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Emily Schneider Emily Schneider writes about literature, feminism, and culture for Tablet, The Forward, The Horn Book, and other publications, and writes about children’s books on her blog. She has a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures. Website Reviews Articles Children’s The Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story Tova Friedman Children’s Refugee: The Graphic Novel Alan Gratz; Syd Fini, illus. Children’s What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court Justice Richard Michelson; Stacy Innerst, illus. Children’s The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story Daniel Nayeri Fiction Like Wafers in Honey Leah Eskin; Jeska Verstegen, illus. Children’s Trouble Finds Evie Lefkowitz Diana Harmon Asher Children’s Beinoni Mari Lowe Visual Arts Megillat Esther: The Graphic Tale JT Waldman Fiction Song of a Blackbird Maria van Lieshout Children’s The Bagel Who Wanted Everything Alan Silberberg Children’s The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue Elizabeth Brown Melissa Castrillón Nonfiction The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man’s Journey Across Wartime Europe Uri Shulevitz Children’s The Henna Helper Tami Lehman-Wilzig Yinon Ptahia Nonfiction Judy Blume: A Life Mark Oppenheimer Children’s Kayla and Kugels Super Sweet Rosh Hashanah Ann D. Koffsky Pagination Page 1 Next page ›› Interview ‘It’s a Story First’: A Conversation with Amy Hest Emily Schneider April 12, 2021 Interview Survival and Truth: A Conversation with Anne Blankman Emily Schneider February 10, 2021 Essay Epidemic in the City: Illness and Disability in Sydney Taylor’s More All-of-a-Kind Family Emily Schneider November 2, 2020 Essay The Many Voyages of Uri Shulevitz Emily Schneider October 12, 2020 Essay Wonder and Marvel: Women and the Art of Shavuot Emily Schneider May 27, 2020 Essay Frequency Hopping: The Jewish Identity of Hedy Lamarr in Children’s Books Emily Schneider May 25, 2020 Essay Waiting for Elijah: Passover In Times of Adversity in Children’s Picture Books Emily Schneider April 8, 2020 Essay Hidden Heroine: Queen Esther in Children’s Books Emily Schneider March 9, 2020 Interview A Reminder for Empathy: A Conversation with R. J. Palacio Emily Schneider February 9, 2020 Essay Hanukkah as History Emily Schneider December 22, 2019 Interview Mirrors and Windows: A Conversation with Lesléa Newman on Diversity in Children’s Books Emily Schneider December 3, 2019 Essay ‘It’s God’s Party and Everyone’s Invited’ Sukkot, Simchat Torah, and Gender in Two Classic Children’s Books Emily Schneider October 14, 2019 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ››
Children’s What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court Justice Richard Michelson; Stacy Innerst, illus.
Children’s The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue Elizabeth Brown Melissa Castrillón
Interview Survival and Truth: A Conversation with Anne Blankman Emily Schneider February 10, 2021
Essay Epidemic in the City: Illness and Disability in Sydney Taylor’s More All-of-a-Kind Family Emily Schneider November 2, 2020
Essay Frequency Hopping: The Jewish Identity of Hedy Lamarr in Children’s Books Emily Schneider May 25, 2020
Essay Waiting for Elijah: Passover In Times of Adversity in Children’s Picture Books Emily Schneider April 8, 2020
Interview A Reminder for Empathy: A Conversation with R. J. Palacio Emily Schneider February 9, 2020
Interview Mirrors and Windows: A Conversation with Lesléa Newman on Diversity in Children’s Books Emily Schneider December 3, 2019
Essay ‘It’s God’s Party and Everyone’s Invited’ Sukkot, Simchat Torah, and Gender in Two Classic Children’s Books Emily Schneider October 14, 2019
