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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 Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero Megan Hoyt, Iacopo Bruno (Illustrator) Nonfiction A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp Jack Fairweather Fiction The Seventh Handmaiden Judith Pransky Fiction Gottika Helaine Becker, Vero Navarro (Illustrator) Nonfiction Sylvie Sylvie Kantorovitz Children’s Nathan’s Song Leda Schubert, Maya Ish-Shalom (Illustrator) Fiction Chunky Yehudi Mercado Children’s Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World Dean Robbins, Mike Dutton (Illustrator) Children’s The Singer and the Scientist Lisa Rose, Isabel Muñoz (Illustrator) Children’s Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph Pulitzer’s Fight for the Statue of Liberty Claudia Friddell, Stacy Innerst (Illustrator) Children’s The Donkey and the Garden Devora Busheri, Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator) Children’s Let Liberty Rise!: How America’s Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty Chana Stiefel, Chuck Groenink (Illustrator) Fiction The Girl From Over There: The Hopeful Story of a Young Jewish Immigrant Sharon Rechter, Karla Gerard (Illustrator) Nonfiction From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family June Cummins, Alexandra Dunietz Fiction The Poetry of Secrets Cambria Gordon Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 14 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 Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero Megan Hoyt, Iacopo Bruno (Illustrator)
Nonfiction A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp Jack Fairweather
Children’s Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World Dean Robbins, Mike Dutton (Illustrator)
Children’s Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph Pulitzer’s Fight for the Statue of Liberty Claudia Friddell, Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)
Children’s Let Liberty Rise!: How America’s Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty Chana Stiefel, Chuck Groenink (Illustrator)
Fiction The Girl From Over There: The Hopeful Story of a Young Jewish Immigrant Sharon Rechter, Karla Gerard (Illustrator)
Nonfiction From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family June Cummins, Alexandra Dunietz
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
