2020 Winners and Honors
2020 Author Winner
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"New Kid,” written by Jerry Craft, and published by HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.
2020 Illustrator Winner
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"The Undefeated,” illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Kwame Alexander and published by Versity, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
2020 Author Honor Titles
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“Look Both Ways,” written by Jason Reynolds and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book.
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“The Stars and the Blackness Between Them,” written by Junauda Petrus, and published by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
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“Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky,” written by Kwame Mbalia and published by Disney-Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group.
2020 Illustrator Honor Titles
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“The Bell Rang,” written and illustrated by James E. Ransome, and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book.
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“Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace,” illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book.
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“Sulwe,” illustrated by Vashti Harrison, written by Lupita Nyong'o and published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner
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“Genesis Begins Again,” written by Alicia D. Williams and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book.
John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner
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“What Is Given from the Heart,” illustrated by April Harrison and published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
2020 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
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Mildred D. Taylor (Author/Illustrator)
Born in Mississippi in 1943 and raised in Ohio, Mildred D. Taylor resides in Colorado. “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,” won the 1977 Newbery Award and a Coretta Scott King Book Award honor. Taylor received the international 2003 inaugural NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Her books earned national recognition including four CSK author awards and two author honors. Her 2020 Logan family series conclusion “All the Days Past, All the Days to Come” continues addressing systemic injustice, entrenched inequality and the roots of racism.