🐻Care
focal character — a shared breakfast
illustration by the human illustrator
illustration by the human illustrator
“There was a boy who didn’t know anyone yet. Now he does. That’s the whole postcard.”
A gentle procedural about hospitality
Six curious critters who collect friendships, one invitation at a time.
Hopefully Friendships is a picture-book world about the joy of being welcomed. Finn, Bea, Olive, Pip, Otto, and Sumi never arrive uninvited — a friend writes, they go, they help with something small and real, and each of them sends a postcard home.
The postcard is how they write home
One visit, one line, the whole friendship
Every design is a postcard: one of the Six doing their kind of curious, in a place a friend invited them — plus a stamp, a postmark, a location and a date, and one line that carries the whole visit. Each card stands alone. Together they tell a larger story.
🦊Discover
focal character — the top terrace at last light
illustration by the human illustrator
illustration by the human illustrator
“She said don’t bother with the top terrace. Best bother of the whole valley.”
🦉Understand
focal character — the seed stall on the ninth step
illustration by the human illustrator
illustration by the human illustrator
“Ask a seed seller why the top drawer’s beans, and you’ll be there an hour, happily.”
🐼Notice
focal character — the quiet water off the bow
illustration by the human illustrator
illustration by the human illustrator
“The water wasn’t empty. Just quiet. Silver threads strung along the eelgrass, waiting to be seen.”
The Clubhouse
A slowly-filling museum of friendships
Home is a big table where a place is always set. Every time the Six come back, they empty their pockets one at a time — a pebble, a recipe, a tiny bell — and someone asks the question: “What surprised you?”
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Meet the Six
Each one collects a different kind of moment
The animal marks above are provisional placeholders — the characters themselves will be drawn by a human illustrator.