Runaway Dreidel!

By Leslea Newman

Where is Bear?

By Leslea Newman

The animals in the forest are playing hide-and-seek, but none of them can find Bear anywhere.

Skunk's Spring Surprise

By Leslea Newman

After waking from her winter nap, Skunk worries that her friends have forgotten her but it turns out they have planned a spring surprise.

A Letter to Harvey Milk: Short Stories

By Leslea Newman

Jailbait

By Leslea Newman

In 1971, unpopular and lonely tenth-grader Andi--teased at her Long Island high school for her large breasts and ignored at home by her distant parents--builds a fantasy romantic life around her cl...

Jailbait

By Leslea Newman

Jailbait

By Leslea Newman

In 1971, unpopular and lonely tenth-grader Andi--teased at her Long Island high school for her large breasts and ignored at home by her distant parents--builds a fantasy romantic life around her cl...

Remember that

By Leslea Newman, Mary Matthews

Though Grandmother ages, she still has important lessons to teach about life as she asks her granddaughter to "Remember that."

Too far away to touch

By Leslea Newman

Zoe's favorite uncle Leonard takes her to a planetarium and explains that if he dies he will be like the stars, too far away to touch, close enough to see.

Matzo Ball Moon

By Leslea Newman