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Spectacular Sparrow is a storybook about the day a brave little sparrow stood against a menacing crow.

Written and illustrated by me, it’s loosely based upon a sight I saw as a kid: a lone magpie surrounded by a frenzy of sparrows.
 

 

I woke up one day and decided to make a storybook.

After returning from a month-long trip to Japan in the middle of 2012, I realised I hadn’t made anything for myself in a while. There was also the urge to make some sort of storybook too. So I woke up one day and decided to make just that!

Putting it together has been fun: from agonising over tiny details in the writing (like rhymes, bro), to developing a new sparrow design halfway through because the old one was lacking in soul. But in the end it was all worth it seeing it come together!

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Download now

Apple iBooks version

The original and recommended version (you’d be notified of updates too). You’ll need iBooks on your Apple device though.

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PDF version

Viewable on most modern computers and devices. Yay!

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Why no EPUB format? Picture books don’t format well in EPUB. See example here from Smashing Magazine.

 
 

What People Are Saying

“OhHhH HOW CUTE!@!!!!!
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahahahahaha
thats so cute Man”

— My girlfriend

“Beautiful work J”
— A friend

“I like your book Johnny”
— Another friend

 

“I read it to my kids!”
— A colleague

“I don’t get it.”
— Another friend

“… I’m speechless”
— I wished Neil Gaiman would say