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

Customer Reviews

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Merrilee Frankish
Fabulous fun storytelling

Excellent, unique book, encouraging the shared activity of story making with young children. Three sections with multiple choices of: character, location and scenario are beautifully illustrated and written. It makes story telling a time of imagination, fun and exploration of many varied themes. The quality of the cardboard flip book is exceptional and the prompts are very clever. I have not seen a book like this before. The website StorySparksBook.com is a good resource. The aim is to make great stories with your young person, not just a book to read. This book makes caregivers think outside box and is creative learning at its best.

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Ian Hyman
Inspiring imagination

Our 4 yo grandson just loved the improvisation in this book. it is also beautifully illustrated. This one will be a generational book handed down to each of our children when they have families.

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I.W.
Game Changer

Our 3 year old is obsessed. It has really ignited her love of books and she is constantly asking to create stories, even when it’s not bed time. Biggest benefit is that it has completely replaced screen time 🙏

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Gill Young
Great source of story ideas

I was running out of story ideas other than Once upon a time. This book sparks the imagination for great stories. Perfect for toddlers and pre schoolers.

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Zoe Chave

I purchased this book for my daughter and she absolutely loves it! She took her copy to daycare to share with her friends, and it was a real hit! A wonderful way to ignite storytelling.