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Novels
- October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard, Candlewick Press, 2012
- Good Enough to Eat, Firebrand Books, Ithaca, NY 1986, Sheba Feminist Publishers, London, England 1986
- In Every Laugh A Tear, New Victoria Publishers, Norwich,
VT, 1992, new edition 1998
- The Reluctant Daughter, Bold Strokes Books, Johnsonville, NY, forthcoming 2009
Short Stories
- Girls Will Be Girls, Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, 2000
- A Letter to Harvey Milk, Firebrand Books, Ithaca, NY 1988
- Secrets, New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT 1990
- Every Women’s Dream, New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT 1994
- Just Like a Woman (audiobook), Fluid Words, West Hollywood, CA 2001
- She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not, Alyson Publications, Los Angeles, CA 2002
- Best Short Stories of Leslea Newman, Alyson Publications, Los Angeles, CA 2003
Poetry
- I Remember: Hachiko Speaks, Finishing Line Press, 2012
- Just Looking For My Shoes, Back Door Press, Seattle, WA 1980
- Love Me Like You Mean It, HerBooks, Santa Cruz, CA 1987, Pride Publications, Radnor, OH 1997, out of print
- Sweet Dark Places, HerBooks, Santa Cruz, CA 1991, Pride Publications, Radnor, OH 1997, out of print
- Still Life With Buddy, Pride Publications, Radnor, OH 1997
- Signs of Love, Windstorm Creative, Ltd., Port Orchard, WA, 2000
- Nobody’s Mother, Windstorm Creative, Ltd., Pt. Orchard, WA 2008
Nonfiction
- SomeBody To Love: A Guide To Loving The Body You Have, Third Side Press, Chicago, IL 1991
- Writing From The Heart: Inspiration & Exercises For Women Who Want To Write, Crossing Press, Freedom, CA 1993
- Write from the Heart (revised, updated and expanded), Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA 2003
Humor
- Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear, Alyson Publications, Los Angeles, CA 1997
- The Little Butch Book, New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT 1998
Middle Grade Novels
- Hachiko Waits, Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY 2004
- Fat Chance, Putnam, New York, NY 1994 (paperback, 1998), Women’s Press, London, England 1996
Teen Novels
- October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard, Candlewick Press, 2012
- Jailbait, Random House, New York, NY 2005
Picture Books
- Donovan’s Big Day, Tricycle Press, Berkeley, CA, 2011
- A Sweet Passover, Abrams Books, New York NY, 2012
- A Kiss on the Keppie, Shofar Books, Tarrytown, NY, 2012
- Heather Has Two Mommies, In Other Words Publishing, Northampton, MA 1989, Alyson Publications, Boston, MA 1990
- Gloria Goes To Gay Pride, Alyson Publications, Boston, MA 1991
- Belinda’s Bouquet, Alyson Publications, Boston, MA 1991
- Saturday Is Pattyday, Women’s Educational Press, Toronto, CANADA and New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT 1993
- Too Far Away To Touch, Clarion Books, New York, NY 1995
(paperback 1998)
- Remember That, Clarion Books, New York, NY 1996
- Matzo Ball Moon, Clarion Books, New York, NY 1998
- Dogs, Dogs, Dogs!, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY 2002
- Runaway Dreidel, Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY 2002
- Felicia’s Favorite Story, Two Lives Publishing 2002
- Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY 2003
- A Fire Engine for Ruthie, Clarion Books, New York, NY, forthcoming
- Daddy’s Song, Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY, forthcoming
- The Boy Who Cried Fabulous, Tricycle Press, Berkeley, CA 2004
- Where Is Bear?, Harcourt Books, New York, NY 2004
- The Eight Nights of Chanukah, Abrams Books, New York, NY 2005
- Skunk’s Spring Surprise, Harcourt Books, New York, NY 2006
- Daddy’s Song, Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY 2007
- Mommy, Mama, and Me (board book), Tricycle Press, Berkeley, CA, 2009
- Daddy, Papa, and Me (board book) Tricycle Press, Berkeley, CA, 2009
- Miss Tutu’s Stars, Abrams Books, New York, NY, 2010
- Just Like Mama, Abrams Books, 2010
Anthologies
- Hear a Poet, There a Poet: A Pioneer Valley Anthology, Write from the Heart, Northampton, MA 2010
- Bedroom Eyes: Stories that Look at Lesbian Love, to be published by Alyson Publications, Spring 2002 (update?)
- Bubbe Meisehs, by Shayneh Maidelehs: An Anthology of Poetry by Jewish Granddaughters About Our Grandmothers, HerBooks, Santa Cruz, CA 1989
- Eating Our Hearts Out: Personal Accounts of Women’s Relationship to Food, Crossing Press, Freedom, CA 1993
- A Loving Testimony: Remembering Loved Ones Lost To AIDS, Crossing Press, Freedom, CA 1995
- The Femme Mystique, Alyson Publications, Boston, MA 1995
- My Lover Is A Woman: Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems, Ballantine Books, New York, NY 1996
- Pillow Talk: Lesbian Stories between the Covers, Alyson Publications, Los Angeles, CA 1998
- Pillow Talk II: More Lesbian Stories between the Covers, Alyson Publications, Los Angeles, CA 2000