Prairie School

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Its the worst blizzard in fifty years! Delores is very ill, but theres no way to get through the snow. How long will she be stranded at school
Out on the South Dakota prairie, the winters are fierce. This storm is the worst one yet: Its below freezing outside, and the winds are howling. All of the other kids have gone home, but Deloress family cant get to her, so she has to stay at the school. Between a fuel shortage and having to boil snow for drinking water, its been hard for both Delores and her teacher, Miss Martin. Now Delores is very ill. How will Miss Martin get her to the doctor in all this snowPrairie School was inspired by letters from children at a real South Dakota prairie school, which Lenski then visited during the severe blizzards of the winter of 1950.

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Miss Lenskis real understanding of her prairie children makes this another distinguished . . . regional story. The Horn Book Magazine

Author Bio

Born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1893, Lois Lenski achieved acclaim as both an author and illustrator of childrens literature. For her Regional America series, Lenski traveled to each of the places that became a subject of one of her books. She did meticulous research and spoke with children and adults in the various regions to create stories depicting the lives of the inhabitants of those areas. Her novel of Florida farm life, Strawberry Girl, won the Newbery Award in 1946. She also received a Newbery Honor in 1942 for Indian Captive, a fictionalized account of the life of Mary Jemison. Lenski died in 1974.