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Coretta Scott King Book Awards 2010

The 2010 Coretta Scott King Book Awards went to Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Author), My People by Langston Hughes and Charles R. Smith Jr. (Illustrator) and The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon (John Steptoe New Talent). 2 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Author

  1. Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Illustrator

  1. My People by Langston Hughes and Charles R. Smith Jr.source (opens in a new tab)

John Steptoe New Talent

  1. The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoonsource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Author

  1. Mare's War by Tanita S. Davissource (opens in a new tab)

Illustrator

  1. The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes and E.B. Lewissource (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)

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