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Coretta Scott King Book Awards 2015

The 2015 Coretta Scott King Book Awards went to Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Author), Firebird by Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers (Illustrator) and When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds (John Steptoe New Talent). 5 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Author

  1. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Illustrator

  1. Firebird by Misty Copeland and Christopher Myerssource (opens in a new tab)

John Steptoe New Talent

  1. When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynoldssource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Author

  1. How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. How It Went Down by Kekla Magoonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Crossover by Kwame Alexandersource (opens in a new tab)

Illustrator

  1. Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Frank Morrisonsource (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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