Word: lenski
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Lois Lenski, 80, illustrator and author of more than 50 children's books (Strawberry Girl, Judy's Journey); in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Lenski's well-researched tales of children in a variety of environments earned her a Newberry Medal in 1946 and top honors from the Child Study Association of America a year later. "Through movies, mass magazines and radio," she once said, "we get the idea that we all live alike. But it's not true at all. This is what I'm showing the children...