Schneider Family Book Awards

The following books were recently awarded the Schneider Family Book Award, given for books that "embody the artistic expression of the disability experience for child abd adolescent audiences".

Kami and the Yaks - Andrea Stenn
In the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, a deaf Sherpa boy proves himself to his father by rescuing his family's yaks from a dangerous storm.

Hurt Go Happy - Ginny Rorby
When thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the age of six, meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his chimpanzee Sukari, who use sign language, her world blooms with possibilities but that of the chimp begins to narrow.

Reaching for Sun - Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Josie, who lives with her mother and grandmother and has cerebral palsy, befriends a boy who moves into one of the rich houses behind her old farmhouse.