The Notebook Valois and The Gorilla Who Wanted

and The Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up

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which includes over 600 illustrations by Maite Lafuente

From the #1 New York Times bestselling children's book creator Matthew Van Fleet

The Notebook Valois and The Gorilla Who WantedA man with a faded, well worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. Until he begins to read to her. THE NOTEBOOK is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love, a story of miracles that will stay with you forever. Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner recently returned from the Second World War. Noah