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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 Crushing the Red Flowers Jennifer Voigt Kaplan Children’s The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come Sue Macy (auth.), Stacy Innerst (illus.) Children’s Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank’s Diary Meeg Pincus, Jordi Solano Children’s White Bird: A Wonder Story R. J. Palacio Children’s Right Side Up: Adventures in Chelm Eric A. Kimmel (auth.), Steve Brown (illus.) Fiction The Topeka School Ben Lerner Fiction Walk Till You Disappear Jacqueline Dembar Greene Children’s Long Summer Nights Aharon Appelfeld; Vali Mintzi, illus.; Jeffrey Green, trans. Children’s The Bar Mitzvah Boys Myron Uhlberg (auth.), Carolyn Arcabascio (illus.) Children’s Anya and the Dragon Sofiya Pasternack Children’s The Key from Spain: Flory Jagoda and Her Music Debbie Levy; Sonja Wimmer, illus. Children’s Someday We Will Fly Rachel DeWoskin Children’s Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop Tamar Meir (author), Yael Albert (illus.), Noga Applebaum (trans.) Children’s The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero Amalia Hoffman; Chiara Fedele, illus. Children’s Yiddish Saves the Day Debbie Levy, Hector Borlasca (Illus.) Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 20 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 The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come Sue Macy (auth.), Stacy Innerst (illus.)
Children’s Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank’s Diary Meeg Pincus, Jordi Solano
Children’s Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop Tamar Meir (author), Yael Albert (illus.), Noga Applebaum (trans.)
Children’s The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero Amalia Hoffman; Chiara Fedele, 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