The Schneider Family Book Award

In library class, we learned about another children’s book award:

The Schneider Family Book Award. The award is given by the American Library Association and recognizes authors and illustrators and their excellence in the portrayal of the disability experience in literature for youth.

Students read All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything, written by Annette Bay. Schneider Family Book Honor 2021

An inspiring true story of Jennifer Keelan, the activist whose participation in the Capitol Crawl at just eight years old encouraged Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act.

 

 

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