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Lynette Parsons

Wonderful, beautiful illustrated to engage imagination.

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Noor
Brilliant

Already recommended to many friends as a ‘must have’ in their homes. Creative, with great illustrations.

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Antoinette Mullins
Story inspo

Love how it gives us ideas for being spontaneous and creative. My 4 year old and 11 year old both love it. Thank you!

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Lucy
Story Sparks by Mark Cunich leads to creative storytelling for bedtime and beyond!

As a parent, I’m always looking for ways to make bedtime stories more engaging—and this clever book does exactly that. With mix-and-match characters, settings and scenarios, children can create endless combinations of fun, wacky or adventurous tales. The sentence starters and scenario prompts give you just enough of a springboard to launch into a story, while the vibrant visuals mean even children who aren’t reading yet can jump in with their own ideas.

It’s not just about entertainment—Story Sparks builds connection between caregiver and child, expands vocabulary, and gently teaches the building blocks of narrative structure.

As a teacher and writing tutor I’m always looking for books that show a clear narrative structure, Teachers will love it for inspiring creative writing in the classroom. It gives clear examples of character and setting with scenarios for developing plot.

Whether you’re winding down for sleep or sparking ideas for a writing lesson, this book turns storytelling into a shared adventure.

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Kerrie Waters
This book was better than i expected. It is so lovely and there are so many stories to tell.

Thankyou for creating this.

How It Works


Turn the pages to create your own unique combination of Character, Location and Scenario.

In the below example, you can start a story about a pirate at a playground who is lost.
The book includes prompts that can help you if you get stuck.

Characters

Interesting and entertaining characters like this laughing pirate will take you on a great adventure

Locations

Locations like this park are familiar and relatable, making the perfect place to start a story

Scenarios

Fun scenarios like getting lost, will provide interesting plot lines to start your bedtime story

Try It Out

Click and drag to swipe between a combination of Characters + Locations +Scenarios to see what fabulous story you can come up with

About the Author

When Mark Cunich’s first child was born, he became a stay-at-home dad with aspirations of telling imaginative bedtime stories. However, he quickly realized that his newfound levels of exhaustion were restricting his creativity, making it difficult to find the inspiration at the end of the day. So, he began writing Story Sparks to make bedtime storytelling easy and fun.

As a child, Mark himself struggled with reading, and bedtime stories became a battle for Mark and his parents. It is his hope now that Story Sparks will help children fall in love with stories and take away some of the pressures that children can face around that storytelling time, due to varying reading abilities. This time before bed is a such a precious moment between a caregiver and a child. Story Sparks takes it to a new level, making it collaborative and allowing both adult and child to share in each other’s creativity.

Before becoming an author, Mark worked as an accountant, a profession he found to be lacking creativity. Initially, the idea of using his imagination to create bedtime stories felt daunting. However, as he created Story Sparks, the process became effortless, and helped Mark rediscover the creativity within him. It also helped him to uncover just how creative his own child could be!

Today, bedtime stories are a treasured part of his family's routine.

Published by Wilkinson Publishing