![]() ![]() It wasn’t long after that the story about a little girl with purple cowboy boots was grabbing headlines, thanks in large part to its inclusion on a New York City Department of Education list of recommended books about various types of families. Within a year, “Heather” was picked up by Alyson Publications and became one of the first titles in its newly formed Alyson Wonderland imprint. “People were scared to publish ‘Heather’ even though there was a need for it,” Newman said. “Heather” was initially self-published in 1989 by Newman and her publisher and friend Tzivia Gover, its small print run financed with the $4,000 the two raised through a letter-writing campaign. ![]() Yet I didn’t come out until I was 27, and when I did I realized that many people would have a difficult time accepting me.” I didn’t want to marry a man and have children. Also, the prescribed lives that I saw in my childhood were not for me. “I grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island without books about Jews. ![]() ![]() “I knew what her daughter felt like,” Newman, 59, said in a recent interview. Meaning that she wanted to read a book to her daughter that featured a family with two moms. A woman approached Newman on the street in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she lived at the time, and said her family needed a book to which her daughter could relate. (JTA) - Leslea Newman’s iconic picture book “Heather Has Two Mommies” had a simple beginning. Leslea Newman wrote “Heather Has Two Mommies” at the request of a woman who wanted a book to which her daughter could relate. ![]()
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