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. Small" series of picture books (1934–62); her "Historical" series of novels, including the Newbery Honor-winning titles Phebe Fairchild: Her Book (1936) and Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison (1941); and her "Regional" series, including Newbery Medal-winning Strawberry Girl (1945) and Children's Book Award-winning Judy's Journey (1947).

14 October 1893

Born on the same birth date (14 October 1893): Lillian Gish

Born on the same birth day (14 October): A. J. Pero • Bernd Rosemeyer • Chris Thomas King • Dave Schultz (ice hockey) • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Ernest Günther I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg • Joyce Bryant • Matt Roth (American football) • Natalie Maines • Preston King (politician) • Pär Zetterberg • Saeed Ajmal

Born in the same month (October 1893): Alice Dalgliesh • Carol II of Romania • Charley Chase • Christopher Kelk Ingold • Clarence Williams (musician) • Cliff Friend • Ernst Öpik • George Ohsawa • Ip Man • Kurt Reidemeister • Leroy Shield • Lillian Gish • Luis Otero (footballer) • Meghnad Saha • Miloš Crnjanski • Mário de Andrade • Raffaele Bendandi • Roland Freisler • Sidney Holland • Velvalee Dickinson