2012 Winners and Honors

2012 Author Winner

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"Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans,” written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

2012 Illustrator Winner

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"Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom,” illustrated and written by Shane W. Evans, and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.

2012 Author Honor Titles

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“The Great Migration: Journey to the North” written by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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“Never Forgotten,” written by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, and published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

2012 Illustrator Honor Titles

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“Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans,” illustrated and written by Kadir Nelson, and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

2012 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

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Ashley Bryan (Author/Illustrator)

Storyteller, artist, author, poet and musician.