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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 Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae: A Rosh Hashanah Story Chris Barash, Christine Battuz (Illus.) Fiction The Journal I Did Not Keep Lore Segal Children’s The Brave Princess and Me Kathy Kacer Fiction You Asked for Perfect Laura Silverman Children’s Broken Strings Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer Children’s The Last Tsar’s Dragons Jane Yolen Adam Stemple Fiction Searching for Lottie Susan Ross Children’s Hedy and Her Amazing Invention Jan Wahl Morgana Wallace, illus. Fiction How to Fracture a Fairy Tale Jane Yolen Jewish Text Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel Jordan B. Gorfinkel and Erez Zadok Children’s Meet the Latkes Alan Silberberg Children’s Raisins and Almonds: A Yiddish Lullaby Susan Tarcov; Sonia Sánchez, illus. Children’s Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank Nancy Churnin; Yevgenia Nayberg, illus. Children’s When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon & Garfunkel G. Neri; David Litchfield, illus. Fiction Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster Jonathan Auxier Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 22 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 Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae: A Rosh Hashanah Story Chris Barash, Christine Battuz (Illus.)
Children’s Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank Nancy Churnin; Yevgenia Nayberg, 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
