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Lois Lenski (1893–1974)

Autor(a) de Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison

122+ Works 12,922 Membros 193 Críticas 9 Favorited

About the Author

Lois Lenski was born in Springfield, Ohio on October 14, 1893. After graduating from Ohio State University, she moved to New York to study art. She continued her studies in London, England and illustrate children's books written by others. She returned to the United States in 1921 and became an mostrar mais author and illustrator. In 1927, she published two books about her own childhood entitled Skipping Village and A Little Girl of 1900. She wrote nearly 100 books for children and young adults during her lifetime including the Mr. Small series, Bayou Suzette, Prairie School, Boomtown Boy, Judy's Journey, and High-Rise Secret. She received a Newbery Medal in 1946 for Strawberry Girl. She died on September 11, 1974 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Séries

Obras por Lois Lenski

Strawberry Girl (1945) 3,006 exemplares
The Little Train (1968) 658 exemplares
Cowboy Small (1949) 414 exemplares
Prairie School (1951) 405 exemplares
The Little Fire Engine (1946) 341 exemplares
Sing a Song of People (1965) 305 exemplares
Cotton in My Sack (1949) 287 exemplares
The Little Airplane (1938) 275 exemplares
Judy's Journey (1947) 255 exemplares
Blue Ridge Billy (1946) 183 exemplares
Now It's Fall (1977) 170 exemplares
Policeman Small (1980) 170 exemplares
Ocean-Born Mary (1939) 165 exemplares
The Little Sail Boat (1937) 164 exemplares
Phebe Fairchild: Her Book (1936) 164 exemplares
Papa Small (1951) 159 exemplares
Coal Camp Girl (1959) 149 exemplares
The Little Auto (1934) 131 exemplares
Texas Tomboy (1950) 121 exemplares
Houseboat Girl (1957) 117 exemplares
The Little Farm (1942) 105 exemplares
I Like Winter (1950) 102 exemplares
Shoo-Fly Girl (1963) 101 exemplares
Bayou Suzette (1943) 94 exemplares
Flood Friday (1956) 90 exemplares
Boom Town Boy (1948) 85 exemplares
Puritan Adventure (1944) 84 exemplares
Little Sioux Girl (1958) 83 exemplares
San Francisco Boy (1955) 83 exemplares
Corn-Farm Boy (1954) 75 exemplares
Lois Lenski's Christmas Stories (1965) 71 exemplares
Spring is Here (1945) 63 exemplares
The Easter Rabbit's Parade (1936) 60 exemplares
High-Rise Secret (1966) 59 exemplares
Big Big Book of Mr. Small (1970) 59 exemplares
On a Summer Day (1950) 58 exemplares
Mr. and Mrs. Noah (1948) 58 exemplares
The Little Family (2002) 56 exemplares
Mama Hattie's Girl (1953) 49 exemplares
To Be a Logger (1967) 48 exemplares
Berries in the Scoop (1956) 41 exemplares
Blueberry Corners (1940) 40 exemplares
Deer Valley Girl (1834) 38 exemplares
Bound Girl of Cobble Hill (1938) 35 exemplares
Peanuts for Billy Ben (1952) 34 exemplares
We Live in the North (1965) 33 exemplares
We Live in the Country (1960) 33 exemplares
We Live in the South (1952) 32 exemplares
We Live in the Southwest (1962) 32 exemplares
We Live in the City (1954) 26 exemplares
We Live by the River (1956) 23 exemplares
A-Going to the Westward (1937) 22 exemplares
My Friend the Cow (1777) 21 exemplares
Project Boy (1954) 19 exemplares
A Dog Came To School (1955) 16 exemplares
More Mr Small (1966) 15 exemplares
Journey into Childhood (1972) 14 exemplares
Let's Play House (1944) 13 exemplares
Davy and His Dog (1957) 10 exemplares
Davy's Day (1943) 10 exemplares
Davy Goes Places (1961) 9 exemplares
Big Little Davy (1956) 8 exemplares
The Life I Live (1965) 8 exemplares
City poems (1971) 7 exemplares
Debbie and Her Grandma (1967) 7 exemplares
Susie Mariar (1967) 6 exemplares
Songs of Mr. Small (1954) 6 exemplares
We Are Thy Children (1952) 5 exemplares
Sing for Peace (1985) 5 exemplares
Surprise for Davy (1947) 5 exemplares
Debbie Herself (1969) 5 exemplares
Debbie and Her Family (1969) 5 exemplares
Animals For Me (1959) 4 exemplares
Spinach Boy (1930) 3 exemplares
Grandmother Tippytoe (1931) 3 exemplares
Sugarplum House (1935) 3 exemplares
Debbie and Her Dolls (1970) 3 exemplares
Alphabet People 2 exemplares
Flood at River Bend 2 exemplares
Gooseberry Garden (1934) 2 exemplares
Debbie Goes to Nursery School (1970) 2 exemplares
Debbie and Her Pets (1971) 2 exemplares
Surprise for Mother 2 exemplares
Ice Cream Is Good (1958) 2 exemplares
Up to six 1 exemplar
Songs of the City 1 exemplar
The Bean Pickers 1 exemplar
Davy and Dog 1 exemplar
A Change of Heart 1 exemplar
When I grow up 1 exemplar
Johnny Goes to the Fair (1932) 1 exemplar
Living with Others 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Little Engine That Could (1930) — Ilustrador, algumas edições10,680 exemplares
Pinóquio (1883) — Ilustrador, algumas edições8,170 exemplares
Betsy-Tacy (1940) — Ilustrador — 2,458 exemplares
Betsy-Tacy and Tib (1941) — Ilustrador — 1,359 exemplares
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (1942) — Ilustrador — 1,332 exemplares
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943) — Ilustrador — 1,029 exemplares
A Newbery Halloween (1991) — Contribuidor — 152 exemplares
Read-To-Me Storybook (1947) — Ilustrador — 82 exemplares
The Platt & Munk Treasury of Fairy Stories for Children (1980) — Ilustrador — 55 exemplares
The First Thanksgiving (1942) — Ilustrador — 47 exemplares
Mother Goose Rhymes (1922) — Ilustrador, algumas edições38 exemplares
A Book of Princess Stories (1927) — Ilustrador — 35 exemplares
They Came from France: Pierre's Lucky Pouch (1957) — Ilustrador, algumas edições33 exemplares
Fairy Tales that Never Grow Old (1923) — Ilustrador, algumas edições32 exemplares
Chimney Corner Fairy Tales (1926) — Ilustrador — 25 exemplares
Told Under Spacious Skies (1952) — Prefácio — 23 exemplares
Pinocchio [Adapted by Allen Chaffee] (1946) — Ilustrador — 21 exemplares
Mother Makes Christmas (1940) — Ilustrador, algumas edições12 exemplares
A Hat-Tub Tale; or, On the Shores of the Bay of Fundy (1928) — Ilustrador, algumas edições5 exemplares
The Peep-Show Man (1924) — Ilustrador — 5 exemplares
Chimney Corner Poems (1929) — Drawings — 4 exemplares
Golden Tales of the Southwest (1939) — Ilustrador, algumas edições4 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Lenski, Lois
Nome legal
Covey, Lois Lenore Lenski
Data de nascimento
1893-10-14
Data de falecimento
1974-09-11
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Springfield, Ohio, USA
Local de falecimento
Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
Locais de residência
Springfield, Ohio, USA
Anna, Ohio, USA
Harwinton, Connecticut, USA
Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
Educação
Ohio State University (BS | 1915)
Art Students League of New York
School of Industrial Art
Westminster School of Art
Ocupações
children's book author
children's book illustrator
painter
poet
Relações
Lenski, R.C.H. (father)
Covey, Arthur (husband)
Organizações
Lois Lenski Covey Foundation
Prémios e menções honrosas
Regina Medal (1969)
Newbery Honor (1936, 1941)
Newbery Medal (1946)
Children's Book Award (1947)

