Each of the seventeen regional books by Lenski focuses on a young person.

Lenski visited every region about which she planned to write, and patterned her characters and their actions after real life. Joanda Hutley of Cotton in My Sack and Felix of San Francisco Boy resemble Birdie Boyer in that they are particularly well-drawn, insightful characters.

Strawberry Girl was produced as a filmstrip with record by Miller-Brody Productions in 1973.