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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 family and home. It shows the lifestyle Birdie Boyer's family lived that was described in…

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 surrounded by palmetto plants. It exemplifies Florida nature and the inspirations that Lenski drew…

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

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 think they are so good that [I] am writing you. I wish to congradulate you on Strawberry Girl. I do…

This is a handwritten letter from a Strawberry Girl Fan on decorated stationary.