Annal:1986 Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Results of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards in the year 1986. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards
- Children's books
- Children's authors
- Young Adult books
- Young Adult authors
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
- 1986 CS King-Author winner
- Score: 10.36
Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton tells 24 stories that kept her ancestors' culture alive during slavery, from spirited animal trickster tales and robust tall tales to spine-chilling tales of the supernatural and moving narratives of slaves in search of freedom.
