Lois Lenski

Ten-year-old Birdie can not wait to pick the strawberries her family has planted at their new home in the Florida backwoods.

Throughout the year Farmer Small does many chores from morning until night.

This story tells all about Mr. Small and his little red auto, how he keeps it shining, how he rides out in it, how he fills it with gas, how he stops for red light signs, and how he parks it. In fact it tells everything about a little auto that very young boys and girls want to know --Dust jacket.

A young girl grows up in the sooty shadow of the coal mines of West Virginia. When the whistle blows, Christina knows her father is coming home. Every day he emerges from the pit with his skin caked in coal dust. He's 50 now and he's been working in the mines since he was 12 years old. It's dangerous, backbreaking labor, but he does it because he loves his family. As far as Christina is concerned, there is no job in the world more honorable than digging...

Engineer Small at the throttle takes the little train on its run from Tiny Town to the big city.

The entire ranch is thirsty-will the rains ever come? Tomboy Charlie loves the ranch and the outdoors, especially now that she has a horse of her own and can ride like a true cowboy. She doesn't understand why her mother keeps after her to help out in the house, too. But ranch life is hard, especially when there's a drought. There isn't enough water for the crops or cattle, and horrible dust storms sweep away the soil. If it doesn't rain soon, her...

Fireman Small and his little fire engine answer a call, rescue a little girl, and save a house from burning down.

After Tacy Kelly moves into the house across the street from Betsy Ray, the five-year-olds become inseparable friends.

Ann Eliza takes very good care of the farmyard animals so, despite the grumbling of Graybeard the Goat and the bragging of White Rabbit, they work together to make a very nice Easter for her.