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Lois Lenski

(Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974)

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). (From Wikipedia)

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Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974, illust.: Prudence and Peter, and Their Adventures With Pots and Pans (New York: W. Morrow and Co., c1928), by Elizabeth Robins and Octavia Wilberforce (page images at archive.org)
Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974: Skipping Village: A Town of Not So Very Long Ago (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., 1927)
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974: The Wonder City: A Picture Book of New York (New York: Coward-McCann, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Additional books by Lois Lenski in the extended shelves:

Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974: Coal camp girl. (Lippincott, 1959) (page images at HathiTrust)
Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974: Dick Devereux : a story of the Civil War (Stewart & Kidd Company, 1915), also by David Tod Gilliam and Stewart & Kidd Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974: Odysseus, sage of Greece. (Minton, Balch & company, 1931), also by Alan Lake Chidsey (page images at HathiTrust)
Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974: Princess stories. (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1927), also by Frances Elizabeth Atchinson and Kathleen Adams (page images at HathiTrust)

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