![]() Lois Lenski was trained in both education and art. Baby Small gets too loud and has to be taken out. ![]() All of the Smalls drive to the grocery store in their little auto on Saturday to buy groceries, and they all go to church together on Sunday. Papa Small likes to help around the house: putting up pictures, making repairs under the sink, and helping get lunch on the table on Sundays. All Smalls except Baby Small work together in the garden. Mama Small rests in a rocking chair on the front porch while Papa Small cuts the grass Papa Small rests in his easy chair while Mama Small gets dinner ready. We can learn a lot from the Small family. Here’s where we learn about the everyday family life of Papa Small, Mama Small, and their children the small Smalls. ![]() One of my favorite stories about the Smalls is Papa Small, published in 1951. That’s when I found an old copy of The Little Airplane at a garage sale. I actually had my first introduction to Lois Lenski when our first child John was just a baby. It is the story of a family of farm workers in Florida. ![]() ![]() I guess the most famous of Lenski’s regional books is Strawberry Girl, which won the Newbery Medal in 1946. That’s when I discovered old and frayed hardcover editons of Lois Lenski’s regional fiction books in the Urbana Free Library. One of my favorite memories of our homeschool years was the year we studied regions of America. ![]()
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