A few years after starting The Little English Library (TLEL) project, I came across an article on a project called REALBOOK which Opal Dunn started in the end 90s. I was ever so impressed and it felt like this project was the predecessor of TLEL project. So you can imagine my surprise when I was introduced to Opal just a few days ago in Brighton at the IATEFL 2018 conference. What a great joy & honour to meet her in person. Tatia