Lois Lenski
Lois Lenore Lenski Covey 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).
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Sing a Song of People
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1987
Lois Lenski's Big Book of Mr. Small
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1979
Christmas comes to Blueberry Corners and other Christmas stories for children
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1975
Lois lenski's christmas stories
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1968
Deer Valley girl
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1968
To be a logger
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1967
Policeman Small
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1962
We live in the country
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1960
Coal camp girl
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1959
Davy and his dog
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1957
A dog came to school
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1955
Corn-farm boy
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1954
Mama Hattie's girl
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1953
On a summer day
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1953
Papa Small
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1951
Prairie school
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1951
Texas tomboy
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1950
Cowboy Small
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1949
Cowboy Small
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1949
Cotton in my sack
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1949
Mr. and Mrs. Noah
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1948
Surprise for Davy
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1947
Blue Ridge Billy
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1946
The little fire engine
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1946
Strawberry Girl
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1945
Spring Is Here
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1945
Puritan adventure
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1944
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (Betsy-Tacy #4)
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1943
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (Betsy-Tacy #3)
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1942
Betsy-Tacy and Tib
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1941
Indian captive
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1941
Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy #1)
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1940
The little train
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1940
Ocean-born Mary
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1939
The little airplane
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1938
Bound girl of Cobble Hill
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1938
The little sail boat
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1937
Phebe Fairchild
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1936
The Little Auto
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1934
The little family
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1932
The Little Farm
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1920
Judy's Journey
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