Lois Lenski

The land was theirs, but so were its hardships Strawberries -- big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven′t even begun their planting. ";Don′t count your biddies ′fore they′re hatched, gal young un!"; her father tells her. Making the new farm prosper is not easy. There is heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps. And, perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, just itching to start a feud.

Strawberry Girl 60th Anniversary Edition

In this classic frontier adventure, Lois Lenskireconstructs the real life story of Mary Jemison, who was captured in a raid as young girl and raised amongst the Seneca Indians. Meticulously researched and illustrated with many detailed drawings, this novel offers an exceptionally vivid and personal portrait of Native American life and customs.

The Story of Mary Jemison

Indian Captive

Corn Farm Boy

Shoo Fly Girl

Texas Tomboy

The Newbery Medal–winning childhood classic of life on a Florida farm—part of the Regional series from the author of the Mr. Small picture books. Birdie and her family are trying to build a farm in Florida. But it’s not easy with the heat, droughts, and cold snaps—and neighbors that don’t believe in fences. But Birdie won’t give up on her dream of strawberries, and her family won’t let those Slaters drive them from their home! This Newberry Medal–winning novel presents a realistic picture of life on the Florida frontier. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

Strawberry Girl

A-Going to the Westward

Bayou Suzette

A truthful and absorbing narrative of life in Connecticut in 1830. Phebe Fairchild travels alone by stagecoach from her home in New Haven to spend a year with her country cousins, while her sea-captain father has taken her mother on a long voyage. Through the many adventures of that year and her struggles to keep her greatest treasure--a beloved book--she learns to understand her father's parting advice, "You ll need patience and courage a-plenty, but do as you re told and never be afraid." Lois Lenski devoted many months of enthusiastic research to making her story rich and accurate in background. She brings to life for young people as well as older readers a fascinating period of New England life. The book is noteworthy as to format, being designed by the artist, and generously illustrated in a manner suggestive of the period. A Newbery Honor book.

Phebe Fairchild - Her Book

A Dog Came to School

Cotton in My Sack

Prairie School

Pilot Small flies his airplane over the countryside, does a loopy-loop, makes an emergency landing, and finally returns safely to the hangar.

The Little Airplane

Now It's Fall (Lois Lenski Books)

Policeman Small (Lois Lenski Books)

I Like Winter (Lois Lenski Books)

Molly, Polly and Peter play house, dress up, go to the store, and play doctor for all their dolls and animals.

Let's Play House

Maud Hart Lovelace

The Betsy-Tacy Treasury

"The story of a real-life girl in early eighteenth-century America called Ocean-born Mary due to her birth at sea, and her youth and experiences in coastal New Hampshire"--

Lois Lenski

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