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Coretta Scott King Book Awards 2009
The 2009 Coretta Scott King Book Awards went to We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (Author), The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas and Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) and Bird by Zetta Elliott and Shadra Strickland (John Steptoe New Talent). 6 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.
Winners
Author
- We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseballsource (opens in a new tab)
Illustrator
- The Blacker the Berrysource (opens in a new tab)
John Steptoe New Talent
Honor Books
Author
- Becoming Billie Holidaysource (opens in a new tab)
- Keeping the Night Watchsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Blacker the Berrysource (opens in a new tab)
Illustrator
- Before John Was a Jazz Giantsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Moon Over Starsource (opens in a new tab)
- We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseballsource (opens in a new tab)
About the Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Author and Illustrator winners and honors, plus the John Steptoe Award for New Talent (author and illustrator recipients, one category), from each year's page on the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table site. A book honored in both the Author and Illustrator categories appears once in each. Illustrator-category author fields name the writer, then the illustrator. No Steptoe award is listed for 2012 or 2013. The Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement honors people and is excluded.
Organization: American Library Association. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)
Shares the most books with
- Goodreads Choice Awards 20 shared books
- National Book Awards 18 shared books
- Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards 17 shared books
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 17 shared books
- John Newbery Medal 14 shared books