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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 Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman Kathy Stinson, Marie Lafrance (illus.) Children’s The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine Linda Elovitz Marshall, Lisa Anchin (illus.) Fiction Not Your All-American Girl Wendy Wan-Long Shang Madelyn Rosenberg Fiction The Way Back Gavriel Savit Children’s The Ninth Night of Hanukkah Erica S. Perl Children’s Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights Bonnie Bader; Joanie Stone, illus. Fiction Anya and the Nightingale Sofiya Pasternack Children’s Becoming Brianna Terri Libenson Nonfiction A Delayed Life: The True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz Dita Kraus Fiction The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York Daniela Weil Children’s Village of Scoundrels Margi Preus Children’s Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place Barbara Lowell, Valentina Toro (illus.) Children’s Maurice and His Dictionary Cary Fagan, Enzo Lord Mariano (illus.) Nonfiction Chance: Escape from the Holocaust Uri Shulevitz Fiction Recommended for You Laura Silverman Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 17 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
Children’s The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman Kathy Stinson, Marie Lafrance (illus.)
Children’s The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine Linda Elovitz Marshall, Lisa Anchin (illus.)
Children’s Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place Barbara Lowell, Valentina Toro (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
