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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 Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug Sarah Aronson; Andrea D'Aquino, illus. Children’s Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf Deke Moulton Children’s One Small Spark: A Tikkun Olam Story Ruth Spiro; Victoria Tentler-Krylov, illus. Children’s Eighteen Flowers for Grandma: A Gift of Chai Alison Goldberg; Jesse White, illus. Children’s Dandelion Snow Rinat Primo; Maya Ish-Shalom, illus. Children’s 100 Rooms Haya Shenhav; Yirmi Pinkus, illus. Children’s On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel Siona Benjamin Erica Lyons Children’s Too Many Golems Jane Yolen; Maya Shleifer, illus. Children’s The Midnight Mitzvah Ruth Horowitz; Jenny Meilihove, illus. Children’s Barbra Streisand: A Little Golden Book Biography Judy Katschke; Brenna Vaughan, illus. Children’s Let There Be Play: Bringing the Bible to Life with Young Children Jonathan Shmidt Chapman; Hector Borlasca, illus. Children’s Always Anthony (Emmie & Friends) Terri Libenson Children’s Uprising Jennifer A. Nielsen Children’s Rachel Friedman Breaks the Rules Sarah Kapit; Genevieve Kote, illus. Children’s Sharing Shalom Danielle Sharkan; Selina Alko, illus. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 5 Next page ›› 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 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 Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug Sarah Aronson; Andrea D'Aquino, illus.
Children’s Barbra Streisand: A Little Golden Book Biography Judy Katschke; Brenna Vaughan, illus.
Children’s Let There Be Play: Bringing the Bible to Life with Young Children Jonathan Shmidt Chapman; Hector Borlasca, illus.
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
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
