Sharon Draper has actually only won the Coretta Scott King Award (CSKA) award twice. She first won the CSKA 1998 for Forged by Fire and then again in 2007 for Copper Sun. Draper has been a CSKA Honor in 2004 for The Battle of Jericho and in 2008 for November Blues.
Sharon M. Draper has received numerous awards for her work, including the Coretta Scott King Award, the John Newbery Medal, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, and the National Teacher of the Year award. She is known for her impactful contributions to children's and young adult literature.
Coretta Scott King Award was created in 1970.
She established the award by her husband and by stating it to the president and by she was educated.
She established the award by her husband and by stating it to the president and by she was educated.
The Coretta Scott King Award (CSKA), named for Coretta Scott King, is an award that is awarded to African-American authors and illustrators. The award is typically awarded to those who portray the African-American experience to a youth audience.
No, Mark Twain did not win the Coretta Scott King Award (CSKA). The CSKA is only awarded to African-American authors and illustrators.
The award was first won in 1970
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In 2000, the winner of the Coretta Scott King award was illustrator Brian Pinkney for In the Time of Drums. The winning author that year was Christopher Paul Curtis for Bud, Not Buddy.
Coretta Scott King Author Award
It is a Anual award that only African writters get!
Andrea Davis Pinkney won the 2013 Coretta Scott King Award for an author for "Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America". Bryan Collier won the award for an illustrator, for "I, Too, Am American".