LGBTQIA2+ Books, Culture, and More for Kids and Teens
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I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell do I Read?
“Banana Menorah” is out now, everywhere books are sold!
My fourth picture book, illustrated by Karl West and published by Apples & Honey Press/Behrman House, already has four strong trade reviews! Here’s just one:
“A Hanukkah tale sure to ignite kids’ creativity.” —Kirkus Reviews
Read the rest of the early praise here.
Cool Stuff for Queer Kids
(a.k.a. The Blog – and yes, allies are welcome!)
And the Winners of the #QueerHistoryIsEverywhere Contest from October 2021 are…
Congratulations to _xoxo.alanah._ @TikTok and tommyshea23 @TikTok and Vin_Kyl @Instagram for liking the contest post all about Plato and an army of gay male couples and being randomly chosen to win one of these very cool Abraham Lincoln Good Luck Penny bracelets!...
Love, IRL – a Trans Teen Guy Falls for Two Guys – One in real life, and one online…
Love, IRL by Tracy Goldfarb Alex, a Latino transgender teen, is struggling to balance his feelings for a real-life crush on a Jewish boy in his class and the relationship he has with a boy he knows online--only to find that the two were the same all along. Although...
Day Job Awesomeness – How My Day Job Raised Over $9,500 for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation!
A screen shot of the Donor Profile article at the Binc website. Lots of writers have day jobs. I've been fortunate that for the last four plus years, mine is in the book industry in a job I love! I'm currently the Director of Education and Programs (book marketing...
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My Occasional Podcast
(Because stories — especially our Queer stories and history — should be available for all.)
Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill: The Podcast
Listen to my award-winning novel, Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill, chapter by chapter, in its entirety. The idea is to empower Queer teens and their allies with the information that would have changed my life if I’d learned it back when I was a closeted Gay Jewish 13 year old who loved adventure books but thought history had nothing to do with me.
I’m also doing the occasional podcast episode about other things, too… Listen wherever you listen to podcasts!
- Podcast announcement
- Lee Wind author photo
(credit Joanna DeGeneres) - Podcast logo
- Check out the books
Celebrate #QueerJoy
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Recent Media
Big Gay Fiction podcast -- Audiobook Connection podcast -- Read Your World Instagram Live -- Mombian article-- Paper Phoenix Ink interview -- Publishers Weekly (“Love of the Half-Eaten Peach” announcement) -- Publishers Weekly (“A Different Kind of Brave” announcement) -- Books that Make You podcast -- Remarkable Leadership Lessons podcast -- and more to come!










