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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 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 Children’s There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale Suzanne Wolfe, Jeffrey Ebbeler (illus.) Fiction Letters from Cuba Ruth Behar Children’s A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night Allison Ofanansky, Rotem Teplow (illus.) Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 17 Next page ›› Interview Survival and Truth: A Conversation with Anne Blankman Emily Schneider February 10, 2021 Essay Epidemic in the City: Illness and Disability in Sydney Taylor’s More All-of-a-Kind Family Emily Schneider November 2, 2020 Essay The Many Voyages of Uri Shulevitz Emily Schneider October 12, 2020 Essay Wonder and Marvel: Women and the Art of Shavuot Emily Schneider May 27, 2020 Essay Frequency Hopping: The Jewish Identity of Hedy Lamarr in Children’s Books Emily Schneider May 25, 2020 Essay Waiting for Elijah: Passover In Times of Adversity in Children’s Picture Books Emily Schneider April 8, 2020 Essay Hidden Heroine: Queen Esther in Children’s Books Emily Schneider March 9, 2020 Interview A Reminder for Empathy: A Conversation with R. J. Palacio Emily Schneider February 9, 2020 Essay Hanukkah as History Emily Schneider December 22, 2019 Interview Mirrors and Windows: A Conversation with Lesléa Newman on Diversity in Children’s Books Emily Schneider December 3, 2019 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 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ››
Children’s Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place Barbara Lowell, Valentina Toro (illus.)
Interview Survival and Truth: A Conversation with Anne Blankman Emily Schneider February 10, 2021
Essay Epidemic in the City: Illness and Disability in Sydney Taylor’s More All-of-a-Kind Family Emily Schneider November 2, 2020
Essay Frequency Hopping: The Jewish Identity of Hedy Lamarr in Children’s Books Emily Schneider May 25, 2020
Essay Waiting for Elijah: Passover In Times of Adversity in Children’s Picture Books Emily Schneider April 8, 2020
Interview A Reminder for Empathy: A Conversation with R. J. Palacio Emily Schneider February 9, 2020
Interview Mirrors and Windows: A Conversation with Lesléa Newman on Diversity in Children’s Books Emily Schneider December 3, 2019
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
