Credit goes to Carrie Karnos, Bookshare’s Manager of Scanning and Proofing for this post and the collection.
The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Three annual awards of $5000 and a framed plaque are given in the following categories: birth through grade school (age 0–8), middle school (age 9–13) and teens (age 14–18). (Age groupings are approximations). The book must emphasize the artistic expression of the disability experience for children and or adolescent audiences. And the book must portray some aspect of living with a disability or that of a friend or family member, whether the disability is physical, mental or emotional.
Many of our members have asked us for books that feature people with disabilities and we are so happy to let you know that, thanks to our amazing collection development team, we have all 24 books that have been given the award between 2004 and 2011. You can find this very special collection at http://www.bookshare.org/browse/collection/15/.
The full chart showing the year the award was given, the age grouping, the author, and the title is below.
2011 |
Young Children Book |
Lyon, George Ella |
The Pirate Of Kindergarten |
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2011 |
Middle School Book |
Sonnenblick, Jordan |
After Ever After |
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2011 |
Teen book |
John, Antony |
Five Flavors Of Dumb |
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2010 |
Young Children Book |
Christensen, Bonnie |
Django: World’s Greatest Jazz Guitarist |
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2010 |
Middle School Book |
Baskin, Nora Raleigh |
Anything But Typical |
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2010 |
Teen book |
Stork, Francisco X. |
Marcelo In The Real World |
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2009 |
Young Children Book |
Parker, Robert Andrew |
Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum |
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2009 |
Middle School Book |
Connor, Leslie |
Waiting For Normal |
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2009 |
Teen book |
Friesen, Jonathan |
Jerk, California |
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2008 |
Young Children Book |
Stryer, Andrea Stenn |
Kami And The Yaks |
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2008 |
Middle School Book |
Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn |
Reaching For Sun |
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2008 |
Teen book |
Rorby, Ginny |
Hurt Go Happy |
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2007 |
Young Children Book |
Seeger, Pete and Jacobs, Paul Dubois |
The Deaf Musicians |
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2007 |
Middle School Book |
Lord, Cynthia |
Rules |
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2007 |
Teen book |
Sachar, Louis |
Small Steps |
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2006 |
Young Children Book |
Uhlberg, Myron |
Dad, Jackie, And Me |
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2006 |
Middle School Book |
Fusco, Kimberly Newton |
Tending To Grace |
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2006 |
Teen book |
Rapp, Adam |
Under The Wolf, Under The Dog |
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2005 |
Young Children Book |
Bertrand, Diane Gonzales |
My Pal, Victor / Mi Amigo, Víctor |
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2005 |
Middle School Book |
Ryan, Pam Muñoz |
Becoming Naomi León |
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2005 |
Teen book |
Abeel, Samantha |
My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir |
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2004 |
Young Children Book |
Lang, Glenna |
Looking Out For Sarah |
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2004 |
Middle School Book |
Mass, Wendy |
A Mango Shaped Space |
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2004 |
Teen book |
Clements, Andrew |
Things Not Seen |
“My Thirteenth Winter” is also powerful reading for adults who want to know more about what it is like to have a learning disability. In particular, anyone who tutors math should read the author’s moving story about what it was like to try to understand arithmetic and algebra from a teacher not sensitive to her needs.