Name: Great Homeschool Conventions (Columbus)
Start: 2025-04-24T00:00:00-05:00
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Tagged: Lois Lenski

This topic has 9 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 3 months ago by Bookworm.

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November 17, 2014 at 10:27 pm
rutsgal
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We just finished reading Strawberry girl as a family. What an amazing book ! It has become one of our favorites now. The other day I caught my kids talking like Birdie with her southern drawl and my son acting like Shoestring. Priceless ! And the ending was so uplifting . My son’s reaction was ” WOW ! Sam Slater was mean and nasty for 13 whole chapters, but God softened his heart for the last two chapters!! ” I could see them beginning to understand and grasp how redemptive and life changing HIS Love is for us 🙂
If you haven’t read this book yet , I recommend it !! . My kids would beg for another chapter.
We would like to read more Lois Lenski books ! I was contemplating reading “Flood Friday” next. Do any of you ladies have any Lois Lenski suggestions? Any other ones you have read that you could recommend?
Thanks in advance !
Jamie
November 18, 2014 at 12:33 am
missceegee
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Indian Captive is good. As are her picture books. We loved Strawberry Girl, too. I used my thick SC accent and the kids just loved it more.
November 18, 2014 at 2:10 am
Angelina
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Ditto on what’s being said above on Strawberry Girl. We also have Indian Captive (amazing), and Houseboat Girl (if I am remembering the title correctly) and my boys have loved them all (though I confess I have not read them personally -only skimmed and listened to narrations). We have several others. Bottom line is that my boys are now making lists of the Lois Lenski books that we DON’T have to make sure they will be on our next “to buy” list, LOL! That is a good sign, indeed!
November 18, 2014 at 2:47 am
BlessedMommy
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What ages are the books good for?
November 18, 2014 at 4:13 am
rutsgal
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Blessed mommy my kiddos are 6.5 & 8 . Not sure what the actual target age is , but it was fine for my two. Hope this helps .
Jamie
November 18, 2014 at 4:15 am
rutsgal
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Oh and thanks ladies for the suggestions 🙂 I forgot that Indian captive was written by her ! I will add it to our list !
Jamie
November 18, 2014 at 11:36 am
Melanie32
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We read all the Lois Lenski books at our local library and loved them all! Here’s a list of the ones I can remember:
Shoofly Girl-about a young amish girl
Prairie School
Indian Captive
Judy’s Journey
Flood Friday
Cotton In My Sack
Berries In The Scoop
I wish we could have read more. I always thought about writing a geography curriculum that revolved around Lenski’s books. 🙂

November 18, 2014 at 2:56 pm
Sue
Participant
Speaking of geography, I wonder if Google Lit Trips has any of her books on their site. If I have time a little later, I’ll check that out & post about it.
November 18, 2014 at 8:04 pm
Angelina
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My children were more 9+ with these books.
November 19, 2014 at 12:17 pm
Bookworm
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The very first book I checked out of the library with my own card the day I turned five years old—Indian Captive. 🙂 Love these. My kids liked them best around 7-8. They especially liked Corn-Farm Boy.