Lesléa Newman
@leslea.bsky.social
Creator of 87 books for readers of all ages including the children's books, "Joyful Song: A Naming Story," "Sparkle Boy," "The Babka Sisters," and "Heather Has Two Mommies" and the poetry collections for adults, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father."
New poetry column about where ideas come from (may or may not be the Idea Store) www.news-leader.com/story/entert...
Poetry from Daily Life: Does a blank sheet of paper give you 'page fright'? Try this
In this week's column, author Lesléa Newman offers some advice for overcoming the anxiety that stems from struggling to start a new poem.
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May 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New poetry column about where ideas come from (may or may not be the Idea Store) www.news-leader.com/story/entert...
Wishing all who celebrate a sweet Passover.
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wishing all who celebrate a sweet Passover.
Honored to be included.
I joined 7 other banned authors on @readswithrachel.bsky.social to discuss why our books were banned, and why book banning is dumb and dangerous.
Also featuring @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social @lillielainoff.bsky.social @jonahnewmancomics.bsky.social @leslea.bsky.social and @dashkaslater.bsky.social
Also featuring @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social @lillielainoff.bsky.social @jonahnewmancomics.bsky.social @leslea.bsky.social and @dashkaslater.bsky.social
BANNED AUTHORS SPEAK OUT
YouTube video by Reads with Rachel
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April 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Honored to be included.
From last night's Jeopardy, and yes, a contestant did know the answer.
April 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
From last night's Jeopardy, and yes, a contestant did know the answer.
Thank you to UGA children's literature conference for inviting me to be Keynote Speaker. I had a wonderful time!
March 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thank you to UGA children's literature conference for inviting me to be Keynote Speaker. I had a wonderful time!
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"What gives me hope is being in community with other people... people who are taking action, people who are writing letters, writing editorials, showing up at marches and protests, but most of all being kind to one another." - Lesléa Newman @leslea.bsky.social deepcast.fm/episode/what...
Quote from The Children's Book Podcast - What Gives Lesléa Newman Hope
What gives me hope is being in community with other people... people who are taking action, people who are writing letters, writing editorials, showing up at marches and protests, but most of all bein...
deepcast.fm
March 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"What gives me hope is being in community with other people... people who are taking action, people who are writing letters, writing editorials, showing up at marches and protests, but most of all being kind to one another." - Lesléa Newman @leslea.bsky.social deepcast.fm/episode/what...
Thank you @matthewcwinner.bsky.social for inviting me to say a few words about hope. Have a listen: www.livewriters.com/podcast/what...
What Gives Lesléa Newman Hope – LiveWriters
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March 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thank you @matthewcwinner.bsky.social for inviting me to say a few words about hope. Have a listen: www.livewriters.com/podcast/what...
Here's my quarterly e-newsletter, chock full of news! mailchi.mp/lesleakids/f...
Picture Book Previews, Poetry, and a Bit of Joy!
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March 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Here's my quarterly e-newsletter, chock full of news! mailchi.mp/lesleakids/f...
Grateful to @mohnslate.bsky.social for featuring me on her "Be Where You Are" substack talking about the daily practice of writing, breathing, just being. emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/one-never-...
"One never becomes perfect at it. That’s why it’s called practice!"
author Lesleá Newman on the power of first thoughts, writing as a way to cope with grief, and what she learned from studying with Allen Ginsberg
emilymohnslate.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Grateful to @mohnslate.bsky.social for featuring me on her "Be Where You Are" substack talking about the daily practice of writing, breathing, just being. emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/one-never-...
Reposted by Lesléa Newman
More wonderful #Bookmail heartfelt poetry books written by @leslea.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 October Mourning A Song for Matthew Shepard
📘 Always Matt A Tribute to Matthew Shepard
👠👠 I Carry My Mother
🩶 I Wish My Father
Thanks Lesléa for supporting @kidlitforla.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 October Mourning A Song for Matthew Shepard
📘 Always Matt A Tribute to Matthew Shepard
👠👠 I Carry My Mother
🩶 I Wish My Father
Thanks Lesléa for supporting @kidlitforla.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
More wonderful #Bookmail heartfelt poetry books written by @leslea.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 October Mourning A Song for Matthew Shepard
📘 Always Matt A Tribute to Matthew Shepard
👠👠 I Carry My Mother
🩶 I Wish My Father
Thanks Lesléa for supporting @kidlitforla.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 October Mourning A Song for Matthew Shepard
📘 Always Matt A Tribute to Matthew Shepard
👠👠 I Carry My Mother
🩶 I Wish My Father
Thanks Lesléa for supporting @kidlitforla.bsky.social
Happy to be featured on the blog of @deborahkalb.bsky.social talking about my #picturebook "Joyful Song" deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/02/q-wi...
Q&A with Lesléa Newman
Lesl é a Newman is the author of the new children's picture book Joyful Song . Her many other books include the c...
deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Happy to be featured on the blog of @deborahkalb.bsky.social talking about my #picturebook "Joyful Song" deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/02/q-wi...
