Best Selling Books by Lois Lenski

A boy and his grandpa hope to strike oil in drought-ridden Oklahoma It''s hot in Oklahoma. There''s no wind, the wells are dry, and the ground is dead. Orvie''s family is doing everything they can to keep their farm going. If they miss a payment on the mortgage, the bank will take their home away, and they''ll have nowhere else to go. Farming is tough, honest work, and it''s no way to get rich. For years, Orvie''s grandfather has sworn that there''s oil under their land, and as soon as it starts bubbling up, they''ll have more money than they know what to do with. But when the oil boom sweeps across Oklahoma, Orvie will find there are some problems that money can''t solve. This rich portrait of life during the Oklahoma oil boom provides a lovingly detailed look at a forgotten time in history.

Describes the life of an Amish family in Pennsylvania.

Davy has a busy day playing, helping his mother, taking a bath, and reading a book.

Relates the lives and stories of children on live close to great rivers.

A song about a family and their house, with short verses and illustrations telling about the many rooms of the house and the people who come to visit, such as the milkman, mailman, and others.

Ideal for half-pint hands to hold and learn all about dairy farming!

A song for a boy and a song for a girl, each with short verses and illustrations telling the many things they might be when they grow up.

Davy''s dog Spot spends a day at school.

Tells a story about the life of children and adults in the Puritan settlements ten years after the Puritans landed.

A poem describing spring and what the children do when it comes.

Kayla and her family and neighbors work in the cranberry bogs of Cape Cod in this story of hardworking immigrants and the backbreaking work they do.

Davy washes his dog, Spot, who runs after a cat, gets scratched, and then plays hide and seek with Davy and his friends.

Molly, Polly, and Peter play house, dress up, go to the store, and play doctor for all their dolls and animals.