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Schneider Family Book Award 2021

The 2021 Schneider Family Book Award went to Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte (Middle Grade), This Is My Brain in Love by I. W. Gregorio (Young Adult) and I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith (Younger Children). 4 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Middle Grade

  1. Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZottesource (opens in a new tab)

Young Adult

  1. This Is My Brain in Love by I. W. Gregoriosource (opens in a new tab)

Younger Children

  1. I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smithsource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Middle Grade

  1. Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapitsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamedsource (opens in a new tab)

Younger Children

  1. All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel and Nabi H. Alisource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin by Tracy Newman and Abigail Halpinsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Schneider Family Book Award

Winners and honor books in the Younger Children, Middle Grade and Young Adult (teen) categories. 2012-2025 come from ALA's Youth Media Awards press releases (2021 from ALA's Schneider release). 2006-2011 cite ALA's page for each winning book, which gives title, creators and year but not category; categories for those years follow Wikipedia's table. Year is the award year, which honors books published the previous year. Honor books start in 2019. No younger-children award was given in 2012, and two middle-grade winners were named in 2012 and 2016. Picture-book illustrators are listed after the author.

Organization: American Library Association. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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