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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 Fiction Turtle Boy M. Evan Wolkenstein Nonfiction My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg Shana Corey, Margeaux Lucas (Illustrator) Children’s And a Cat From Carmel Market Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Rotem Teplow (Illustrator) Children’s The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art Cynthia Levinson, Evan Turk (Illustrator) Children’s An Egg for Shabbat Mirik Snir, Eleyor Snir (Illustrator) Fiction Benny Feldman’s All-Star Klezmer Band Allison Marks, Wayne Marks Nonfiction We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance Deborah Hopkinson Nonfiction Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America Ruth Gruener Children’s Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued Peter Sís Children’s The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer Marcie Wessels, Beatriz Castro (illustrator) Fiction The Summer We Found the Baby Amy Hest Children’s Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World’s First Female Rabbi Sigal Samuel; Vali Mintzi, illus. Children’s Catherine’s War Julia Billet, Claire Fauvel (illustrator), Ivanka Hahnenberger (translator) Children’s The Magician’s Visit Barbara Diamond Goldin, adapted from a story by I. L. Peretz, Eva Sánchez Gómez(illus.) Children’s The Passover Guest Susan Kusel, Sean Rubin (illus.) Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 15 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 ››
Nonfiction My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg Shana Corey, Margeaux Lucas (Illustrator)
Children’s The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art Cynthia Levinson, Evan Turk (Illustrator)
Nonfiction We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance Deborah Hopkinson
Children’s The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer Marcie Wessels, Beatriz Castro (illustrator)
Children’s Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World’s First Female Rabbi Sigal Samuel; Vali Mintzi, illus.
Children’s Catherine’s War Julia Billet, Claire Fauvel (illustrator), Ivanka Hahnenberger (translator)
Children’s The Magician’s Visit Barbara Diamond Goldin, adapted from a story by I. L. Peretz, Eva Sánchez Gómez(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
