Strawberry Girl
by Lois Lenski
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ Included
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Lenski, Lois. Strawberry Girl. Copyright 1945, by Lois Lenski. Stated Fifteenth Printing. Published by J.B. Lippincott. Illustrated by the author. EXLIB. VG Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Green boards. Gold titling and ornamentation. Green and red strawberry motif endpapers. 194 pages. 6 5/8 X 8 3/4. CHILDRENS BOOK. Summary: "Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven′t even begun their planting. "Don′t count your biddies ′fore they′re hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her. Making the new farm prosper is not easy."
Extended Description and Notes
Lenski, Lois. Strawberry Girl. Copyright 1945, by Lois Lenski. Stated Fifteenth Printing. Published by J.B. Lippincott. Illustrated by the author. EXLIB. VG Condition/ No Dust Jacket.
Synopsis
Strawberry Girl is a Newbery medal winning novel written and illustrated by Lois Lenski. It was first published in 1945. Set in the U.S. state of Florida in the early 20th century, the story deals with two families, the Boyers and the Slaters. The Boyers move to Florida to raise strawberries. They come into conflict with their new neighbors, the Slaters, who raise cattle and let their animals roam loose.
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- Seller
- Mary Riversong Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 226LenskiBerry
- Title
- Strawberry Girl
- Author
- Lois Lenski
- Illustrator
- Lois Lenski
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifteenth Printing
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 194
- Size
- 6 3/4 X 8 3/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Birdie Boyd, Exlib, Florida, Garden, Backwoods, Pioneer, Settler, Homestead
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Historical Fiction; 20th Century Literature; Children's Illustrated Books; Young Adult; Western Fiction;
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