Disability experiences in children and young adult texts: the Schneider Family Book Awards

Link to Schneider Family Book Award (American Library Association)

A Mango Shaped Space / Wendy Mass

2004 Schneider Family Book Award – Middle School

The Deaf Musicians / Pete Seeger and Paul DuBois Jacobs; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

2007 Schneider Family Book Award – Young Children

Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures / Brian Selznick

2012 Schneider Family Book Award – Middle School

Back to Front and Upside Down! / Claire Alexander

2013 Schneider Family Book Award – Young Children

Handbook for Dragon Slayers / Merrie Haskell

2014 Schneider Family Book Award – Middle School

Rain Reign / Ann M. Martin

2015 Schneider Family Book Award – Middle School

Girls Like Us / Gail Giles

2015 Schneider Family Book Award – Teen

A Boy and a Jaguar / Alan Rabinowitz; Illustrated by Catia Chien

2015 Schneider Family Book Award – Children’s

El Deafo / Wendy Mass

2015 John Newbery Medal Honor Book

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B / Teresa Toten

2016 Schneider Family Book Award – Teen

Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah / Laurie Ann Thompson / Illustrated by Sean Qualls

2016 Schneider Family Book Award – Children’s