Lenski quickly became popular and produced at least one book a year for the next forty years. In the 1940s ill health and an aversion to cold weather forced her and her family to winter in the South. The story is based on the sight of families with children working in the strawberry fields outside Plant City and Lakeland, Florida, and the Cracker life they led. In 1951 Lois Lenski built a house in Florida and made it her permanent home in 1964. She died in Florida in 1974.
Spring is Here.
In pen and ink. Original Illustration from Spring is Here. Signed by Lois Lenski. Published by Oxford University Press in 1945. Songs of Mr. Small.