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Lois Lenski was one of five children born to a Prussian immigrant father and a teacher mother in Ohio. She grew up in a rural community west of Springfield, and many of her fondest childhood memories were of life in this small town, according to her autobiograph. Lois was skilled at drawing, often copying pictures from books and magazines.
She attended Ohio State University, intending to become a teacher. After graduation, at the urging of her art professors, she moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League.
She took courses and supported herself with jobs such as lettering and painting greeting cards and drawing for fashion ads. In 1920, she traveled to London and Italy to study and work.
In 1921, shortly after returning from her travels, Lenski married Arthur Covey, an artist. She spent much of her early career as an illustrator of children's books, and then began to write her own stories to accompany her drawings. She published her first book, Skipping Village, in 1927. Lenski won the Newbery Honor for several of her books and the Newbery Medal in 1946. She was a prolific author who produced many regional series of books as well as character-based series.

Membros

Críticas

Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking the strawberries. Her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. Making the new farm prosper won't be easy--what with the heat, the droughts, the cold snaps and the neighbors.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 42 outras críticas | Mar 11, 2024 |
Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took her peaceful days on her family's farm in eastern Pennsylvania for granted. But on a spring day in 1758, something happened that changed her life forever. A band of warriors invaded the house and took the Jemison family captive. Mary was separated from her parents and brothers and sister. She traveled with the Indians to southern Ohio and later to a Seneca village on the Genesee River in what is now western New York.

Mary's new life was not easy. She missed her family terribly, and she was unaccustomed to Seneca ways. Several times she even tried to run away. But the Indians were kind to her and taught her many things about the earth, its plants, and its creatures. She became a sister to animals and to all growing things. Then Mary was finally given the chance to return to the world of white men. But she had also become a sister to the Indians. How could she leave them?

Based on a true story, here is the unforgettable tale of the legendary "White Woman of the Genesee."
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PlumfieldCH | 33 outras críticas | Dec 21, 2023 |
It’s interesting to read this, at the beginning it reminded me of the Farmer Brown Little Golden Book, and then I saw the Easter Bunny was in a carriage as in Jan Brett’s The Easter Egg.
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FamiliesUnitedLL | 1 outra crítica | Aug 18, 2023 |
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski was originally published in 1945 and was part of a regional series. This Newbery Medal winner is about a family called the Boyers who proudly call themselves Florida Crackers. They have a farm and grow strawberries and oranges. The author writes this engaging story in the dialogue of the area and captures the times and their way of life.

Part of the story revolves around the on-going feud between the hardworking Boyers and their proud but shiftless neighbours. The story unfolds through the eyes of the main character, Birdie Boyer who is about ten years old. Her straightforward manner and simplistic views give this rustic story heart.

The author was also an illustrator and her drawings help to bring the book to life. She was well known as an illustrator and did the artwork for the original “The Little Engine That Could” and the early volumes of the “Betsy-Tacy” series. Although rather dated today, Strawberry Girl gave the reader an interesting picture of life in the Florida backwoods during the 1940s.
… (mais)
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DeltaQueen50 | 42 outras críticas | May 19, 2023 |

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Obras
122
Also by
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Membros
12,922
Popularidade
#1,810
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
193
ISBN
272
Línguas
5
Marcado como favorito
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