Lois Lenski
(1893 - 1974)
Lois Lenski was a popular and prolific American writer and illustrator of picture books and children’s and young-adult fiction.
Bibliography
Sing a Song of People (1987)
Poems about city life.
Sing a Song of Sixpence (1930)
A book of nursery rhymes printed on cloth.
Sing for Peace (1985)
Ten songs from We Are Thy Children.
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Skipping Village: A Town of Not So Long Ago (1927)
Life in a small town in Ohio at the end of the nineteenth century. Based on the author’s own childhood.
Songs of Mr. Small (1954)
Twenty-one songs of Mr. Small.
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Songs of the City (1956)
Songs about life in the city.
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Spinach Boy (1930)
What will become of Spinach Boy when the spinach crop fails?
Spring Is Here (1945)
A poem and pictures about the joys of spring.
Read online at archive.org.
Story Parade A Collection of Modern Stories for Boys and Girls (1936)
This story collection includes ‘The Brave Automobiles’ by Antonio Robles with illustrations by William Pène du Bois.
William Pène du Bois
Antonio Robles
Et al
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Helen Sewell
Lynd Ward
Et al
Storytime Tales (1950)
A collection of sixty-seven favorite stories, poems and songs. There is also an early edition with forty-two selections.
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
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Carl Sandburg
Val Teal
Et al
Strawberry Girl (1945)
Birdie Boyer and her family move to Florida to raise strawberries.
Read online at archive.org.
Sugarplum House (1935)
Everything is beautifully arranged by the dolls of the Sugarplum family until Timmie the puppy arrives on the scene.
Surprise for Davy (1947)
It’s Davy’s fourth birthday!
Surprise for Mother (1934)
Three sisters make a cake for mother’s birthday.
Susie Mariar (1939)
Susie Mariar fell in the fire,
The fire was so hot, she jumped in the pot …
Texas Tomboy (1950)
There is a drought in cattle country in this story of Charlotte and her ranching family.
Read online at archive.org.
The Twilight of Magic (1930)
The twins, Giles and Anne, with the assistance of Agnes the Applewoman, come to the aid of the King.
When I Grow Up (1960)
A song for a boy and a song for a girl about what they might become when they grow up. A Read-and-Sing book.
Lois Lenski