2010 Winners and Honors

2010 Author Winner

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"Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal,” written by Vaunda Michaeux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, and published by Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

2010 Illustrator Winner

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"My People,” illustrated by Charles R. Smith, Jr., written by Langston Hughes, and published by ginee seo books, Atheheum Books for Young Readers.

2010 Author Honor Titles

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“Mare's War” written by Tanita S. Davis, and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

2010 Illustrator Honor Titles

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“The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Langston Hushes, and published by Disney - Jump at the Sun Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group.

John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner

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“The Rock and the River,” written by Kekla Magoon, and published by Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.

2010 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement (inaugural year)

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Walter Dean Myers