Mary Helen King's Wonderful "Hard Word Dictionary" with Hand-written Definitions and Drawings, 1940 test puzzle and clad in black and

and clad in black and red paint

And of course if you are lucky enough to have a chicken coop

and nice addition to any carved cast of characters

One or maybe two very minor glaze chips as documented

It appears they are wearing uniforms marked with an "H"--perhaps runners on a track team  taking their reward of an end of practice dip

Mary Helen King's Wonderful "Hard Word Dictionary" with Hand-written Definitions and Drawings, 1940 test puzzle and clad in black andThis one arrived in the mail when I really needed some cheering up, and a cheer up it delivered and continues to deliver every time I look at it. I wish I had the pleasure to know the Mary Helen King who created it how not to like a girl who took it upon herself to create a "Hard Word Dictionary"? And the fact that she was not a terribly accomplished draw er did not slow her down, except when it came to "Monkey," where, in lieu of an illustration, she