Lois Lenski (1893–1974)
Autore di Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
Sull'Autore
Lois Lenski was born in Springfield, Ohio on October 14, 1893. After graduating from Ohio State University, she moved to New York to study art. She continued her studies in London, England and illustrate children's books written by others. She returned to the United States in 1921 and became an mostra altro author and illustrator. In 1927, she published two books about her own childhood entitled Skipping Village and A Little Girl of 1900. She wrote nearly 100 books for children and young adults during her lifetime including the Mr. Small series, Bayou Suzette, Prairie School, Boomtown Boy, Judy's Journey, and High-Rise Secret. She received a Newbery Medal in 1946 for Strawberry Girl. She died on September 11, 1974 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Lois Lenski
カウボーイのスモールさん―スモールさんの絵本… 2 copie
Alphabet People 2 copie
Lois Lenski's Mother Goose 2 copie
Surprise for Mother 2 copie
Flood at River Bend 2 copie
Songs of the City 1 copia
Up to six 1 copia
Strangers in a Strange Land 1 copia
Mamma Hattie's Girl 1 copia
Davy and Dog 1 copia
When I grow up 1 copia
The Washington picture-book 1 copia
Florida, My Florida 1 copia
Living with Others 1 copia
Arabella and Her Aunts 1 copia
Opere correlate
Beat the Drum, Independence Day Has Come: Poems for the Fourth of July (1977) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
Newbery Awards Library A Wrinkle in Time, The Twenty-One Balloons, Strawberry Girl, Thimble Summer, & Roller Skates (1975) 13 copie
A Hat-Tub Tale; or, On the Shores of the Bay of Fundy (1928) — Illustratore, alcune edizioni — 5 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Lenski, Lois
- Nome legale
- Covey, Lois Lenore Lenski
- Data di nascita
- 1893-10-14
- Data di morte
- 1974-09-11
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Springfield, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Springfield, Ohio, USA
Anna, Ohio, USA
Harwinton, Connecticut, USA
Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA - Istruzione
- Ohio State University (BS | 1915)
Art Students League of New York
School of Industrial Art
Westminster School of Art - Attività lavorative
- children's book author
children's book illustrator
painter
poet - Relazioni
- Lenski, R.C.H. (father)
Covey, Arthur (husband) - Organizzazioni
- Lois Lenski Covey Foundation
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Regina Medal (1969)
Newbery Honor (1936, 1941)
Newbery Medal (1946)
Children's Book Award (1947) - Breve biografia
- Lois Lenski was one of five children born to a Prussian immigrant father and a teacher mother in Ohio. She grew up in a rural community west of Springfield, and many of her fondest childhood memories were of life in this small town, according to her autobiograph. Lois was skilled at drawing, often copying pictures from books and magazines.
She attended Ohio State University, intending to become a teacher. After graduation, at the urging of her art professors, she moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League.
She took courses and supported herself with jobs such as lettering and painting greeting cards and drawing for fashion ads. In 1920, she traveled to London and Italy to study and work.
In 1921, shortly after returning from her travels, Lenski married Arthur Covey, an artist. She spent much of her early career as an illustrator of children's books, and then began to write her own stories to accompany her drawings. She published her first book, Skipping Village, in 1927. Lenski won the Newbery Honor for several of her books and the Newbery Medal in 1946. She was a prolific author who produced many regional series of books as well as character-based series.
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Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking the strawberries. Her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. Making the new farm prosper won't be easy--what with the heat, the droughts, the cold snaps and the neighbors.
Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took her peaceful days on her family's farm in eastern Pennsylvania for granted. But on a spring day in 1758, something happened that changed her life forever. A band of warriors invaded the house and took the Jemison family captive. Mary was separated from her parents and brothers and sister. She traveled 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 was not easy. She missed her family terribly, and she was unaccustomed to Seneca ways. Several times she even tried to run away. But the Indians were kind to her and taught her many things about the earth, its plants, and its creatures. She became a sister to animals and to all growing things. Then Mary was finally given the chance to return to the world of white men. But she had also become a sister to the Indians. How could she leave them?
Based on a true story, here is the unforgettable tale of the legendary "White Woman of the Genesee."… (altro)
Mary's new life was not easy. She missed her family terribly, and she was unaccustomed to Seneca ways. Several times she even tried to run away. But the Indians were kind to her and taught her many things about the earth, its plants, and its creatures. She became a sister to animals and to all growing things. Then Mary was finally given the chance to return to the world of white men. But she had also become a sister to the Indians. How could she leave them?
Based on a true story, here is the unforgettable tale of the legendary "White Woman of the Genesee."… (altro)
It’s interesting to read this, at the beginning it reminded me of the Farmer Brown Little Golden Book, and then I saw the Easter Bunny was in a carriage as in Jan Brett’s The Easter Egg.
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Sonlight Books (2)
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1970s (1)
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- Opere
- 120
- Opere correlate
- 24
- Utenti
- 13,049
- Popolarità
- #1,784
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 195
- ISBN
- 272
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 9
My edition, published in 1995, includes an introduction by Arthur C. Parker, Director of the Rochester Museum of Arts. He explains that "not only did Miss Lenski make a study of the literature (regarding Molly's life), but visited the Indians, many of whom are descendants of the subject of her book. The book includes hand drawn sketches ,done by the author, all based on her studies "in the various museums containing Iroquois and especially Seneca objects" (p.viii).
As Seaver explains, many writers have ignored the necessity of having accurate knowledge of how the native people lived, and instead have "written purely from imagination, filling gaps with pre-conceived knowledge or basing it upon modern adaptions of European practices". (p. vii).
The result is a sensitive story which explores the divide between the two worlds at the time of the French and Indian War. Molly first feels extreme despair when separated from her family, only to learn to care fore the kind and loyal native family to whom she now belongs.
For teachers, this would be a good supplement on a unit about Native Americans. The author not only included sketches of artifacts used by the natives, but explains their uses, as Molly is taught skills for living as a productive member of the tribe, but also the traditions and beliefs of the native people. The author also shows the way that contact with Europeans began to change life for the natives, in both good and bad ways.… (altro)