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Schneider Family Book Award
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The Schneider Family Book Award, given annually by the American Library Association, honors an author or illustrator for the artistic expression of the disability experience for children and teens.

The award is given in three categories:
birth through grade school (ages 0–10), middle school (ages 11–13), and teens (age 13–18).

Call numbers for the Duluth Public Library are in ( )
Titles are linked to the library catalog..

2010:
Young Children:
DJANGO by Bonnie Christensen

Middle School:
Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
(Juv Fic  Baskin)

Teens:
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (YA Fic  Stork)

2009:
Young Children:
Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum by Robert Andrew Parker (j781.65  Parker)

Middle School:
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Conner (Juv Fic  Conner)

Teens:
Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen (YA Fic  Friesen)

2008:
Young Children:
Kami and the Yaks by Andrea Stenn Stryer, ill. by Bert Dodson  ( j )

Middle School:
Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer  (Juv Fic  Zimmer )

Teens:
Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby (Juv Fic  Rorby)

2007:
Young Children:
THE DEAF MUSICIANS by Pete Seeger, ill. by R. Gregory Christie  ( j )

Middle School:
RULES by Cynthia Lord  (Juv Fic  Lord )

Teens:
SMALL STEPS by Louis Sachar  (YA Fic  Sachar)

2006:
Young Children:
Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg, ill. by Colin Bootman  (Juv Fic  Uhlberg)

Middle School:
Tending to Grace by Kimberly Newton Fusco  (YA Fic  Fusco)

Teens:
Under the Wolf, Under the Dog by Adam Rapp  (YA Fic  Rapp)

2005:
Young Children:
My Pal, Victor/Mi Amigo, Victor by Diane Gonzales Bertrand, ill. by Robert L. Sweetland  ( j Foreign Language)

Middle School:
Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan  (Juv Fic  Ryan)

Teens:
My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir by Samantha Abeel  (YA 921 Ab331AAm) 

2004:
Young Children:
Looking Out for Sarah by Glenna Lang  ( j )

Middle School:
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass  (Juv Fic  Mass)

Teens:
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements (YA Fic  Clements)

 

 

1/21/10
Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802

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