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Lois Lenore Lenski Covey (October 14, 1893 – September 11, 1974) was a Newbery Medal -winning author and illustrator of picture books and children's literature. [ 1][ 2] 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.
Aug 20, 2022 · Upon returning to the U.S., Lenski married Arthur Covey, who had been one of her instructors during a brief sojourn at a school for industrial arts. A muralist, he was a widower with two children when the couple married in 1921. The couple settled in Connecticut had one son of their own.
In the early 1940s Lenski, who suffered from periodic bouts of ill-health, was told by her doctor that she needed to spend the winter months in a warmer climate than her Connecticut home. As a result, Lenski and her husband Arthur Covey traveled south each fall.
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Dec 8, 2017 · During a career that spanned fifty years, she illustrated some 50 books of other writers including Kenneth Grahame, Veronica Hutchinson, Hugh Lofting, Maud Hart Lovelace, and others. In 1921, she married Arthur S. Covey, a former teacher of hers who became well known as a painter and muralist.
In the early 1940s Lenski, who suffered from periodic bouts of ill-health, was told by her doctor that she needed to spend the winter months in a warmer climate than her Connecticut home. As a result, Lenski and her husband Arthur Covey traveled south each fall.
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She met artist (and future husband) Arthur Convey in an illustration class, and used that connection to begin work on several murals. Her efforts eventually paid off, and in 1920, Lenski left the country to study in London and Italy. There she was hired to illustrate books for publisher John Lane.
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In the early 1940s Lenski, who suffered from periodic bouts of ill-health, was told by her doctor that she needed to spend the winter months in a warmer climate than her Connecticut home. As a result, Lenski and her husband Arthur Covey traveled south each fall.
