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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 There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale Suzanne Wolfe, Jeffrey Ebbeler (illus.) Fiction Letters from Cuba Ruth Behar Children’s A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night Allison Ofanansky, Rotem Teplow (illus.) Fiction The Children’s Block Otto Kraus Fiction Fing’s War Benny Lindelauf, John Nieuwenhuizen (trans.) Children’s Worse and Worse on Noah’s Ark Leslie Kimmelman, Vivian Mineker (illus.) Fiction They Went Left Monica Hesse Children’s My Sister Is Sleeping Devora Busheri, Michel Kichka, (illus.), Shira Atik (trans.) Children’s Sweet Tamales for Purim Barbara Bietz, John Kanzler (illus.) Children’s A Ceiling Made of Eggshells Gail Carson Levine Children’s No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.) Children’s A Boy Is Not a Bird Edeet Ravel, Pam Comeau (illus.) Children’s Miriam at the River Jane Yolen; Khoa Le, illus. Children’s Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous Audrey Ades, Vivien Mildenberger (illus.) Children’s Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doreen Rappaport, Eric Velasquez (illus.) Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 18 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 No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.)
Children’s Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doreen Rappaport, Eric Velasquez (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
