Charming Small 1840s Cloth Covered Scrapbook/Ledger folk art penguin Hard to beat the bright

Hard to beat the bright orange

The longest side measures 9 3/8" long and it measures about 7 1/2" across

and I'd guess a fair amount of dancing

where it seems there was once a sticker

Just lovely things

Charming Small 1840s Cloth Covered Scrapbook/Ledger folk art penguin Hard to beat the brightA very sweet little thing, it appears this notebook was first used for recording expenses, then repurposed (possibly recovered at that point in this charming woven plaid fabric with separate strip covering the spine) as a scrapbook for assorted clippings. I love that it begins with the fable of the tortoise and the hare, and then on the next page these great X's and squares in watercolor framing "A Child's Prayer." The remaining clippings are quite