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Award year

1999 Coretta Scott King Book Awards

Source: official announcement

Author Award

Winner
Heaven
Angela Johnson
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Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground
Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan
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Jazmin's Notebook
Nikki Grimes
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Also recognized

The Other Side: Shorter Poems by Angela JohnsonHonor

Illustrator Award

Winner
i see the rhythm
Toyomi Igus
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Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
Andrea Davis Pinkney
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I Have Heard of a Land
Joyce Carol Thomas
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The Bat Boy and His Violin
Gavin Curtis
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John Steptoe Award for New Talent

Winner
The Piano Man
Debbi Chocolate
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Winner
The Skin I'm In
Sharon G. Flake
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