Life is bittersweet,
yet a feast.
A joyful indie project: three illustrated tales, forged with love to honour our collective human experience, embracing both our triumphs and our tears.
Forged with love, these works honour our collective human experience, embracing both our triumphs and our tears.
The act of creation brought Lockibire profound healing, and though these offerings may be modest, they bear a heartfelt blessing for you as you travel your own path through life.
Eight tales for the rocky road
Swim to the bottom of the ocean with Grandpa Turtle, fly into the realm of the Lockibirds, drift with the fallen Moon, and battle the Mischievous Pixie: eight unconventional tales of self-acceptance and quiet courage.
Three Books
Two illustrated picture books & one collection of tales.
with love
These publications were forged with love. We are now lovingly reforging these titles’ second editions, with substantial new art and revised text, and expect to have them ready for you by the end of 2026. Thank you for your patience. They will be worth the wait.
Author’sPick
Lockibird Once Told Me So
…and Seven Other Tales.
A collection of eight unconventional tales about overcoming adversities, accepting oneself, and, most importantly, regaining one’s power to bravely march forward. This adventure might be a rocky road, but who knows what painful yet shining treasures we will find on the way?
Find it on Amazon →*please see Lockibire’s note above
Botanic Fairies
Every teardrop forms a leaf in the fairy garden.
A little boy named Bubbles bursts into tears when he bumps his head jumping on his bed. But in his dreams that afternoon, he visits a fairy garden where all kinds of tears crystallize into richly colored leaves and the botanic fairies take care of every unique tear on the trees.
Wandering through this magical world teaches Bubbles that feelings are multilayered and beautifully mixed, and that complex feelings deepen our life experiences and make the fairy garden blossom.
Find it on Amazon →*please see Lockibire’s note above
Midmost Me
We are all work-in-progress, unique art pieces.
This is a story about Midy. She has a medium build, wears medium-sized clothes, and performs fairly in the middle in all aspects of life. She knows there is no need to constantly compare herself to the best or the worst. Being herself gives her the ability to make her own way in life and teaches her compassion for everyone, including herself!
Through this book, the author wants to remind readers that we deserve our kindness and compassion for ourselves because we are all work-in-progress, unique art pieces.
Find it on Amazon →*please see Lockibire’s note above
The name Lockibire is a tribute to two disparate roots, defining an existence caught in a ceaseless rhythm between bumping their head like the tethered lockibirds, and finding the profound, earthly solace of Bire while sipping the tavern’s gold.
Every page turned a little kindness outward.
As a beautiful extension of this journey, all revenue generated from these publications between January 7, 2023, and April 16, 2024, was donated in full to Children International.
Thank you so much for your support.