The Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award was initiated in 2000 to recognize authors, illustrators, and publishers of high quality fictional and biographical children, intermediate, and young adult books that appropriately portray individuals with developmental disabilities.
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Award Winners
2020:
Scarlet Ibis by Gill Lewis FIC LEW
2018:
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca SF33.G67 M67 2017
The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla
2016:
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin FIC MAR
My Friend Suhana by Shaila Abdullah and Aanyah Abdullah FIC ABD
2014:
Remember Dippy by Shirley Reva Vernick FIC VER
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks FIC DIC
2012:
Waiting for No One by Beverley Brenna FIC BRE
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine SUMMIT
My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete and Elizabeth Peete. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans E PEE
Just Because by Rebecca Elliott E ELL
2010:
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd FIC DOW
Understanding Sam and Asperger Syndrome by Clarabelle van Niekerk and Liezl Venter E VAN
2008:
A Small White Scar by K.A. Nuzum FIC NUZ
2006:
So B. It by Sarah Weeks E GLE
Keeping up with Roo by Sharlee Glenn FIC HAD
2004:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon FIC HAD
2002:
Me and Rupert Goody by Barbara O'Connor SUMMIT
My Brother Sammy is Special by Becky Edwards E EDW
2000:
Tru Confessions by Janet Tashjian FIC TAS
Ian's Walk by Laurie Lears FIC LEA