# Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award reading list

**58** books referenced by Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award is presented annually by the American Library Association to an outstanding African American illustrator of a book for children or teens. Established in 1974, it honors picture books that demonstrate appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

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## Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award reading list

- [Africa Dream](https://readinglist.school/book/africa-dream) by Eloise Greenfield _(Grades 4–8)_
- [An American Story](https://readinglist.school/book/an-american-story) by Kwame Alexander _(Grades K–3)_
- [Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum](https://readinglist.school/book/beat-the-story-drum-pum-pum) by Ashley Bryan _(Grades K–5)_
- [Beautiful Blackbird](https://readinglist.school/book/beautiful-blackbird) by Ashley Bryan _(Grades K–5)_
- [Big](https://readinglist.school/book/big) by Vashti Harrison _(Grades K–5)_
- [C.L.O.U.D.S.](https://readinglist.school/book/clouds) by Pat Cummings _(Grades K–5)_
- [Cornrows](https://readinglist.school/book/cornrows) by Camille Yarbrough _(Grades K–3)_
- [Dave the Potter](https://readinglist.school/book/dave-the-potter) by Laban Carrick Hill _(Grades K–3)_
- [Firebird](https://readinglist.school/book/firebird) by Misty Copeland _(Grades K–3)_
- [Goin' Someplace Special](https://readinglist.school/book/goin-someplace-special) by Patricia C. McKissack _(Grades K–3)_
- [H.O.R.S.E.](https://readinglist.school/book/horse-a-game-of-basketball-and-imagination) by Christopher Myers _(Grades 3–10)_
- [Half a Moon and One Whole Star](https://readinglist.school/book/half-a-moon-and-one-whole-star) by Crescent Dragonwagon _(Grades K–3)_
- [Heart and Soul](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-and-soul-the-story-of-america-and-african-americans) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades K–5)_
- [Her Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/her-stories) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–8)_
- [I Have a Dream](https://readinglist.school/book/i-have-a-dream-martin-luther-king-jr) by Martin Luther King Jr. _(Grades K–5)_
- [I'm Going to Sing, Black American Spirituals, Volume Two](https://readinglist.school/book/im-going-to-sing) by Ashley Bryan _(Grades K–5)_
- [I, Too, Am America](https://readinglist.school/book/i-too-am-america) by Langston Hughes _(Grades K–3)_
- [In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall](https://readinglist.school/book/in-daddys-arms-i-am-tall) by Javaka Steptoe _(Grades K–3)_
- [In the Time of the Drums](https://readinglist.school/book/in-the-time-of-the-drums) by Kim L. Siegelson _(Grades K–3)_
- [Jazz on a Saturday Night](https://readinglist.school/book/jazz-on-a-saturday-night) by Leo Dillon _(Grades K–5)_
- [Knock Knock](https://readinglist.school/book/knock-knock) by Daniel Beaty _(Grades K–3)_
- [Last Stop on Market Street](https://readinglist.school/book/last-stop-on-market-street) by Matt de la Peña _(610L · Grades K–3)_
- [Let it Shine](https://readinglist.school/book/let-it-shine-three-favorite-spirituals) by Ashley Bryan _(Grades K–5)_
- [Me & Mama](https://readinglist.school/book/me-and-mama) by Cozbi A. Cabrera _(Grades K–5)_
- [Mirandy and Brother Wind](https://readinglist.school/book/mirandy-and-brother-wind) by Pat McKissack _(Grades K–3)_
- [Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/moses-when-harriet-tubman-led-her-people-to-freedom) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_
- [Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters](https://readinglist.school/book/mufaros-beautiful-daughters) by John Steptoe _(Grades K–3)_
- [My Daddy Is a Cowboy](https://readinglist.school/book/my-daddy-is-a-cowboy) by Stephanie Seales _(Grades K–3)_
- [My Mama Needs Me](https://readinglist.school/book/my-mama-needs-me) by Mildred Pitts Walter _(Grades K–5)_
- [My People](https://readinglist.school/book/my-people) by Louis A Decaro Jr. _(Grades K–3)_
- [Nelson Mandela](https://readinglist.school/book/nelson-mandela) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades K–5)_
- [Out of Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-wonder) by Kwame Alexander _(Grades K–3)_
- [R-E-S-P-E-C-T](https://readinglist.school/book/r-e-s-p-e-c-t) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_
- [Radiant Child](https://readinglist.school/book/radiant-child) by Javaka Steptoe _(Grades 2–5)_
- [Radiant Child](https://readinglist.school/book/radiant-child-the-story-of-young-artist-jean-michel-basquiat) by Javaka Steptoe _(Grades K–5)_
- [Rap a Tap Tap](https://readinglist.school/book/rap-a-tap-tap-heres-bojangles) by Leo Dillon _(Grades K–5)_
- [Ray Charles](https://readinglist.school/book/ray-charles) by Sharon Bell Mathis _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Rosa](https://readinglist.school/book/rosa) by Nikki Giovanni _(Grades K–3)_
- [Soul Looks Back in Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/soul-looks-back-in-wonder) by Tom Feelings _(Grades K–3)_
- [Standing in the Need of Prayer](https://readinglist.school/book/standing-in-the-need-of-prayer) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_
- [Swim Team](https://readinglist.school/book/swim-team) by Johnnie Christmas _(Grades 3–7)_
- [Talkin' About Bessie](https://readinglist.school/book/talkin-about-bessie) by Nikki Grimes _(Grades K–3)_
- [Tar Beach](https://readinglist.school/book/tar-beach) by Faith Ringgold _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Bell Rang](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bell-rang) by James E. Ransome _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Blacker the Berry](https://readinglist.school/book/the-blacker-the-berry) by Joyce Carol Thomas _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Creation](https://readinglist.school/book/the-creation) by James Weldon Johnson _(Grades K–3)_
- [The Middle Passage](https://readinglist.school/book/the-middle-passage) by Tom Feelings _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Origin of Life on Earth](https://readinglist.school/book/the-origin-of-life-on-earth) by David A. Anderson _(Grades K–3)_
- [The Patchwork Quilt](https://readinglist.school/book/the-patchwork-quilt) by Valerie Flournoy _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Undefeated](https://readinglist.school/book/the-undefeated) by Kwame Alexander _(Grades 2–6)_
- [There Was a Party for Langston](https://readinglist.school/book/there-was-a-party-for-langston) by Jason Reynolds _(Grades K–5)_
- [Trombone Shorty](https://readinglist.school/book/trombone-shorty) by Troy Andrews _(Grades K–3)_
- [Underground](https://readinglist.school/book/underground) by Liv Evans _(Grades K–3)_
- [Underground](https://readinglist.school/book/underground-finding-the-light-to-freedom) by Shane W. Evans _(Grades K–5)_
- [Unspeakable](https://readinglist.school/book/unspeakable-the-tulsa-race-massacre) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades 3–7)_
- [Uptown](https://readinglist.school/book/uptown) by Bryan Collier _(Grades K–5)_
- [Victory. Stand!](https://readinglist.school/book/victory-stand-raising-my-fist-for-justice) by Tommie Smith _(Grades K–5)_
- [We Are the Ship](https://readinglist.school/book/we-are-the-ship-the-story-of-negro-league-baseball) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades K–5)_

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