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Bio

(1893-1974) Writer. Lois Lenski attended the Art Students League in New York City.

Full Name

Lois Lenski

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1893

BIRTH

Lois Lenski was born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1893.

1915

OTHER

Lois Lenski moved to New York in about 1915 and studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan, New York.

1927

LITWORK

Skipping Village
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company

Children's book.

1936

LITWORK

Phoebe Fairchild, Her Book
J. B. Lippincott Company

Children's book, recipient of the Newbery Medal.

1938

LITWORK

Bound Girl Of Cobble Hill
J. B. Lippincott Company

Children's book.

1941

LITWORK

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
J. B. Lippincott Company

Children's book, winner of Newbery Medal.

1945

LITWORK

Strawberry Girl
J. B. Lippincott

Children's book, winner of Newbery Medal in 1946.

1947

LITWORK

Judy's Journey
J. B. Lippincott Company

Children's book, recipient of the Children's Book Committee award of the Child Study Association of America.

1954

LITWORK

Project Boy
J. B. Lippincott Company

Children's book.

1957

LITWORK

Houseboat Girl
J. B. Lippincott Company

Children's book.

1965

LITWORK

The Life I Live, Collected Poems
New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc.

Collection of poems.

1966

LITWORK

High-Rise Secret
J. B. Lippincott Company

Children's book.

1972

LITWORK

Journey Into Childhood
J. B. Lippincott Company
039731177X / 978-0397311774
Autobiography.

1974

DEATH

Lois Lenski died at her home in Tarpon Springs, Florida,on September 11, 1974.

1974

INTERMENT

Lois Lenski was interred at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida.

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