found: Her Pears on a willow tree, 1998:CIP t.p. (Leslie Pietrzyk; Alexandria, VA)
found: Her Maryland, 2000:t.p. (Leslie Pietrzyk) book t.p. (info. from Geneva Public Library, Geneva, Ill., Nov. 6, 2000: Leslie Rauth)
found: U.S. copyright file, Nov. 6, 2000(Pietrzyk, Leslie, 1961-)
found: Info. from author, July 10, 2001(prefers Pietrzyk; Rauth (her late husband's name) used in a single book to "separate my 'literary' self from the children's book and to honor him. I won't be writing under that name again--that was a one-time thing")