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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 A Beautiful World Yael Gover; Paul Kor, illus.; Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann, trans. Fiction Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion) Adam Gidwitz Fiction Shira and Esther’s Double Dream Debut Anna E. Jordan Children’s Just One More Thing … and Then Bedtime Menahem Halberstadt; Romy Ronen, trans. Children’s Across So Many Seas Ruth Behar Fiction The Pomegranate Gate Ariel Kaplan Nonfiction Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe Steve Sheinkin Fiction Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews during World War II: A Graphic Novel Ralph Shayne; Tatiana Goldberg, illus. Children’s Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark’s Jews Escape the Nazis Susan Hood Nonfiction You Are Not a Guest Leela Corman Children’s Brave Volodymyr: The Story of Volodymyr Zelensky and the Fight for Ukraine Linda Elovitz Marshall; Grasya Oliyko, illus. Children’s Two New Years Richard Ho; Lynn Scurfield, illus. Children’s The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman Mari Lowe Children’s The Inside Name Randi Sonenshine; Gina Capaldi, illus. Fiction Two Tribes Emily Bowen Cohen Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 6 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 Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe Steve Sheinkin
Fiction Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews during World War II: A Graphic Novel Ralph Shayne; Tatiana Goldberg, illus.
Children’s Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark’s Jews Escape the Nazis Susan Hood
Children’s Brave Volodymyr: The Story of Volodymyr Zelensky and the Fight for Ukraine Linda Elovitz Marshall; Grasya Oliyko, 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
