2003 Winners and Honors

2002 Medal Winners

The Land (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2002) by Mildred D. Taylor (School & Library Binding - September 2001) Editions: School & Library Binding | Paperback | Audio Cassette (Unabridged)

Author Honor Books

Money Hungry by Sharon G. Flake (Hardcover - June 2001)

Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson (Hardcover)

Goin' Someplace Special (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner, 2002) by Pat McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (School & Library Binding - September 2001)

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Hardcover - September 2001)

2001 Medal Winners

Uptown, written and illustrated by Bryan Collier

Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys, illustrated by E.B. Lewis

2000 Medal Winners

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

For Illustration:

In the Time of the Drums, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Francie by Karen English

1999 Medal Winners

Heaven by Angela Johnson

For Narrative:

The Other Side: Shorter Poems by Angela Johnson

For Illustration:

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney

1998 Medal Winners

Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers by Javaka Steptoe

For Narrative:

For Illustration:

Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry by Ashley Bryan

The Hunterman and the Crocodile: A West African Folktale by Baba Wagué Diakité

1997 Medal Winners

Slam! by Walter Dean Myers

Minty:A Story of Young Harriet Tubman illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack

Neeny Coming, Neeny Going illustrated by Synthia Saint James

1996 Medal Winners

For Narrative:

Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton

For Illustration:

The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo by Tom Feelings

For Narrative:

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson

The Faithful Friend illustrated by Brian Pinkney

1995 Medal Winners

For Narrative:

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack

For Illustration:

The Creation illustrated by James E. Ransome

Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack

For Illustration:

Meet Danitra Brown illustrated by Floyd Cooper

1994 Medal Winners

For Narrative:

Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson

For Illustration:

Soul Looks Back in Wonder illustrated by Tom Feelings

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers

For Illustration:

Uncle Jed's Barbershop illustrated by James Ransome

1993 Medal Winners

For Narrative:

The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia C. McKissack

The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson

For Narrative:

Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers

Working Cotton illustrated by Carole Byard

1992 Medal Winners

Now Is Your Time: The African-American Struggle For Freedom by Walter Dean Myers

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield

Night on Neighborhood Street illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

1991 Medal Winners

The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor

Aida illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon

For Narrative:

When I Am Old with You by Angela Johnson

1990 Medal Winners

For Narrative:

For Illustration:

Nathaniel Talking illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

For Narrative:

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement by Lillie Patterson

For Illustration:

The Talking Eggs illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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