Corn-Farm Boy (23 page)

Authors: Lois Lenski

Lenski with her family in Anna, Ohio. From left to right: sister Esther; brothers, Oscar and Gerhard; father, Richard; Lois; mother, Marietta; and in front, sister Mariam.

Lenski's high school graduation photo, taken in 1911. Her English teacher predicted that some day she would “do some form of creative work.”

Lenski in her studio in Pelham Manor, New York, around 1925. She lived there with her husband, Arthur; stepchildren, Margaret and Laird; and later, her son, Stephen.

Lenski with Stephen, age three, in 1932.

Lenski with Stephen and Arthur in 1946, just after she had won the Newbery Award for
Strawberry Girl
. With them is their pet goat, Missy.

Eventually, Lenski's declining health led her to move to a warmer climate. In this 1960s photo, she is in her studio in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

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ISBN: 978-1-5040-2202-6

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