Books with author Lois Lenski

Judy lives in a tent with her family. Will they ever be able to afford a farm with a real house?Ten-year-old Judy and her family are migrants, moving from farm to farm with each new season. Starting in Alabama, they travel to Florida and up the East Coast all the way to New Jersey, always looking for steady work. Every time Judy feels as if they’re beginning to put down roots, they have to move on. It’s hard for her to catch up in school; it’s hard to make and keep friends. Judy likes the people she meets along the way, but she longs for a real home. Will her family ever have a farm of their own? Judy’s Journey is a realistic depiction of the life of migrant farm workers in the mid-1900s. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

[Read by Tavia Gilbert] Based on a true story, this is the unforgettable tale of the legendary 'White Woman of the Genesee'. Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took for granted her peaceful days on her family's farm in eastern Pennsylvania. But on a spring day in 1758, something happened that changed her life forever. -- When a band of warriors invades the Jemisons' house and takes the family captive, Mary is separated from her parents and siblings. She travels 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 is not easy. She misses her family terribly and is unaccustomed to Seneca ways. But even after her several unsuccessful attempts to run away, the Indians are kind to Mary and teach her many things about the earth, its plants, and its creatures. She develops deep bonds with the animals and even her captors. When Mary is finally given the chance to return to the world of white men, she struggles with her newfound feelings.

The Newbery Award winning author [Strawberry Girl, 1943] scales back from her full-length regional stories to offer this charming little sip of a book ...ideal for half-pint hands to hold and learn all about dairy farming! Very good copy of this HARD TO FIND GEM! Red pictorial cover of a little boy with a yellow cow. Paper bound, with stapled binding. My Friend the Cow, by Lois Lenski. Illustrated by the author as well. National Dairy Council, c1946. This printing, 1971. Unpaginated.

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison is a Newbery Honor Book perfect for young adults ages 12-13 years old. Set in Colonial America, Little Mary is a little girl who, when captured by native Americans, learns to love them and refuses to leave when English soldiers try to rescue her. Author Lois Lenski reconstructs 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 historical novel offers an exceptionally vivid and personal portrait of Native American life and customs.

Laughing, playing, dancing, see the children gay—Hear them singing, “Spring is here, Spring is here today.” Could there be a more cheerful time of year than spring? Winter is over, birds are singing, flowers are in bloom . . . and it’s time to play outside! Lois Lenski’s rhyming, pocket-size picture book—published in 1945, and out of print for decades—is back in full, glorious color.“What a pleasure to rediscover a classic children’s author! And what a pleasure to help today’s children discover one for the first time! Many thanks are due to Random House for re-releasing [her books] with their original covers and illustrations. It is one of the charms of Lois Lenski that she educated children so gently.”—Infodad.com, Four Stars“The charm and usefulness of these books hasn’t diminished at all since they were first published in the 40’s.”—Jacksonville Florida Times-Union