Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974

Lenski (1893-1974) was an author and illustrator of children's books. She won the 1946 Newbery Award for "Strawberry Girl."

From the description of Papers, 1927-1970. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31445427

Lois Lenski was born October 14, 1893 in Springfield, OH. She was educated at Ohio State University, and received a B.S. in Education in 1915. After college, she studied at the Art Students League in New York City and Westminster School of Art in London. Miss Lenski began her career as an illustrator of children's books in 1918, and in the 1920s, she also began writing as well as illustrating her own books. Her first works were picture books for small children, and she became known for her simple yet carefully detailed drawings that appealed to young children with their emphasis on easily recognized people and places and events of day-to-day life. In the 1940s, Miss Lenski began to travel throughout the United States and gathered material for a series of regional and historical stories emphasizing the lives and environments of children in different parts of the country. She wanted to bring to her readers a sense of how other children lived. These books were written in a realistic and straightfoward style that did not sentimentalize her subjects or condescend to her audience. They were also unique in that they showed ways of life and locations, such as the life of the Georgia Crackers, and migrant workers of the deep South or cranberry bogs of Massachusetts, that were absent from children's books of the time. Miss Lenski won the 1946 Newbery Award for Strawberry Girl, one of this series of regional stories. Lois Lenski continued to write and illustrate children's books throughout the 1960s, and died on September 11, 1974 in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

From the guide to the Lois Lenski Papers, 1925-1966, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

Lois Lenski (1893-1974) was a Newbery Medal-winning children's author and illustrator.

From the description of Lois Lenski papers, 1915-1970. (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 175280485

American author and illustrator of children's books.

From the description of Houseboat girl : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685708

From the description of Alphabet people : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489878

From the description of Berries in the scoop : a Cape Cod cranberry story : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489880

From the description of Chimney corner fairy tales : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424259

From the description of Fireside stories : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437165

From the description of Bayou Suzette ; production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437154

From the description of High-rise secret : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424265

From the description of Prairie school : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437173

From the description of I like winter : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437166

From the description of Cowboy Small : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437163

From the description of Peanuts for Billy Ben : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424270

From the description of Indian captive : the story of Mary Jemison : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437176

From the description of A merry-go-round of modern tales : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437168

From the description of Coal camp girl : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424260

From the description of The Easter rabbit's parade : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424262

From the description of Benny and his penny : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424257

From the description of Now it's fall : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437169

From the description of Mr. and Mrs. Noah : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489886

From the description of Judy's journey : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489889

From the description of Ocean-born Mary : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489887

From the description of Chimney corner stories : tales for little children : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489882

From the description of The first Thanksgiving : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489883

From the description of A book of enchantment : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489881

From the description of Johnny goes to the fair : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489885

From the description of Grandmother Tippytoe : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424264

From the description of Little Sioux girl : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424272

From the description of We live in the south : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424268

From the description of Davy's day : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424261

From the description of Flood Friday : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437174

From the description of Two brothers and their baby sister : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437170

From the description of A Scotch circus : the story of Tammas who rode the dragon : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424269

From the description of Bound girl of Cobble Hill : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685706

From the description of Phebe Fairchild, her book : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685712

From the description of Little baby Ann : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685709

From the description of Corn-farm boy : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685707

From the description of Shoo-fly girl : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685711

From the description of On a summer day : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685710

From the description of Boom town boy : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402202

From the description of We live in the city : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402209

From the description of Strawberry girl : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402211

From the description of Read-to-me storybook ; production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402210

From the description of Fireside poems : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402205

From the description of Chimney corner poems : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402204

From the description of Blue Ridge Billy : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402201

From the description of Arabella and her aunts : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402200

From the description of Spring is here : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402207

From the description of Texas tomboy : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402208

From the description of Mama Hattie's girl : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402206

From the description of Jack Horner's pie : a book of nursery rhymes : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489884

From the description of A-going to the westward : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489877

American author and illustrator of children's books; Newbery Award winner, 1946.

From the description of Papers, 1893-1966 (bulk 1925-1966). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437152

Author and illustrator of children's books. Born October 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio. Graduated from Ohio State University; studied at the Art Students League in New York, and in London and Italy. First book published in 1927; won the Newberry Medal in 1946 for Strawberry Girl. Died on September 11, 1974.

From the description of Children's collection, 1925-1972. (Buffalo State College). WorldCat record id: 43566789

American children's author/illustrator, born in Springfield, Ohio in 1893. Her work includes picture books as well as historical and regional stories.

From the description of Papers [part 2] 1927-1971. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 26753653

From the description of Papers [part 1], 1927-1971. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 26753636

Author and illustrator.

Lois Lenski was born October 14, 1893, in Springfield, Ohio, and was educated at Ohio State University where she earned a B.S. in Education in 1915. She married Arthur Covey, a mural painter, in 1921. Lenski achieved acclaim as both an artist and author. In addition to illustrating her own works, she illustrated 57 children's books written by other authors.

In 1946, she won the Newberry Medal for Strawberry Girl, and in the following year she received the Child Study Association Award for Judy's Journey. In 1962, she received an honorary L.H.D. from UNCG. She later moved south due to failing health, and died on September 14, 1974, at her home in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

From the description of Lois Lenski Papers, 1939-1971. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50652728

Lois Lenski (1893-1974) was an award-winning American author and illustrator of children's books.

Lois Lenski (Mrs. Arthur Covey) was born in Springfield, Ohio, on October 14, 1893. She studied at Ohio State University where she received a B. Sc. degree in education. She also studied at the Westminster School of Art in London where she received an A.S.L. degree.

For over fifty years Lenski pursued her professional career as an illustrator and author of books for children. During that time she illustrated some fifty books for other authors, and wrote and illustrated nearly 100 of her own books. Lenski's writing included picture books and stories for very young children as well as intermediate works for older children and young adults. Although she wrote primarily prose, Lenski also published books of poetry, songs and plays for children. She has received several awards, including the Ohioana Medal (1954), the Newbery Medal (1946), and the Child Study Association Award (1947).

Lenski's work includes Blueberry Corners, The Little Farm, Strawberry Girl, Blue Ridge Billy, Prairie School, Corn-Farm Boy, A Dog Came to School and Little Sioux Girl . [Adapted from www.mlb.ilstu.edu/ressubj/speccol/lenski/History.html]

From the guide to the Lois Lenski Collection, 1927-1967, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)