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…