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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 Interrupted Lives: Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust Amanda Friedeman Kelley Szany Children’s Mendel the Mess-Up Terry LaBan Children’s The Girl with the Secret Name: The Incredible Life of Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi Yael Zoldan Children’s Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug Sarah Aronson; Andrea D'Aquino, illus. Children’s Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf Deke Moulton Children’s One Small Spark: A Tikkun Olam Story Ruth Spiro; Victoria Tentler-Krylov, illus. Children’s Eighteen Flowers for Grandma: A Gift of Chai Alison Goldberg; Jesse White, illus. Children’s Dandelion Snow Rinat Primo; Maya Ish-Shalom, illus. Children’s 100 Rooms Haya Shenhav; Yirmi Pinkus, illus. Children’s On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel Siona Benjamin Erica Lyons Children’s Too Many Golems Jane Yolen; Maya Shleifer, illus. Children’s The Midnight Mitzvah Ruth Horowitz; Jenny Meilihove, illus. Children’s Barbra Streisand: A Little Golden Book Biography Judy Katschke; Brenna Vaughan, illus. Children’s Let There Be Play: Bringing the Bible to Life with Young Children Jonathan Shmidt Chapman; Hector Borlasca, illus. Children’s Always Anthony (Emmie & Friends) Terri Libenson Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 4 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 Interrupted Lives: Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust Amanda Friedeman Kelley Szany
Children’s The Girl with the Secret Name: The Incredible Life of Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi Yael Zoldan
Children’s Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug Sarah Aronson; Andrea D'Aquino, illus.
Children’s Barbra Streisand: A Little Golden Book Biography Judy Katschke; Brenna Vaughan, illus.
Children’s Let There Be Play: Bringing the Bible to Life with Young Children Jonathan Shmidt Chapman; Hector Borlasca, 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
