We Live in the Country

Back inside cover from We Live in the Country, originally published in 1960.

As part of her Round-a-bout America books, Lenski compiles stories about life in rural America. We Live in the Country was originally published in 1960.

This is a print of one of Lois Lenski's illustrations from her book We Live in the Country.

Back inside cover from We Live in the Country, originally published in 1960.

Lois Lenski wrote We Live in the Country in 1960. It is set in Connecticut, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. It is part of her Roundabout series for a younger audience. Lenski shows the rural life of four children in four different states in this charming book. Cathy lives on a New England chicken farm, Jinny on a cotton farm, Rosita, a lamb farm, and Jesse on a lumber farm.