1979
Author Award Winner
Escape to Freedom by
Ossie Davis
Douglass
overcame his beginnings as a slave to become the first black man to hold a
diplomatic office. He was a great orator and also wrote several books. This play
emphasizes his contributions. Ages
9-12
Honor
Books
Benjamin Banneker by
Lillie Patterson Ages 9-12
I Have a Sister, My
Sister is Deaf by Jeanne W.
Peterson
I
Have a Sister. My Sister is Deaf. she is special. There are not many sisters
like mine.This sister says with her face and shoulders what many people cannot
say with words. And what she does not understand in words, she reads in people's
eyes. Ages 4-8
Justice and Her
Brothers by Virginia Hamilton
The
first book of a new trilogy from the National Book Award-winning author of
"People Could Fly." Justice has identical twin brothers and, although
they look exactly alike, Thomas is mean while Levi is kind. One summer,
mysterious, extrasensory powers threaten to tear the entire family apart. Ages
9-12
Skates of Uncle
Richard by Carol Fenner
With
her Uncle's encouragement a nine-year-old takes the first step toward realizing
her dream of becoming a figure skater. Ages 4-8
Illustrator Award Winner
Something on My Mind ,
ill. by Tom Feelings; text by Nikki Grimes
PW
praised this collection of prose poems about children and their yearnings,
saying "the artist and the lyricist couldn't reveal the thoughts of the
boys and girls here more acutely if they were inside their subjects'
skins."
Ages 4-8
1978
Author Award Winner
Africa
Dream by Eloise
Greenfield; ill. by Carole Bayard
An
African-American child dreams of long-ago Africa, where she sees animals, shops
in a marketplace, reads strange words from an old book, and returns to the
village where her long-ago granddaddy welcomes her.‘Greenfield’s lyrical
telling and Byard’s marvelous pictures make this book close to an ideal
adventure for children, black or white.’ Baby-Preschool
Honor
Books
The
Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be by
William J. Faulkner Ages 9-12
Marvin and
Tige by Frankcina Glass Ages
9-12
Mary
McCleod Bethune by
Eloise Greenfield
‘During the
years following the Civil War in rural South Carolina where opportunities for
blacks to go to school were nonexistent, Mary McLeod Bethune had to overcome
many obstacles to pursue her dream of education for all children. Simply told,
this biography of an outstanding black educator has excellent illustrations.' Ages
4-8
Barbara
Jordan by James
Haskins Ages 4-8
Coretta
Scott King by Lillie
Patterson Ages 4-8
Portia:
The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington
by
Ruth Ann Stewart
Ages
9-12
Illustrator
Award Winner
Africa
Dream , ill. by Carole Bayard; text by Eloise Greenfield
An
African-American child dreams of long-ago Africa, where she sees animals, shops
in a marketplace, reads strange words from an old book, and returns to the
village where her long-ago granddaddy welcomes her.‘Greenfield’s lyrical
telling and Byard’s marvelous pictures make this book close to an ideal
adventure for children, black or white.’ Baby-Preschool
1977
Author
Award Winner
The Story
of Stevie Wonder by James Haskins
Ages
5-10
Illustrator
Award Winner
No award
1976
Author
Award Winner
Duey's Tale by
Pearl Bailey 59 pages, ages 4-8.
Illustrator
Award Winner
No award
Author
Award Winner
The
Legend of Africana by Dorothy Robinson 32 pages,
ages
4-8.
Illustrator
Award Winner
No award
1974
Author
Award Winner
Ray
Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis; ill. by George Ford 40 pages, ages
4-8.
Illustrator
Award Winner
Ray
Charles , ill. by George Ford; text by Sharon Bell Mathis 40 pages,
ages 4-8.
(
Note: Prior to 1974, the CSK Award was given to authors only)
1973
Award
Winner
I Never
Had It Made: the Autobiography of Jackie Robinson , as told to Alfred
Duckett
This
book essentially enlarges upon matters Duckett had covered with Robinson in an
earlier work, Breakthrough to the Big League (1965). Included are introductions
by Hank Aaron and Cornel West that provide fresh perspectives on the
significance of the legendary star's breaking of major league baseball's color
barrier. With each retelling, it is clear that Robinson's story has become less
a baseball story than a major cultural milestone in the nation's history. As
George Will is quoted as saying, it was "one of the great achievements not
only in the annals of sport, but of the human drama anywhere, anytime."
Appropriate for both adult and young adult collections.
Young
Adult
1972
Award
Winner
17 Black
Artists by Elton C. Fax
Ages
9-12
1971
Award
Winner
Black
Troubador: Langston Hughes by Charlemae Rollins
Ages 9-12
1970
Award
Winner
Martin
Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace by Lillie Patterson
Ages
9-12