Davida Perley's Handmade Kindergarten Booklet with Penmanship and Assorted Treats antique folk art log cabin making it a bit challenging

making it a bit challenging to read

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

I learned about the existence of Russian prison playing cards from Eric Oglander at tihngs

I just learned from an Instagram friend that this carefully drawn bug is in fact a louse

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

Davida Perley's Handmade Kindergarten Booklet with Penmanship and Assorted Treats antique folk art log cabin making it a bit challengingA 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