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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 Goodnight Bubbala: A Joyful, Jewish, Not-So-Quiet Parody of Goodnight Moon Sheryl Haft (auth.), Jill Weber (illus.) Children’s Daniel and Ismail Juan Pablo Iglesias (auth.), Alex Peris (illus.), Ilan Stavans (trans.) Children’s Crushing the Red Flowers Jennifer Voigt Kaplan Children’s The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come Sue Macy (auth.), Stacy Innerst (illus.) Children’s Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank’s Diary Meeg Pincus, Jordi Solano Children’s White Bird: A Wonder Story R. J. Palacio Children’s Right Side Up: Adventures in Chelm Eric A. Kimmel (auth.), Steve Brown (illus.) Fiction The Topeka School Ben Lerner Fiction Walk Till You Disappear Jacqueline Dembar Greene Children’s Long Summer Nights Aharon Appelfeld; Vali Mintzi, illus.; Jeffrey Green, trans. Children’s The Bar Mitzvah Boys Myron Uhlberg (auth.), Carolyn Arcabascio (illus.) Children’s Anya and the Dragon Sofiya Pasternack Children’s The Key from Spain: Flory Jagoda and Her Music Debbie Levy; Sonja Wimmer, illus. Children’s Someday We Will Fly Rachel DeWoskin Children’s Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop Tamar Meir (author), Yael Albert (illus.), Noga Applebaum (trans.) Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 20 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 Goodnight Bubbala: A Joyful, Jewish, Not-So-Quiet Parody of Goodnight Moon Sheryl Haft (auth.), Jill Weber (illus.)
Children’s Daniel and Ismail Juan Pablo Iglesias (auth.), Alex Peris (illus.), Ilan Stavans (trans.)
Children’s The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come Sue Macy (auth.), Stacy Innerst (illus.)
Children’s Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank’s Diary Meeg Pincus, Jordi Solano
Children’s Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop Tamar Meir (author), Yael Albert (illus.), Noga Applebaum (trans.)
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
