Leslea Newman

About the Author

Leslea Newman has more than forty books to her credit

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Image credit: Author Lesléa Newman at the 2017 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64094765

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Pillow Talk [Lesléa Newman]

Works by Leslea Newman

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Hachiko Waits (2004) 1,011 copies

Heather Has Two Mommies (1989) 925 copies

Mommy, Mama, and Me (2009) 407 copies

Daddy, Papa, and Me (2009) 321 copies

October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard (2012) 318 copies

Sparkle Boy (2017) 260 copies

A Sweet Passover (2012) 178 copies

Fat Chance (1994) 173 copies

Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed (2015) 168 copies

Runaway Dreidel! (2002) 146 copies

The Femme Mystique (1995) — Editor; Contributor — 144 copies

Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story (2019) 142 copies

The Boy Who Cried Fabulous (2004) 139 copies

Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear (1997) 125 copies

Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays (2014) 121 copies

A Letter to Harvey Milk: Short Stories (1988) 120 copies

Donovan's Big Day (2011) 117 copies

Writing from the Heart: Inspiration and Exercises for Women Who Want to Write (1993) 108 copies

A fire engine for Ruthie (2004) 99 copies

The Best Cat in the World (2004) 96 copies

Girls Will Be Girls (2000) 92 copies

Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail (2020) 89 copies

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Romantic Fiction by Lesléa Newman (2002) 89 copies

My Lover Is a Woman (1996) — Editor; Contributor — 87 copies

Matzo Ball Moon (1900) 85 copies

Cats, Cats, Cats! (2001) 82 copies

In Every Laugh a Tear (1992) 80 copies

Good Enough to Eat (1986) 78 copies

Felicia's favorite story (2002) 75 copies

Every Woman's Dream: Short Fiction (1994) 71 copies

Jailbait (2005) 71 copies

Where Is Bear? (2004) 70 copies

Too Far Away to Touch (1995) 62 copies

Secrets: Short Stories (1990) 62 copies

Pillow Talk: Lesbian Stories Between the Covers (1998) — Editor — 58 copies

Gloria Goes To Gay Pride (1991) 55 copies

The Best Short Stories of Lesléa Newman (2003) 54 copies

My Name Is Aviva (Life Cycle) (1656) 50 copies

Remember That (1996) 47 copies

A Kiss on the Keppie (2012) 46 copies

Saturday Is Pattyday (1993) 45 copies

The Eight Nights of Chanukah (2005) — Author — 43 copies

Eating Our Hearts Out: Personal Accounts of Women's Relationship to Food (1993) 40 copies

Skunk's Spring Surprise (2007) 40 copies

Belinda's Bouquet (1991) 37 copies

Hanukkah Delight! (2016) 33 copies

A Loving Testimony: Remembering Loved Ones Lost to AIDS (1995) 33 copies

Miss Tutu's Star (2010) 32 copies

Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! (2002) 31 copies

Pillow Talk II: More Lesbian Stories Between the Covers (2000) — Editor — 31 copies

Just Like Mama (2010) 31 copies

The Little Butch Book (1998) 30 copies

Love Me Like You Mean It (1987) 30 copies

Bedroom Eyes: Stories of Lesbians in the Boudoir (2002) — Contributor; Editor — 26 copies

Pigs, Pigs, Pigs! (2003) 25 copies

SomeBody to Love : A Guide to Loving the Body You Have (1803) 24 copies

Reluctant Daughter (Bold Strokes Victory Editions) (2009) 21 copies

Remembering Ethan (2020) 21 copies

Still Life With Buddy: A Novel Told in Fifty Poems (1997) 16 copies

Bubbe Meisehs by Shayneh Maidelehs: An Anthology of Poetry by Jewish Grandaughters About Our Grandmothers (1989) 15 copies

123 Cats: A Cat Counting Book (2021) 14 copies

Sweet Dark Places (1991) 13 copies

A Day at the Fair (2002) 12 copies

Baby's Blessings (2019) 12 copies

Alicia and the Hurricane / Alicia Y El Huracán: A Story of Puerto Rico / Un Cuento De Puerto Rico (English and… (2022) 12 copies

