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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 Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan’s Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants Norman H. Finkelstein; Vesper Stamper, illus. Fiction Trajectory Cambria Gordon Children’s Joyful Song: A Naming Story Lesléa Newman; Susan Gal, illus. Children’s What Rosa Brought Jacob Sager Weinstein; Eliza Wheeler, illus. Fiction Facing the Enemy: How a Nazi Youth Camp in America Tested a Friendship Barbara Krasner Children’s Harry and the Highwire: Houdini’s First Amazing Act Julie Carpenter; Laura Catalán, illus. Children’s One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor Richard Michelson; Sarah Green, illus. Nonfiction Unexpected Passages, 1940 – 41 Rachel Scheer Children’s Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust Don Brown Children’s Everybody’s Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah Linda Leopold Strauss; Tim Smart, illus. Children’s Matzah Man to the Rescue! Eric A. Kimmel; Charlie Fowkes, illus. Children’s Afikoman, Where’d You Go?: A Passover Hide-and-Seek Adventure Rebecca Gardyn Levington; Noa Kelner, illus. Nonfiction The Comics of Asaf Hanuka: Telling Particular and Universal Stories Matt Reingold Fiction Artifice Sharon Cameron Children’s The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate Janice Cohn; Bill Farnsworth, illus. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 5 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 Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan’s Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants Norman H. Finkelstein; Vesper Stamper, illus.
Fiction Facing the Enemy: How a Nazi Youth Camp in America Tested a Friendship Barbara Krasner
Children’s Harry and the Highwire: Houdini’s First Amazing Act Julie Carpenter; Laura Catalán, illus.
Children’s Everybody’s Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah Linda Leopold Strauss; Tim Smart, illus.
Children’s Afikoman, Where’d You Go?: A Passover Hide-and-Seek Adventure Rebecca Gardyn Levington; Noa Kelner, illus.
Nonfiction The Comics of Asaf Hanuka: Telling Particular and Universal Stories Matt Reingold
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
