Read Series: American Regional
by Author Lois Lenski
Book
Corn Farm Boy (2015)
The story follows a young boy through one growing season on a corn farm in Iowa. Dick Hoffman loves to drive the new tractor and to care for the farm animals. A quaint depiction of the simple pleasures of farm life.
Book
Strawberry Girl (2005)
Strawberry Girl was the first novel I read by children’s book author and illustrator Lois Lenski (October 14, 1893 – September 11, 1974). I read the book in the fifth grade in secret, because with its pink cover, not to mention title, was girly. At the time, I was in the process of reading books ...