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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 Rescue Jennifer A. Nielsen Fiction Once More with Chutzpah Haley Neil Children’s Hold On to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, Emil Sher (Adaptor), Sonia Possentini (Illustrator) Children’s But Perhaps, Just Maybe… Tuvia Dikman Oro, Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator), Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann (Translator) Children’s Dear Mr. Dickens Nancy Churnin, Bethany Stancliffe (Illustrator) Nonfiction The Light of Days Young Readers’ Edition: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos Judy Batalion Children’s The Chocolate King Michael Leventhal, Laura Catalan (Illustrator) Children’s A Boy Is Not a Ghost Edeet Ravel Children’s A Bear for Bimi Jane Breskin Zalben, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator) Children’s I’ll Keep You Close Jeska Verstegen, Bill Nagelkerke (Translator) Fiction Upstaged Diana Harmon Asher Children’s In the Market of Zakrobat Ori Elon, Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator), Shira Atik (Translator) Nonfiction The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: A Powerful True Story of Hope and Survival Thomas Geve Fiction Girl on the Ferris Wheel Julie Halpern, Len Vlahos Fiction Lisa of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Music and Survival During World War II Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, Sarah J. Robbins (Adapter),Olga and Aleksey Ivanov (Illustrator) Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 13 Next page ›› Interview ‘It’s a Story First’: A Conversation with Amy Hest Emily Schneider April 12, 2021 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 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ››
Children’s Hold On to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, Emil Sher (Adaptor), Sonia Possentini (Illustrator)
Children’s But Perhaps, Just Maybe… Tuvia Dikman Oro, Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator), Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann (Translator)
Nonfiction The Light of Days Young Readers’ Edition: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos Judy Batalion
Children’s In the Market of Zakrobat Ori Elon, Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator), Shira Atik (Translator)
Fiction Lisa of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Music and Survival During World War II Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, Sarah J. Robbins (Adapter),Olga and Aleksey Ivanov (Illustrator)
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
