Davida Perley's Handmade Kindergarten Booklet with Penmanship and Assorted Treats candy mold Sound and sturdy

Sound and sturdy

and some toning and a couple of bit of old tape at top

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Davida Perley's Handmade Kindergarten Booklet with Penmanship and Assorted Treats candy mold Sound and sturdyA 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