King Award is given annually by the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association to an African-American author and an African American illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions to literature for children.
1 Africa Dream
2 Aida
3 Beat the Story Drum, Pum, Pum
4 Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
5 Cornrows
6 The Creation
7 The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
8 Half a Moon and One Whole Star
9 Her Stories: American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales
10 Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
11 MInty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
12 Mirandy and Brother Wind
13 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An Afican Tale
14 Nathaniel Talking
15 Pathwork Quilt
16 The People Could Fly
17 Tar Beach

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