Coretta Scott King Winners for Kids

Coretta Scott King award and honor children's books from 2012-2024 that are available from Loveland Public Library.

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Book cover for "Finding Langston"
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Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
Book cover for "Freewater"
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After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
Book cover for "Me and the boss"
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Six-year-old Lee will not give up until he can show his big sister Zora, a.k.a. the boss, how good he can sew. Includes instructions on how to make Lee's smiling moon.
Book cover for "The me I choose to be"
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What will you choose to be? A free spirit? A weaver of words? A star dancing across the night sky? A limitless galaxy? The possibilities are endless in this uplifting ode to the power of potential. With lyrical text by author Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and images by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt, each page of this book is an immersive call for self-love that highlights the inherent beauty of all Black and brown children.
Book cover for "The stars beneath our feet"
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Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.