"The Russians and their American hosts visited many libraries in the New York area during the week of their stay. When visiting the White Plains Public Library, the Russian delegation found the Mayor of White Plains, Joseph Delfino, equally enchanted with his gift, a set of Matrioshka dolls, with one for each of the librarians and the largest one for Your Honor. The Mayor encouraged the librarians to see White Plains, New York, as a sister city to each of their cities far away."
"The group posed outside the library meeting room, and Sylvester got in on the act."
"The playful mood continued throughout the day, in the children's rooms of both the White Plains Public Library and the Yonkers Public Library, Riverfront Branch. Indeed Russian librarian delegations all over the country were particularly drawn to the warmth of the children's rooms they found in American public libraries."
"For Yelena Rzhevskaya, a top-level administrator at the Children's Library in Krasnodar, meeting the patrons in the children's room gave her a feeling that she was home."
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