American author and illustrator (died 1974)

Lois Lenski

Lois Lenore Lenski Covey was a Newbery Medal-winning author and illustrator of picture books and children's literature. Beginning in 1927 with her first books, Skipping Village and Jack Horner's Pie: A Book of Nursery Rhymes, Lenski published 98 books, including several posthumously. Her work includes children's picture books and illustrated chapter books, songbooks, poetry, short stories, her 1972 autobiography, Journey into Childhood, and essays about books and children's literature. Her best-known bodies of work include the "Mr.

Born

1893

October 14

Died

1974

Era

1890s

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1974 Died

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The world in 1974

When Lois departed

april 1 The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
april 22 Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board.
april 25 Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime.
april 27 One hundred nine people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport.

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