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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.

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    Chil­dren’s
    Git­ty and Kvetch
    Caroline Kusin Pritchard, Ariel Landy (Illustrator)
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    Alias Anna: A True Sto­ry of Out­wit­ting the Nazis
    Susan Hood
    Greg Daw­son
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    Non­fic­tion
    Why Is Every­body Yelling?: Grow­ing Up in My Immi­grant Family
    Marisabina Russo
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    Chil­dren’s
    Big Dreams, Small Fish
    Paula Cohen
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    Meet the Hamantaschen
    Alan Sil­ber­berg
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    Com­ing of Age: 13 B’nai Mitz­vah Stories
    Jonathan Rosen and Henry Herz (Editors)
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Wel­come Chair
    Rosemary Wells, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
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    Chil­dren’s
    Tía For­tu­na’s New Home: A Jew­ish Cuban Journey
    Ruth Behar; Devon Holzwarth, illus.
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    When the World Was Ours
    Liz Kessler
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    The Genius Under the Table: Grow­ing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
    Eugene Yelchin
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    Fic­tion
    Res­cue
    Jennifer A. Nielsen
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    Haley Neil
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    Chil­dren’s
    Hold On to Your Music: The Inspir­ing True Sto­ry of the Chil­dren of Willes­den Lane
    Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, Emil Sher (Adaptor), Sonia Possentini (Illustrator)
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    Chil­dren’s
    But Per­haps, Just Maybe…
    Tuvia Dikman Oro, Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator), Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann (Translator)
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    Chil­dren’s
    Dear Mr. Dickens
    Nancy Churnin, Bethany Stancliffe (Illustrator)

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    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

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