Dolly Gray Resources (.doc)

2010 Award

Previous Award Winners

All Qualifying Books

Eligibility Criteria

Judging Criteria

About Dolly Gray

About Special Needs Project

Dolly Gray Award for Children's Literature in Developmental Disabilities

See The 2010 Awards PowerPoint Here

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2010 Dolly Gray Award Winner

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Description of the Award

The Dolly Gray Award for Children's Literature in Developmental Disabilities was initiated in 2000 to recognize authors, illustrators, and publishers of high quality fictional children's books that appropriately portray individuals with developmental disabilities.

The award is a collaborative work by members of the Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and Special Needs Project (a distributor of books related to disability issues).  Every even year, an award is presented to an author and illustrator (if appropriate) of a children's picture book and/or a juvenile/young adult chapter book that includes appropriate portrayals of individuals with developmental disabilities.

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Impact of the Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award

The framers and sponsors of this award believe the Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award is making a great impact toward the general public’s recognition of the positive societal contributions of individuals with developmental disabilities, greater understanding and acceptance of teachers and school-aged peers of students with developmental disabilities, and encouragement of authors and illustrators to publish quality literature including characters with developmental disabilities.

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Expression of Thanks

This award would not have come to fruition without the dedicated work and creative insight of many individuals. Special thanks are insufficient to express our deep gratitude to those who worked on this project, and to those who will continue to make this award significant in the field: the DADD Executive Board, DADD Publications Chair, DADD Dolly Gray Award Chairs and Reviewers, Special Needs Project, the authors, illustrators, and publishers of the eligible and award-winning books, Dolly Gray and other individuals with developmental disabilities and their families worldwide.

Sponsored by:

CEC-DADD & Special Needs Project

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