Original storytelling that blends humor, heart, and unexpected depth. Children's books, fiction, and philosophical work built around the idea that even the strangest subjects can reveal something meaningful.
Browse the CatalogFunky New Media is an independent publishing imprint focused on original storytelling that blends humor, heart, and unexpected depth. The imprint spans children's books, fiction, and philosophical work, all built around the idea that even the strangest or simplest subjects can reveal something meaningful about how the world works.
Its children's titles include Pikko and Pikka, its first publication, a story that gives a shout out to forgotten heroes, and the Funk the Duck series, which uses humor and curiosity to explore the natural world in playful, surprising ways. Across these books, the aim is to entertain and educate while sparking kindness, wonder, and fresh ways of seeing the world.
Funky New Media prioritizes creative freedom, originality, and direct connection with audiences. It values substance over polish, originality over trend chasing, and ideas that can travel.
Underlying it all is a deeper mission: to promote kindness, help let love rule, and contribute in some real way to a world that is wiser, kinder, and better to live in for everyone.
Whimsiverse
A story that gives a shout out to forgotten heroes. Two pigeons, one extraordinary day, and a reminder that the overlooked often carry the world.
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Whimsiverse
La historia más querida sobre palomas, ahora en español. Dos palomas, un día extraordinario, y un recordatorio de que los olvidados a menudo sostienen el mundo.
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Funk the Duck Series
A cheeky, laugh-out-loud picture book about a duck with manners and bad habits. Written in rhyming verse with a sharp twist and a gentle message about kindness.
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Funk the Duck Series
Humor meets natural science. Funk is back with surprising, laugh-worthy facts about how animals do their business. Educational, irreverent, and impossible to put down.
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