So grateful to be part of the Sydney Taylor Book Awards blog tour! Thank you to all the judges for selecting "Joyful Song: A Naming Story" as an Honor Book. See what my fabulous illustrator, Susan Gal and I have to say about the creation of this book. www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Joyful Song: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2025
Interview with Leslea Newman and Susan Gal, author and illustrator of Joyful Song, a 2025 Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book category.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So grateful to be part of the Sydney Taylor Book Awards blog tour! Thank you to all the judges for selecting "Joyful Song: A Naming Story" as an Honor Book. See what my fabulous illustrator, Susan Gal and I have to say about the creation of this book. www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
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February Reader @leslea.bsky.social's books include the memoirs-in-verse, I CARRY MY MOTHER and I WISH MY FATHER, the novel-in-verse, OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD, and the children’s book, JOYFUL SONG. Get micros in to Lesléa & the rest of the Feb team: fiveminutelit.com/submissions
February 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
February Reader @leslea.bsky.social's books include the memoirs-in-verse, I CARRY MY MOTHER and I WISH MY FATHER, the novel-in-verse, OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD, and the children’s book, JOYFUL SONG. Get micros in to Lesléa & the rest of the Feb team: fiveminutelit.com/submissions
I love this so much!
My Bright Spot therapy dog, Sunny, loves to read children's books by Leslea Newman. And, poetry, of course.
February 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I love this so much!
Thrilled and honored to be part of this collection with so many fantastic poets!
February 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thrilled and honored to be part of this collection with so many fantastic poets!
So excited to share the thrilling news that my children's book, "Joyful Song: A Naming Story" has received the Sydney Taylor Honor! Check out the shiny silver sticker!
January 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
So excited to share the thrilling news that my children's book, "Joyful Song: A Naming Story" has received the Sydney Taylor Honor! Check out the shiny silver sticker!
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"...Susan then used Photoshop to digitally layer colored pencil drawings and painted textures with the watercolors to create the vibrant landscape." -Joyful Song: A Naming Story (2024) by Susan Gal and @leslea.bsky.social
🔎 #CopyrightPageArtNotes
"...Susan then used Photoshop to digitally layer colored pencil drawings and painted textures with the watercolors to create the vibrant landscape." -Joyful Song: A Naming Story (2024) by Susan Gal and @leslea.bsky.social
🔎 #CopyrightPageArtNotes
January 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Part 2/2
"...Susan then used Photoshop to digitally layer colored pencil drawings and painted textures with the watercolors to create the vibrant landscape." -Joyful Song: A Naming Story (2024) by Susan Gal and @leslea.bsky.social
🔎 #CopyrightPageArtNotes
"...Susan then used Photoshop to digitally layer colored pencil drawings and painted textures with the watercolors to create the vibrant landscape." -Joyful Song: A Naming Story (2024) by Susan Gal and @leslea.bsky.social
🔎 #CopyrightPageArtNotes
Remember to watch the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. east coast time. Always exciting and full of surprises. Livestream here: www.ala.unikron.com
Awards 2025 | ALA Webcast Video Production by Unikron
This ALA award video production will be provided by Unikron webcast services
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January 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Remember to watch the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. east coast time. Always exciting and full of surprises. Livestream here: www.ala.unikron.com
Reposted by Lesléa Newman
I didn’t think she’d want me to come; nevertheless, I boarded a plane. —"I'm Here" by @leslea.bsky.social in case you missed it
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/im-here
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January 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I didn’t think she’d want me to come; nevertheless, I boarded a plane. —"I'm Here" by @leslea.bsky.social in case you missed it
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/im-here
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/im-here
My Grandmother's Chutzpah: onbeingjewishnow.substack.com/p/my-grandmo...
My Grandmother's Chutzpah
Everything I need to know about being Jewish came from her
onbeingjewishnow.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My Grandmother's Chutzpah: onbeingjewishnow.substack.com/p/my-grandmo...
Matching fortunes!
December 29, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Matching fortunes!
Happy to chat with the fabulous Mel Rosenberg about my new book, "Hanukkah: A Celebration" www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Up...
NBN Hanukkah Interview with Lesléa Newman
YouTube video by Mel Rosenberg
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December 27, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Happy to chat with the fabulous Mel Rosenberg about my new book, "Hanukkah: A Celebration" www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Up...
Happy Holidays to all, whichever you celebrate. May your day be filled with people you love, good food, good health, and peace.
December 25, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Happy Holidays to all, whichever you celebrate. May your day be filled with people you love, good food, good health, and peace.
Check out this article in the L.A. Times (including video) discussing what is going on with book bans. www.latimes.com/california/s...
As children's book bans soar, sales are down and librarians are afraid. Even in California
Book bans are tanking sales of children’s books. Schools and libraries aren’t buying books about LGBTQ+ issues and race as they brace for culture war pushback.
www.latimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Check out this article in the L.A. Times (including video) discussing what is going on with book bans. www.latimes.com/california/s...