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• Nigeria Jones

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,

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  Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner - When her mother disappears, Nigeria Jones, the daughter of the leader of a Black liberation group, searches for her, uncovering a shocking truth which leads her to question everything she thought she knew…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Big

  Harrison, Vashti,

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  Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor and Author Honor - Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.

• Holding Her Own

  the Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes

  Todd, Traci N.,

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  Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor - An inspiring picture book biography of the first Black woman cartoonist to be nationally syndicated in the U.S. who, in post-World War II America, stayed true to her art while remaining honest about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There Was a Party for Langston

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor - A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.

• How Do You Spell Unfair?

  MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  Coretta Scott King Author Honor - This true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kin

  Rooted in Hope

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  Coretta Scott King Author Honor - Conjuring up voices of their kin, who are among the founders of Maryland, the author and her son trace their family history back five generations, painting a powerful portrait of a Black family tree shaped by…Read moreRead more of this annotation