Lois Lenski

Mary Jemison has been captured by a Shawnee war party! How will she survive? When twelve-year-old Mary Jemison and her family are captured by Shawnee raiders, she's sure they'll all be killed. Instead, Mary is separated from her siblings and traded to two Seneca sisters, who adopt her and make her one of their own. Mary misses her home, but the tribe is kind to her. She learns to plant crops, make clay pots, and sew moccasins, just as the other members...

A story about the students and teachers of a one-room school house in South Dakota during the late 1940's.

Patsy spends a summer floating down the Mississippi river with her family on their houseboat.

Engineer Small takes the little train on its run from Tinytown to the big city, passing farms, traveling over a bridge, and going though a tunnel along the way.

Captain Small goes sailing, fishes from his boat, goes for an unexpected swim, and braves a storm on the way home.

Captain Small goes sailing, fishes from his boat, goes for an unexpected swim, and braves a storm on the way home.

A poem and illustrations celebrating aspects of fall--raking leaves, collecting nuts, returning to school, and celebrating Halloween.

Short verses and pictures illustrate the familiar arrival of spring.

Describes the many daily duties of a corner traffic cop.

Mr. Small has a little red auto. The story and pictures show Mr. Small taking care of this little auto.