Davida Perley's Handmade Kindergarten Booklet with Penmanship and Assorted Treats antique folk art log cabin Largest measures 2" tall

Largest measures 2" tall

Then a sliding slat on the recessed side with big carved heart

which is original to it

but the wood panel on the backside is easily removed to fill the frame with other things

Davida Perley's Handmade Kindergarten Booklet with Penmanship and Assorted Treats antique folk art log cabin Largest measures 2" tallA sweet thing, done by a Davida Perley, likely while in kindergarten, c. 1930s or so I think. To me there is a lot of poetry in the repetition of simple phases like "Dare to be true" and "The blue birds have come," written in a young hand trying hard to get the cursive right. Plus a Froebel paper weaving, great cutout bunny and bear and trees, and a few other little treats. 8 x 5 1 2". Pages and various cutouts all loose. I'd be disposed to pop "Dare