On January 27, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, ...

and C.G. Esperanza, illustrator of "My Daddy is a Cowboy,” are the winners of the 2025 Coretta Scott King Book Awards honoring African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for ...

She wrote more than 35 books throughout her career, including “M. C. Higgins, the Great,” for which she won the 1975 Newbery Medal. During her lifetime, Hamilton received numerous awards including the ...

Jason Reynolds’ “Twenty-four Seconds from Now …” received the Coretta Scott Award for a work by a Black author, and the King prize for ... LGBTQ children’s book, and Jonny Garza Villa ...

Grades 3-5 will read “Martin’s Big Words” by Doreen Rappaport, which was a Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Book award winner in 2002. All four core classes in the middle schools will have ...

Dozens of other books and authors were honored Monday morning, too. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards go to outstanding books by African American authors and illustrators. The author award this ...

Dozens of other books and authors were honored Monday morning, too. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards go to outstanding books by African American authors and illustrators. The author award this year ...