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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 Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys Steve Sheinkin Children’s Amazing Annie: The Spectacular and Mostly True Adventures of Annie Kopchovsky Stephen Krensky; Adriana Predoi, illus. Children’s Sweet Babe! A Jewish Grandma Kvells Robin Rosenthal Children’s Rising Sidura Ludwig; Sophia Vincent Guy, illus. Children’s Tree. Table. Book. Lois Lowry Fiction The Judgment of YoYo Gold Isaac Blum Nonfiction An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe KC Hysmith Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler Children’s The Keeper of Stories Caroline Kusin Pritchard; Selina Alko, illus. Children’s Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II Adam Gidwitz Children’s Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library Katherine Paterson; Sally Deng, illus. Children’s Roadside Seder Anna Levine; Naama Lahav, illus. Children’s Workitu’s Passover Maayan Ben Hagai and Zahava Goshen; Eden Spivak, illus. Children’s Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder Richard Michelson; E. B. Lewis, illus. Children’s Ellis Island Passover Marissa Moss Children’s One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe Dara Horn Theo Ellsworth Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› 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 Essay The World is Round: Jewish Children’s Books Welcome the New Year Emily Schneider September 26, 2019 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ››
Children’s Amazing Annie: The Spectacular and Mostly True Adventures of Annie Kopchovsky Stephen Krensky; Adriana Predoi, illus.
Nonfiction An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe KC Hysmith Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler
Children’s Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library Katherine Paterson; Sally Deng, illus.
Children’s Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder Richard Michelson; E. B. Lewis, illus.
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
Essay The World is Round: Jewish Children’s Books Welcome the New Year Emily Schneider September 26, 2019
