This Generous Earth - Graphic Novella

When a boy is born from a flower, he finds himself alone in a world of abundance. Freedom and joy abound but soon become repetitive and boring. How might the boy find meaning in this world?

A gently philosophical all ages graphic novella by critically-acclaimed storyteller and artist, Matt Shanks. An exploration of the human story of separation from nature, and how we might best spend our short time on this Earth.

For more information, including spreads, visit Matt's website.

What do you get?

Sample pages from This Generous Earth – 12 and 13

This Generous Earth is a 49-page graphic short story delivered in PDF format.

It is created by Matt Shanks, critically acclaimed and internationally published author/illustrator from Melbourne, Australia. This is an all-ages story, but kids younger than 7 years old may need some light assistance with language.

All proceeds from the sale of This Generous Earth will support literacy education access for disadvantaged children via the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation.

All proceeds go to the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation

A note from the author

As someone who was gifted generous parents, given a good education, and provided with the opportunity to flourish, my work aims to help give provide access to those opportunities to those who weren't as lucky as me.

Literacy is, at its most fundamental, a privilege. If you’re able to read this, you've got that privilege. But some of us don't get that opportunity because of where we’re born or to whom we’re born. It’s not that they didn’t work hard; it's simply through circumstance.

I hope This Generous Earth gives some of us who are lucky enough to pay for and read a visual story, to help those who can’t in the hope that one day, they may be able to.

Refund Policy
There are no refunds provided for this PDF. The PDF comes as is and has been designed to work with Adobe Acrobat 11.0 and later. If you cannot access or open this PDF for some reason, please email me and I will do what I can to ensure you can access it.