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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 Harry and the Highwire: Houdini’s First Amazing Act Julie Carpenter; Laura Catalán, illus. Children’s One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor Richard Michelson; Sarah Green, illus. Nonfiction Unexpected Passages, 1940 – 41 Rachel Scheer Children’s Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust Don Brown Children’s Everybody’s Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah Linda Leopold Strauss; Tim Smart, illus. Children’s Matzah Man to the Rescue! Eric A. Kimmel; Charlie Fowkes, illus. Children’s Afikoman, Where’d You Go?: A Passover Hide-and-Seek Adventure Rebecca Gardyn Levington; Noa Kelner, illus. Nonfiction The Comics of Asaf Hanuka: Telling Particular and Universal Stories Matt Reingold Fiction Artifice Sharon Cameron Children’s The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate Janice Cohn; Bill Farnsworth, illus. Children’s A Beautiful World Yael Gover; Paul Kor, illus.; Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann, trans. Fiction Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion) Adam Gidwitz Fiction Shira and Esther’s Double Dream Debut Anna E. Jordan Children’s Just One More Thing … and Then Bedtime Menahem Halberstadt; Romy Ronen, trans. Children’s Across So Many Seas Ruth Behar Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 7 Next page ›› Interview Resistance, Resilience, and Rome: A Conversation with Jordyn Taylor Emily Schneider February 11, 2026 Interview Portal to Passover: A Conversation with Dara Horn Emily Schneider March 17, 2025 Interview Roots and Branches: A Conversation with Elisa Boxer and Alianna Rozentsveig Emily Schneider February 12, 2025 Essay Bette Greene’s ‘Summer of My German Soldier’: Bad Family and an Unlikely Savior Emily Schneider August 19, 2024 Essay—From the Journal A Seder with Babar the Elephant Emily Schneider April 22, 2024 Interview How to Tell an Essential Story: A Conversation with Steve Sheinkin Emily Schneider February 8, 2024 Essay Still Beni: The Life of Jane Breskin Zalben’s Iconic Bear Emily Schneider October 23, 2023 Interview Gender and Jewish Identity as Part of the Recipe: A Conversation with Jennieke Cohen Emily Schneider February 9, 2023 Interview Rebuilding a Jewish Past: A Conversation with Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal Emily Schneider November 4, 2022 Interview Breaking Down Walls: A Conversation with Nancy Churnin Emily Schneider May 2, 2022 Essay Searching for Jewish Identity in Two Judy Blume Novels Emily Schneider February 11, 2022 Essay Jewish Identity in Three Novels by E.L. Konigsburg Emily Schneider June 7, 2021 Pagination Page 1 Next page ››
Children’s Harry and the Highwire: Houdini’s First Amazing Act Julie Carpenter; Laura Catalán, illus.
Children’s Everybody’s Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah Linda Leopold Strauss; Tim Smart, illus.
Children’s Afikoman, Where’d You Go?: A Passover Hide-and-Seek Adventure Rebecca Gardyn Levington; Noa Kelner, illus.
Nonfiction The Comics of Asaf Hanuka: Telling Particular and Universal Stories Matt Reingold
Interview Resistance, Resilience, and Rome: A Conversation with Jordyn Taylor Emily Schneider February 11, 2026
Interview Roots and Branches: A Conversation with Elisa Boxer and Alianna Rozentsveig Emily Schneider February 12, 2025
Essay Bette Greene’s ‘Summer of My German Soldier’: Bad Family and an Unlikely Savior Emily Schneider August 19, 2024
Interview How to Tell an Essential Story: A Conversation with Steve Sheinkin Emily Schneider February 8, 2024
Interview Gender and Jewish Identity as Part of the Recipe: A Conversation with Jennieke Cohen Emily Schneider February 9, 2023
Interview Rebuilding a Jewish Past: A Conversation with Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal Emily Schneider November 4, 2022
