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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 Bedtime for Maziks Yael Levy, Nabila Adani (Illustrator) Fiction The Jewish Brigade Marvano, Montana Kane (Translator) Fiction A Visit to Moscow Anna Olswanger, adapted from a story by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator) Children’s You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dean Robbins, Sarah Green (Illustrator) Nonfiction Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power Marc Wortman Children’s Lights in the Night Chris Barash, Maya Shleifer (Illustrator) Fiction Flight: A Novel of a Daring Escape During World War II Vanessa Harbour Children’s Gitty and Kvetch Caroline Kusin Pritchard, Ariel Landy (Illustrator) Nonfiction Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis Susan Hood Greg Dawson Nonfiction Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family Marisabina Russo Children’s Big Dreams, Small Fish Paula Cohen Children’s Meet the Hamantaschen Alan Silberberg Fiction Coming of Age: 13 B’nai Mitzvah Stories Jonathan Rosen and Henry Herz (Editors) Children’s The Welcome Chair Rosemary Wells, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) Children’s Tía Fortuna’s New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey Ruth Behar; Devon Holzwarth, illus. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 11 Next page ›› Interview “Moments Like That”: A Conversation with Author and Illustrator Jane Breskin Zalben Emily Schneider June 24, 2019 Essay Marilyn Sachs, Forgotten Pioneer in Children’s Literature At a time when children’s literature was filled with picture-perfect families, Marilyn Sachs painted a darker, richer reality. Emily Schneider June 3, 2019 Interview A Conversation with Children’s Author Debbie Levy Emily Schneider February 25, 2019 Interview On Golems and Empathy: An Interview with Jonathan Auxier Emily Schneider February 11, 2019 Essay I Re-Read American Girl’s Rebecca Rubin Books, and They Hold Up Emily Schneider December 3, 2018 Essay—From the Journal Louisa May Alcott and the Jews of ‘Little Women’ Revisiting Louisa May Alcott’s classic 150 years afters its release, and its minor (and mildly offensive) Jewish characters. Emily Schneider November 19, 2018 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 3
Fiction A Visit to Moscow Anna Olswanger, adapted from a story by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)
Children’s Tía Fortuna’s New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey Ruth Behar; Devon Holzwarth, illus.
Interview “Moments Like That”: A Conversation with Author and Illustrator Jane Breskin Zalben Emily Schneider June 24, 2019
Essay Marilyn Sachs, Forgotten Pioneer in Children’s Literature At a time when children’s literature was filled with picture-perfect families, Marilyn Sachs painted a darker, richer reality. Emily Schneider June 3, 2019
Interview On Golems and Empathy: An Interview with Jonathan Auxier Emily Schneider February 11, 2019
Essay I Re-Read American Girl’s Rebecca Rubin Books, and They Hold Up Emily Schneider December 3, 2018
Essay—From the Journal Louisa May Alcott and the Jews of ‘Little Women’ Revisiting Louisa May Alcott’s classic 150 years afters its release, and its minor (and mildly offensive) Jewish characters. Emily Schneider November 19, 2018
