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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 Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark’s Jews Escape the Nazis Susan Hood Nonfiction You Are Not a Guest Leela Corman Children’s Brave Volodymyr: The Story of Volodymyr Zelensky and the Fight for Ukraine Linda Elovitz Marshall; Grasya Oliyko, illus. Children’s Two New Years Richard Ho; Lynn Scurfield, illus. Children’s The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman Mari Lowe Children’s The Inside Name Randi Sonenshine; Gina Capaldi, illus. Fiction Two Tribes Emily Bowen Cohen Children’s Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase: Three Immigrant Voices Jane Yolen, Marjorie Lotfi, and Raquel Elizabeth Artiga de Paz; Fotini Tikkou, illus. Children’s The Unexpected Adventures of C.A.T. Johanna Hurwitz; Sam Loman, illus. Fiction Lech Sara Lippmann Fiction We Are Not Strangers Josh Tuininga Children’s A Book About Bubkes Leslie Kimmelman; Roxana de Rond, illus. Children’s Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport Caren Stelson; Selina Alko, illus. Fiction Acts of Resistance Dominic Carrillo Children’s Hank on First!: How Hank Greenberg Became a Star On and Off the Field Stephen Krensky; Alette Straathof, illus. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 7 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 Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark’s Jews Escape the Nazis Susan Hood
Children’s Brave Volodymyr: The Story of Volodymyr Zelensky and the Fight for Ukraine Linda Elovitz Marshall; Grasya Oliyko, illus.
Children’s Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase: Three Immigrant Voices Jane Yolen, Marjorie Lotfi, and Raquel Elizabeth Artiga de Paz; Fotini Tikkou, illus.
Children’s Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport Caren Stelson; Selina Alko, illus.
Children’s Hank on First!: How Hank Greenberg Became a Star On and Off the Field Stephen Krensky; Alette Straathof, 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
