Anna in Shelby County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Lois Lenski
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 7, 2010
1. Lois Lenski Marker (Side A)
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Acclaimed author and illustrator of juvenile literature Lois Lenski was born in Springfield in 1893, grew up in Anna, and graduated from Sidney High School. In 1915, Lenski graduated from The Ohio State University and moved to New York City to work and study art. After illustrating several children's books in the early 1920s, she began writing and illustrating her own stories. Lenski specialized in historical fiction and regional themes--eventually publishing nearly one hundred carefully-researched books.
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Two of Lenski's earliest books, Skipping Village (1927), and A Little Girl of 1900 (1928), drew upon childhood in Anna. Strawberry Girl (1945) won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association in 1946. Two of her other works, Phebe Fairchild: Her Book (1936) and Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison (1941) were named Newbery Honor Books. Bayou Suzette won the 1944 Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Award. Lois Lenski died at her home in Florida in 1974.
Erected 2003 by Ohio Bicentennial Commission, Shelby County Historical Society, Friends of Children's Literature, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 3-75.)
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Location. 40° 23.909′ N, 84° 10.593′ W. Marker is in Anna, Ohio, in Shelby County. It is on 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is at the Anna Community Branch Library. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 304 N 2nd Street, Anna OH 45302, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: SP 4 Lawrence D. Rickey (a few steps from this marker); The Old Anna School Bell (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Anna Town Hall (approx. Ό mile away); John W. Carey (approx. Ό mile away); The Site of the St. Jacob Lutheran Church and Cemetery (approx. 1.9 miles away); Wenger One Room School (approx. 2.6 miles away); Village of Rumley (approx. 3.7 miles away); Shelby County Veterans Who Died While Serving Their Country (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Anna.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 7, 2010
2. Lois Lenski Marker (Side B)
Also see . . . The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation. (Submitted on March 13, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 7, 2010
3. Illustration on Lois Lenski Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 7, 2010
4. Lois Lenski Marker
Anna Library in background.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 13, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,639 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 13, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
