Coretta Scott King Award Books Product Reviews and Prices

Mildred D. Taylor - Land

As the son of a white father and former slave mother, Paul-Edward Logan was given special privileges by his father, which helped him achieve his ...

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Latest review by Greatpilgrim Jun 21, 2002

"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry</..." Read full review

Mildred D. Taylor - Let the Circle Be Unbroken

The year is 1935. The young Logan family watches as their friend is charged with murder and tried by an all-white jury. "A profoundly affecting ...

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Latest review by Greatpilgrim Jun 15, 2002

"Luckily when I began reading R..." Read full review

Walter Dean Myers - Slam!

Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a ...

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Latest review by marcelhelligar Dec 19, 2005

"This book is based on a boy named Greg "Slam" Harris. He can do it all on the basketball court but h..." Read full review

Leontyne Price - Aida

Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved.

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Latest review by jkerm Jan 27, 2000

"When my daughter was in the third grade, we read this book together. She had to present a book re..." Read full review

James Weldon Johnson and James, E. Ransome - The Creation: A Poem

A poem based on the story of creation from the first book of the Bible.

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Latest review by jenninca Apr 21, 2001

"I would venture a guess that a good portion of children know at least the basic premise of the creat..." Read full review

Pat McKissack - Goin' Someplace Special

Set in the South in the 1950s, 'Tricia Ann is delighted to be able to go "someplace special" all by herself, but when she is faced with signs reading ...

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Latest review by pestyside Sep 19, 2006

"&#147Someplace Special&#148 was &#145Tricia Ann&#146s favorite place in the world. It was the place..." Read full review

Mildred D. Taylor and Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) - The Friendship

Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.

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$5 - $6

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Virginia Hamilton - The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary ...

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Latest review by marie1963 Feb 6, 2009

"In recognition of Black History Month I thought about the&nb sp;outstanding li..." Read full review

$5 - $21

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Ossie Davis - Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass

Born a slave, young Frederick Douglass endures many years of cruelty before escaping to the North to claim his freedom.

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Virginia Hamilton - Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush

Fourteen-year-old Tree encounters a young stranger who turns out to be the ghost of her mother's dead brother and who takes her into an exploration ...

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Latest review by ramseelbird Dec 9, 2004

"If you haven't read a word of Virginia Hamilton in your life then it is clear as crystal that you ha..." Read full review