Strawberry Girl

Fan Letter From Child

Letter from Beverly King, 4035 S, Harrison Blvd. Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dated March 22, 1947.

"Dear Miss Lenski, I have read some of your books. I…

Photograph of Birdie Boyer

While researching for Strawberry Girl, Lois Lenski met this girl shown here in the above photograph. She was the inspiration for the main character,…

Photograph of Live Oak Tree

This photograph was taken In Florida by Lois Lenski while researching for Strawberry Girl. It shows a large live oak tree covered in Spanish moss and…

Photograph of a Florida Cracker Home

A photograph taken of a cracker log house in Florida while Lois Lenski was researching for Strawberry Girl. This house shows a typical Florida cracker…

Rough sketch of Characters Working in the Fields

This rough sketch shows various figures including women, men, and children. They all are helping pick in the fields or are watching. Many of the…

Sketch for Ch.9 of Strawberry Girl

Here is a full-page, detailed sketch that Lenski intended to use in Chapter 9 of Strawberry Girl. We see Birdie and her family working in the fields…

Original Illustration from Strawberry Girl - Page 142

The original pencil illustration for page 142 of Strawberry Girl, dated 1945.

Original Illustration from Strawberry Girl - Page 39

This is the original illustration for page 39 of Strawberry Girl, showing the Boyer family. The illustration is dated 1945.

Picture Map of Florida

Map of Florida, the setting for Strawberry Girl. Lenski's regional books had maps in the cover, drawn by Lenski, giving her readers a visual of the…

Strawberry Girl Book Cover

Cover of Lois Lenski's book Strawberry Girl, first published in 1945.