2011 Coretta Scott King Book Awards

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards were announced at the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting in January.


Author Award: One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia



Illustrator Award: Dave the Potter: artist, poet, slave, by Laban Hill, illustrated by Bryan Collier












Honor Books

Author:

Lockdown, by Walter Dean Myers

Ninth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by G. Neri

Illustrator:

Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix, by Gary Golio, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

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