Schneider Family Book Award

Schneider Family Book Award
Awarded forartistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Library Association
First awarded2004
Websiteala.org/awardsgrants/schneider-family-book-award

The Schneider Family Book Award is an award given by the American Library Association (ALA) recognizing authors and illustrators for the excellence of portrayal of the disability experience in literature for youth.[1] There is a category for children's books, books appealing to middle grade readers and for young adult literature.[2][3] The award has been given since 2004.[4] The award was founded by Dr. Katherine Schneider, who was the first blind student to graduate from the Kalamazoo Public School system.[5] Schneider had been helped through school as a child by a librarian at the Michigan Library for the Blind who provided books in Braille to her.[5] The award is given out annually and the winners are announced at the ALA Midwinter Meeting.[6]

  1. ^ Heasley, Shaun (25 January 2016). "Children's Books Honored For Portraying Disability Experience". Disability Scoop. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. ^ Verbeten, Sharon Korbeck (2005). "Book Award Patron Tells Her Compelling Story". Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children. 3 (2): 18. Retrieved 8 February 2016 – via EBSCO.
  3. ^ "Schneider Family Book Award". American Library Association. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  4. ^ Klipper, Barbara (2011). "Great Reads, Intriguing Characters: The Schneider Family Book Award Winners". Young Adult Library Services. 9 (3): 6–7. Retrieved 8 February 2016 – via EBSCO.
  5. ^ a b Wojahn, Rebecca Hogue (2007). "The Schneider Family Book Award". Book Links. 7 (2): 38–40. Retrieved 8 February 2016 – via EBSCO.
  6. ^ McMillen, Donna (2007). "Behind the Scenes for YALSA: The Schneider Family Book Award Committee". Young Adult Library Services. 5 (3): 7–8. Retrieved 8 February 2016 – via EBSCO.