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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.

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Ella KVELLe­phant and the Search for Bubbe’s Yid­dish Treasure
Jen Kost­man
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The Blue Glass Heart
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Salva Rubio; Loreto Aroca, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Passover: A Cel­e­bra­tion of Freedom
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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

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