Naoko Stoop's illustrations are lovingly reproduced here for our QuickNotes. A collection of sweetly rendered collages with natural materials mixed with light watercolours and hand-drawn lines. She represents the natural world with a sweet sentimental style. 20 full colour notecards. 5 each of 4 designs. 20 classic white envelopes. Our beautiful keepsake box is useful after the cards are gone. Magnetic flip-top closure. We choose the best images from well-known classic and contemporary fine artists, plus talented emerging illustrators and designers from around the globe. Naoko Stoop's love of drawing began when she was a young child growing up in Japan. Naoko now lives and creates in Brooklyn, New York. She uses found materials including plywood and brown paper bags as her canvas.

I drew a heart, and another one after... The hearts filled the pages, spilled over the edges, all these hearts that were in no way the same... A little boy spends the day drawing hearts-wavy hearts, wiggly hearts, wide hearts and tiny hearts, broken hearts and polka-dotted hearts-and each heart a reminder of a favourite memory: dancing, kite flying, first steps, and more. This poignant and lyrical book with vibrant illustrations celebrates a multigenerational family, creativity, and love.

Kaavan grew up in captivity in a Pakistani zoo. For years, he lived in poor conditions with only one friend, an elephant named Saheli. After Saheli died, Kaavan was overcome by grief and his health worsened. When animal rights activists around the world were alerted to Kaavan's deteriorating condition, Dr. Amir Khalil visited the elephant to see what could be done. Thanks to the virality of Kaavan's story-and with the publicity and fundraising efforts of pop culture icon Cher-Dr. Khalil was able to orchestrate moving Kaavan to the Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary, where he now lives with other elephants. Because of the care and help of so many, Kaavan is no longer the world's loneliest elephant. And that is the best news of all.

This deeply emotional read-aloud about a lost wolf pup who is raised by a loving polar bear is sure to resonate with families – particularly non-traditional ones.

You are not my mother, said the wolf pup.

I am not your mother, said the polar bear, but I can cuddle you and keep you safe.

Here is a picture book that celebrates differences and promotes kindness , sure to resonate with the many fans of the beloved classic, Mama Do You Love Me? During the ice melt that follows an Arctic winter, a wolf cub finds himself spinning out to sea on a sheet of ice. He awakes lost and alone to an unfamiliar smell: a polar bear. And while the polar bear is not the wolf's mother, she takes him on her back to her den, where she feeds him, keeps him warm, and does everything a mother would do. Time passes, the cub grows into a wolf, and soon it's time for him to venture out into the wide world alone. Years later, the now grown wolf comes upon a tiny lost polar bear cub--and the cycle begins again. With poetic prose this beautiful picture book about the love and kindness of a stranger is sure to touch a deep chord, particularly with parents and children who have found each other in unexpected ways.