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!)
Lambda Literary Announces the Winners of the 2021 Lammy Awards for Best LGBTQ Children’s/Middle Grade Book and Best LGBTQ YA Book published last year… *drumroll…*
Congratulations to Kacen Callender for winning best LGBTQ Children's/Middle Grade book for King and the Dragonflies and to Mike Curato for winning best LGBTQ Young Adult best book for the graphic novel Flamer! As the Lambda Literary Foundation explains the awards,...
Join Me and Paula Yoo, Don Tate, Natasha Donovan, and Annette Bay Pimentel on June 15, 2021 for a Free Panel Discussion on Hidden History – and the Books for Kids and Teens that Re-Write Us All Into History
I'm excited and honored to be part of this discussion of how so much of our history needs to be reclaimed, and how books for kids and teens is a powerful way to tell the stories, and hear the voices, of Asian American, Indigenous, Black, Disabled, and LGBTQIA2+...
“Harvey Brownstone Interviews”… Me!
You know when you hear a really great, in-depth interview, like Terry Gross on Fresh Air, and you think - wow, that interviewer asks really great questions. I just had that experience this weekend, when I was interviewed for the "Harvey Brownstone Interviews" podcast....
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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
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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!
