Lois Lenski
Lois Lenore Lenski Covey (October 14, 1893 – September 11, 1974) was a Newbery Medal-winning author and illustrator of picture books and children's literature. Beginning in 1927 with her first books, ''Skipping Village'' and ''Jack Horner's Pie: A Book of Nursery Rhymes'', Lenski published 98 books, including several posthumously. Her work includes children's picture books and illustrated chapter books, songbooks, poetry, short stories, her 1972 autobiography, ''Journey into Childhood'', and essays about books and children's literature. Her best-known bodies of work include the "Mr. Small" series of picture books (1934–62); her "Historical" series of novels, including the Newbery Honor-winning titles ''Phebe Fairchild: Her Book'' (1936) and ''Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison'' (1941); and her "Regional" series, including Newbery Medal-winning ''Strawberry Girl'' (1945) and Children's Book Award-winning ''Judy's Journey'' (1947).Lenski also provided illustrations for books by other authors, including the first edition of ''The Little Engine that Could'' by Watty Piper (1930), and the first four volumes of Maud Hart Lovelace's ''Betsy-Tacy'' series (1940-1943).
In 1967 Lenski established the Lois Lenski Covey Foundation, which provides grants for book purchases to libraries and organizations serving children who are socially and economically at risk. Provided by Wikipedia
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Sing a song of people by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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The Little family by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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Papa Small. by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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The little train by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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San Francisco boy by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company, 1955
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The little train / Lois Lenski. by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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The little train by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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Strawberry girl by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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Lois Lenski's Christmas stories, by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
Philadelphia, Lippincott 1968
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The Little auto by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
New York : Random House, 2001
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Deer Valley girl by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
New York : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1968Other Authors: “…Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974…”
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Strawberry girl by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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San Francisco boy. by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1955
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Bayou Suzette by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
New York : F. A. Stokes, 1943
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Indian captive : the story of Mary Jemison by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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Now it's fall by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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Berries in the scoop, a Cape Cod cranberry story. by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
Philadelphia, Lippincott 1956
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Strawberry girl by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, 2011
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Flood Friday by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
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Papa Small by Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974
New York : Random House, 2004
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