Schneider Family Book Award
About the Schneider Family Book Award
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.
Click here for the Schneider Family Book Award Manual (PDF)
Bibliography of Children's Books about the Disability Experience (pdf)
Click here for the Schneider Family Book Award Manual (PDF)
Bibliography of Children's Books about the Disability Experience (pdf)
Administered by:
| Name | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| A Sky-Blue Bench | A Sky-Blue Bench | 2022 - Honor |
| Stuntboy, in the Meantime | Stuntboy, in the Meantime | 2022 - Honor |
| Words in my Hands | Words in my Hands | 2022 - Winner |
| A Kind of Spark | 2022 - Honor | |
| A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome | A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome | 2022 - Winner |
| A Bird Will Soar | A Bird Will Soar | 2022 - Winner |
| My City Speaks | My City Speaks | 2022 - Winner |
| A Walk in the Words | A Walk in the Words | 2022 - Honor |
| Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin | 2021 - Honor | |
| All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for American with Disabilities Changed Everything | 2021 - Honor | |
| I Talk Like A River | 2021 - Winner | |
| Show Me A Sign | 2021 - Winner | |
| When Stars are Scattered | 2021 - Honor | |
| Get A Grip Vivy Cohen | 2021 - Honor | |
| This is My Brain in Love | 2021 - Winner | |
| Each Tiny Spark | Each Tiny Spark | 2020 - Winner |
| The Silence Between Us | The Silence Between Us | 2020 - Winner |
| Silverstein, Karol Ruth | Cursed | 2020 - Winner |
| Song For A Whale | Song For A Whale | 2020 - Winner |
| A Friend for Henry | A Friend for Henry | 2020 - Winner |
| Jensen, Kelly | (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health | 2019 - Honor |
| West, West | The Collectors | 2019 - Honor |
| Connor, Leslie | The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle | 2019 - Winner |
| Wulfekotte, Dana | The Remember Balloons | 2019 - Honor |
| Oliveros, Jessie | The Remember Balloons | 2019 - Honor |
| Magoon, Scott | Rescue & Jessica A Life-Changing Friendship | 2019 - Winner |
| Downes, Patrick | Rescue & Jessica A Life-Changing Friendship | 2019 - Winner |
| Kensky, Jessica | Rescue & Jessica A Life-Changing Friendship | 2019 - Winner |
| Say, Allan | Silent Days, Silent Dreams | 2018 - Winner |
| Gardner, Whitney | You’re Welcome, Universe | 2018 - Winner |
| Green, Shari | Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess | 2018 - Winner |
| Lord, Emery | When We Collided | 2017 - Winner |
| Reynolds, Jason | as brave as you | 2017 - Winner |
| Bryant, Jen | Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille | 2017 - Winner |
| Toten, Teresa | unlikely | 2016 - Winner |
| Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker | War | 2016 - Winner |
| Hunt, Lynda Mullaly | Fish | 2016 - Winner |
| Qualls, Sean | Emmanuel | 2016 - Winner |
| Thompson, Laurie Ann | Emmanuel | 2016 - Winner |
| Martin, Ann M. | RAIN REIGN | 2015 - Winner |
| Giles, Gail | Girls Like Us | 2015 - Winner |
| Rabinowitz, Alan | A BOY AND A JAGUAR | 2015 - Winner |
| Wein, Elizabeth | Rose under fire | 2014 - Winner |
| Haskell, Merrie | Handbook for Dragon Slayers | 2014 - Winner |
| Sweet, Melissa | Splash of Red | 2014 - Winner |
| Bryant, Jen | Splash of Red | 2014 - Winner |
| Lerangis, Peter | Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am | 2013 - Winner |
| Mazer, Harry | Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am | 2013 - Winner |
| Lean, Sarah | A Dog Called Homeless | 2013 - Winner |
| Alexander, Claire | Back to Front and Upside Down! | 2013 - Winner |
| Selznick, Brian | Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures | 2012 - Winner |
| Bauer, Joan | close to famous | 2012 - Winner |
| Van Draanen, Wendelin | The Running Dream | 2012 - Winner |
| John, Antony | Five Flavors of Dumb | 2011 - Winner |
| Sonnenblick, Jordan | After Ever After | 2011 - Winner |
| Avril, Lynne | The Pirate of Kindergarten | 2011 - Winner |
| Lyon, George Ella | The Pirate of Kindergarten | 2011 - Winner |
| Christensen, Bonnie | Django | 2010 - Winner |
| Stork, Francisco X. | Marcelo in the Real World | 2010 - Winner |
| Baskin, Nora Raleigh | Anything but Typical | 2010 - Winner |
| Connor, Leslie | Waiting for Normal | 2009 - Winner |
| Friesen, Jonathan | Jerk, California | 2009 - Winner |
| Parker, Robert Andrew | Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum | 2009 - Winner |
| Dodson, Bert | Kami and the Yaks | 2008 - Winner |
| Stryer, Andrea Stenn | Kami and the Yaks | 2008 - Winner |
| Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn | Reaching for Sun | 2008 - Winner |
| Rorby, Ginny | Hurt Go Happy | 2008 - Winner |
| Christie, R. Gregory | The Deaf Musicians | 2007 - Winner |
| Seeger, Pete | The Deaf Musicians | 2007 - Winner |
| DuBois, Paul | The Deaf Musicians | 2007 - Winner |
| Sachar, Louis | Small Steps | 2007 - Winner |
| Lord, Cynthis | Rules | 2007 - Winner |
| Uhlberg, Myron | Dad, Jackie, and Me | 2006 - Winner |
| Fusco, Kimberly Newton | Tending to Grace | 2006 - Winner |
| Rapp, Adam | Under the Wolf, Under the Dog | 2006 - Winner |
| Bootman, Colin | Dad, Jackie, and Me | 2006 - Winner |
| Abeel, Samantha | My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir | 2005 - Winner |
| Sweetland, Robert L. | My Pal Victor/Mi amigo, Victor | 2005 - Winner |
| Gonzaels, Diane | My Pal Victor/Mi amigo, Victor | 2005 - Winner |
| Ryan, Pam Muñoz | Becoming Naomi León | 2005 - Winner |
| Lang, Glenna | Looking Out For Sarah | 2004 - Winner |
| Clements, Andrew | Things Not Seen | 2004 - Winner |
| Mass, Wendy | A Mango Shaped Space | 2004 - Winner |
