PROJECT DOSSIER // PURPLE INKWELL STUDIOS
Ladybird Jenkins
and the Time Thieves
A creator-owned middle-grade science-fantasy world built across novel, Adventure Box, Digital Academy, and story-based learning.
FILE 001 // THE PROJECT
The foundation has already been built.
Ladybird Jenkins began as a middle-grade science-fantasy novel and has grown into an immersive story world with physical Adventure Boxes, digital learning pathways, visual development, classroom-ready missions, and community collaboration.
This dossier presents the project as it exists now: a completed foundation in active beta, ready for the right publishing, educational, production, and licensing conversations.
MISSION SIGNAL // WHY IT MATTERS
In a world stabilized by control, the most dangerous act is awareness.
Ladybird Jenkins is built around a simple but urgent idea: young readers need stories that help them question what they see, protect what is true, and understand how memory, media, technology, and power shape the world around them.
The Indovian Academy is not just a fantasy setting. It is a story engine for curiosity, discernment, creative confidence, emotional reflection, and collaborative problem-solving.
Novel
Completed manuscript and flagship story world.
Adventure Box
Physical prototype with artifacts, missions, stickers, cards, and story materials.
Digital Academy
Online learning world with Cyber Department, Story Lab, Character Creation, and The Ninth Bell.
Community
Developed with support from Made for Geeks by Geeks and Hive members Nathan Taulbee and Noah Thomas.
FILE 002 // THE EXPERIENCE
The Adventure Box
The Adventure Box turns the story into something readers can hold. Each object is designed as evidence from inside the world: a clue, a mission, a relic, a record, or a creative invitation.
The box is not merchandise. It is part of the storytelling system.
FILE 003 // LONG-RANGE STORY ARC
The Five-Book Signal
The first book opens the door, but the larger series expands into memory, identity, legacy, secrecy, and the question of who gets to decide what survives.
Time Thieves
Memory, misinformation, and team formation.
Prism Paradox
Dual timelines and unstable identity.
Echoes Tomorrow
Legacy, consequence, and future pressure.
Vault Shadows
Institutional secrecy and betrayal.
Spiral Hourglass
Memory, sacrifice, and authorship.
FILE 004 // THE DIGITAL ACADEMY
The World Continues Online
The Indovian Academy is being built as a connected digital experience with cybersecurity missions, character creation, book club materials, story prompts, and creative learning pathways.
Story Lab
Creative lessons, writing prompts, story-world activities, and digital course assets connected to the Academy.
Cyber Dept.
Media literacy, digital safety, and cyber citizenship through story-based missions.
Character Studio
Design heroes, explore archetypes, build character files, and understand self through story.
Ninth Bell
A monthly story signal for readers, discussion, hidden clues, and community connection.
ACADEMY PHOTOS // VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
Academy Photos
A visual record of the artwork, prototypes, process images, comic pages, and story-world materials connected to the Ladybird Jenkins project.
FILE 005 // STORY-BASED LEARNING
Built for creative learning.
Media Literacy
Students practice noticing signals, questioning sources, and thinking before reacting.
Story Tools
Characters, missions, clues, and artifacts turn abstract ideas into memorable experiences.
Access Points
Visual, written, tactile, and discussion-based pathways support different kinds of learners.
Reflection
The work invites emotional awareness, collaboration, communication, and creative confidence.
FILE 006 // PROTOTYPE EVIDENCE
The box exists in physical form.
FILE 007 // NEXT STAGE
What the project is ready for now.
Publishing
Representation, editorial development, and long-term publishing strategy.
Education
Schools, libraries, museums, and story-driven learning partners.
Production
Small-batch manufacturing and Adventure Box production systems.
Licensing
Graphic novels, animation, games, workshops, and creator-owned media pathways.
LEARN MORE ABOUT
Project Partners
Purple Inkwell Studios // Original Worlds
One doorway is only the beginning.
Purple Inkwell Studios is home to a growing collection of original manuscripts, illustrated worlds, and genre-driven story universes.
Beyond Ladybird Jenkins, the studio archive includes strange towns, hidden systems, haunted memories, impossible academies, and stories designed to live beyond the page.
View Manuscripts + Worlds