# Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award reading list

**22** 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 given annually by the American Library Association to an outstanding African American illustrator of a book for children or teens that demonstrates an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. CSK Illustrator titles are widely used in US elementary classrooms and library collections.

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## Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award reading list

- [Basket Ball](https://readinglist.school/book/the-undefeated) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades 2–6)_
- [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)_
- [Counting to Tar Beach](https://readinglist.school/book/tar-beach) by Faith Ringgold _(Grades K–5)_
- [Heart and Soul](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-and-soul-the-story-of-america-and-african-americans) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades K–5)_
- [Heart and Soul](https://readinglist.school/book/i-have-a-dream-martin-luther-king-jr) by Kadir Nelson _(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)_
- [It's a Sign!](https://readinglist.school/book/there-was-a-party-for-langston) by Jarrett Pumphrey _(Grades K–5)_
- [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)_
- [Nelson Mandela](https://readinglist.school/book/nelson-mandela) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades K–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)_
- [Swim Team](https://readinglist.school/book/swim-team) by Johnnie Christmas _(Grades 3–7)_
- [The Bell Rang](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bell-rang) by James E. Ransome _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Middle Passage](https://readinglist.school/book/the-middle-passage) by Tom Feelings _(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)_
- [Willie and the All-Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/the-blacker-the-berry) by Floyd Cooper _(Grades K–5)_

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