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Octob er 5, 1943 Miss Lois Lensk i Green acres R. F. D. 2

Torri ngton , Conn ecticu t Dear Miss Lensk i: It is not often that our libra ry mail bring s such a delig htful surpr ise as it did today . Your lette r, offer ing us some of the charm ing illus trati from A NAME FOR OBED, is unusu al good fortu ne. To ons you, and to Miss Phill ips, our thank s are due. vVe can prom ise you that we will have the drawi ngs frame d, and that we will not file them away in a cabin et or pictu re colle ction , but will hang them where they may be enjoy ed not only by child ren, bu~ also by their elder s! Our work is not so direc tly with child ren as that of publi c libra ries; that is, child ren do not frequ ent our rooms . Our trave ling libra ries r~ach peopl e all over the stat& s and at vario us times we send out exhib it mate rial, as, for insta nce, for the appro achin g Book Week. If it would meet with your appro val, we could also, upon occas ion and to libra ries which we know would appre ciate and featu re such lovel y pictu res, send the drawi ngs as part an exhib it. At other times , they would hang in of the State Libra ry, in a group , bring ing their light ness of spiri t to some spot where patro ns would be certa in to see and enjoy them.

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