Lesléa Newman
Author · 5 November 1955

Lesléa Newman

Lesléa Newman, born November 5, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York City, is an American author, editor, and feminist. Four of her young adult novels have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, making her one of the most celebrated authors in the category. wiki

Works

Heather Has Two Mommies
1989
My Name Is Aviva
2014
Hachiko waits
2004
Fat chance
1994
Donovan's Big Day
2011
Hanukkah Delight!
2016
Matzo ball moon
1998
Joyful Song
2024
Where is Bear?
2004
Gittel's Journey
2019
October mourning
2012
Cats, cats, cats!
2001
Jailbait
2005
Runaway dreidel!
2002
Fairest in the Land
2023
I Can Be . . . Me!
2022
Like Father, Like Son
2024
Welcoming Elijah : a Passover tale with a tail
2019
In every laugh a tear
1992
A letter to Harvey Milk
1988
Eating Our Hearts Out
1993
Bubbe meisehs by shayneh maidelehs
1989
Dogs, dogs, dogs!
2002
A loving testimony
1995
Saturday is Pattyday
1993
Too far away to touch
1995
Un Dia En Feria
2002
Pigs, pigs, pigs!
2003
Babka Sisters
2023
Here Is the World
2014
ABC Cats
2021
123 Cats
2021
How to Sleep Tight Through the Night
2022
Alicia and the Hurricane / Alicia y el Huracán
2022
Hanukkah
2024
Miss Tutu's star
2010
The best cat in the world
2004
My Lover Is a Woman
1996
Skunk's spring surprise
2007
Love me like you mean it
1987
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