Henner's Lydia is a 1936 children's story book written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli

Marguerite de Angeli

Marguerite de Angeli was a bestselling author and illustrator of children's books including the 1950 Newbery Award winning book The Door in the Wall...

, winner of the Newbery Medal

Newbery Medal

The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ...

 for excellence in American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 children's literature

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 for another book, her 1950 The Door in the Wall

The Door in the Wall

The Door in the Wall is a 1949 novel by Marguerite de Angeli that received the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1950.-Plot summary:...

. Henner's Lydia is a story about a young Amish

Amish

The Amish , sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches...

 girl named Lydia Stoltzfus and her "Pop" Henner, or Henry. The story is set in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010 the population was 519,445. Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the...

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The landscape portrayed in the author's illustrated end papers of the book can be easily discerned the real landscape today, but for the movement of the location of a small stone quarry in the illustration, probably for artistic balance. Many of illustrations in the book were sketched by the author at the site of the little red schoolhouse that still stands at the intersection of PA route 23 and Red Schoolhouse Road west of Morgantown, Pennsylvania

Morgantown, Pennsylvania

Morgantown is a populated place in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States with a zip code of 19543. It is at an elevation of 597 ft at 40° 9' 18"N and 75°53' 23"W.-General History:...

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