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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 The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda Shoshana Nambi; Moran Yogev, illus. Children’s Rosalind Looked Closer: An Unsung Hero of Molecular Science Lisa Gerin; Chiara Fedele, illus. Children’s Miriam and the Sasquatch: A Rosh Hashanah Story Eric Kimmel; Tamara Anegon, illus. Children’s Alte Zachen / Old Things Ziggy Hanaor; Benjamin Phillips, illus. Children’s Sally Opened Doors: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso; Margeaux Lucas, illus. Nonfiction The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner Marissa Moss Children’s The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs Chana Stiefel; Susan Gal, illus. Children’s The Lost Ryū Emi Watanabe Cohen Fiction The Teacher of Warsaw Mario Escobar; Gretchen Abernathy, trans. Fiction The Ghosts of Rose Hill R. M. Romero Children’s My Hands Make the World Amalia Hoffman Children’s Until the Blueberries Grow Jennifer Wolf Kam; Sally Walker, illus. Children’s Mrs. Noah’s Doves Jane Yolen; Alida Massari, illus. Children’s Yossel’s Journey Kathryn Lasky; Johnson Yazzie, illus. Children’s José and the Pirate Captain Toledano Arnon Z. Shorr Joshua M. Edelglass Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 10 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 Rosalind Looked Closer: An Unsung Hero of Molecular Science Lisa Gerin; Chiara Fedele, illus.
Children’s Miriam and the Sasquatch: A Rosh Hashanah Story Eric Kimmel; Tamara Anegon, illus.
Children’s Sally Opened Doors: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso; Margeaux Lucas, illus.
Children’s The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs Chana Stiefel; Susan Gal, 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
