Background
Lenski, Lois was born on October 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Richard Charles and Marietta (Young) Lenski.
Lenski, Lois was born on October 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Richard Charles and Marietta (Young) Lenski.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Ohio State University, 1915. Art education at Art Students’ League, New York City, also Westminster School Art, London. Doctor of Letters, Wartburg College, 1959, Capital University, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1968.
1966.
Doctor of Humane Letters, University North Carolina, 1962.
; children—Stephen, Laird. Author, illustrator books for children. Painter; author juvenile books under pen name Lois Lenski, 1927.
Latest being: Boom Town Boy, 1948.
Now lieutenant’s Fall, 1948; Mr. and Mistress Noah, 1948. Cowboy Small, 1949; Cotton in My Sack, 1949.
I Like Winter, 1950. Texas Tomboy, 1950. Prairie School, 1951.
Papa Small, 1951; On a Summer Day, 1953.
Mama Hattie’s Girl, 1953. Project Boy and We Live in the City, 1954. Corn-Farm Boy and Songs of Mr.
Small, 1954.
San Francisco Boy and A Dog Came to School, 1955. We Live by the River, Berries in the Scoop, Big Little Davy Flood Friday, 1956. Houseboat Girl, 1957.
Davy and His Dog, 1957.
Little Sioux Girl, 1958. Coal Camp Girl, 1959.
At Our House, 1959. We Live in the Country, 1960.
When I Grow Up, 1960. Davy Goes Places, 1961.
We Live in the Southwest, 1962. Policeman Small, 1962.
Shoo-Fly Girl, 1963; We Live in the North, 1965.
The Life I Live: Collected Poems, 1965. High-Rise Secret, 1966. Debbie Books, 1970-1971.
To Be A Logger, 1967.
Deer Valley Girl, 1968. Christmas Stories, 1968.
Adventure in Understanding, 1968. Journey Into Childhood: Autobiography, 1972.
Married Arthur South. Covey, June 1921 (deceased. Children: Stephen, Laird.