![]() Her first book, Skipping Village, debuted in 1927. A publisher’s suggestion that she write her own stories launched Lenski’s vocation as a writer/illustrator. Lenski spent much of her early career illustrating children’s books for other authors. ![]() Their only child, Stephen, was born in 1929. Upon her return from England in 1921, Lenski married her former art instructor, Arthur Covey and became a stepmother to his two children. ![]() After graduating from Ohio State University in 1915 with a BS in education and a teaching certificate, Lenski studied at the Arts Students League in New York City and the Westminster School of Art in London, England. ![]() Lenski attended grade school in Anna, Ohio, and rode a train each day to Sidney, Ohio, to attend high school. Her father, Richard, was a Prussian immigrant and a Lutheran clergyman her mother, Marietta, was a schoolteacher. Lois Lenski was born the fourth of five children in Springfield, Ohio, on October 14, 1893. She visited parts of Mississippi County while researching her three books about Arkansas children: Cotton in My Sack, Houseboat Girl, and We Live by the River. Lois Lenski wrote and illustrated children’s books throughout her career of more than fifty years. ![]()
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