ABC Cats: An Alpha-Cat Book (2021) 11 copies

As Babies Dream (2021) 10 copies

Signs of Love (2000) 10 copies

The Fairest in the Land (2023) 9 copies

Daddy's Song (2007) 8 copies

Nobody's Mother (2008) 7 copies

I Carry My Mother (2015) 7 copies

Always Matt: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard (2023) 7 copies

The Babka Sisters (2023) 6 copies

Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays (2022) 3 copies

The Babka Sisters (2023) 3 copies

The Eight Nights of Chanukah (2005) 3 copies

I Remember: Hachiko Speaks (2012) 2 copies

Just Like a Woman (2001) 2 copies

Hachiko: Der treueste Hund der Welt: Der treueste Hund der Welt | Kinderbuch nach einer wahren Story (2018) 2 copies

Still Life with Woman and Apple {short story} 2 copies

I Can Be... Me! (2023) 1 copy

I Wish My Father (2021) 1 copy

Greatest hits, 1980-2000 (Greatest hits series) (2002) 1 copy

Just Looking for My Shoes 1 copy

He Continues to Make a Difference: The Story of Matthew Shepard 1 copy

Secrets 1 copy

Joyful Song: A Naming Story 1 copy

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Associated Works

Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994) — Contributor — 794 copies

Women on Women: An Anthology of American Lesbian Short Fiction (1990) — Contributor — 244 copies

A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories (1999) — Contributor — 238 copies

Bushfire: Stories of Lesbian Desire (1991) — Contributor — 148 copies

Lesbian Love Stories (1991) — Contributor — 136 copies

Xanadu (1993) — Contributor — 126 copies

America and I: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers (1990) — Contributor — 113 copies

Sportsdykes: Stories from on and Off the Field (1995) — Contributor — 93 copies

Lesbian Love Stories, Volume 2 (1991) — Contributor — 85 copies

Lavender Mansions: 40 Contemporary Lesbian and Gay Short Stories (1994) — Contributor — 73 copies

Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer (2004) — Contributor — 70 copies

Things Invisible to See: Gay and Lesbian Tales of Magic Realism (1998) — Contributor — 65 copies

Heatwave: Women in Love and Lust (1995) — Contributor — 64 copies

You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to… (2021) — Contributor — 61 copies

Not the Only One: Lesbian and Gay Fiction for Teens (1995) — Contributor — 59 copies

Set in Stone (2001) — Contributor — 59 copies

No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History (2020) — Contributor — 44 copies

Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 37 copies

Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004 (2004) — Contributor — 35 copies

Electric - Best Lesbian Erotic Fiction (1999) — Contributor — 33 copies

The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe: And Other Stories of Women and Fatness (The Women's Stories Project) (2003) — Contributor — 26 copies

Women's Friendships: A Collection of Short Stories (1991) — Contributor — 22 copies

Electric 2: Best Lesbian Erotic Fiction (2003) — Contributor — 16 copies

Sinister Wisdom 27 (1984) — Contributor — 7 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1955-11-05
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Country (for map): USA
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Places of residence: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Northhampton, Massachusetts, USA
Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
Education: University of Vermont (BS|Education|1977)
Naropa Institute (Certificate of Poetics|1981)
Occupations: writer
lecturer
Organizations: Clark University
Spalding University
University of Southern Maine
Awards and honors: Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts (2008-2010)
James Baldwin Award For Cultural Achievement (1993)

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Reviews

The eight nights of Chanukah by Lesléa Newman

A cute version of the Twelve Days of Christmas song for Hanukkah. The pictures are colorful and lively, and the text easy to sing. I just wish the last line wasn't always "a present waiting for me" but was about a candle instead.

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labfs39kids | Dec 7, 2023 |

Hachiko Waits by Lesléa Newman

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libraryofemma | 17 other reviews | Oct 20, 2023 |

Miss Tutu's Star by Lesléa Newman

My daughter chose this book from the library, and this is a girl who doesn't allow me to read anything unless it's Peppa or Llama Llama. I was super excited for us to read this together as she just started ballet. She LOVES this book. I will be purchasing a copy for her for Christmas this year. :)

It's a simple little rhyming tale about Selena who loves to dance but is a little wobbly on her feet. But after attending Miss Tutu's studio she grows into a wonderful little ballerina! Rosie loves the cat that causes a mess of little children on the stage at the end. :)… (more)

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