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Got Shubi?

by Jeff and Kat Joyce

You may be wondering, who is Shubi? Kat and Jeff Joyce purchased a parakeet after one of our Pomeranians ate the one we had. When we brought him home, in the car, he was bobbing his head to the music, so Kat named him Shubi. We spent several months trying to get him to talk, but to no avail. We had a friends young daughter staying with us for the summer, and she spent every day talking to him. One day just before she went back home, Shubi started saying a couple of words over and over. Shortly thereafter his vocabulary started increasing at a phenomenal rate and we began to realize that we had a special birdie. He began to put sentences together. At first they were incoherent, but then they started to make sense. Shubi has given us years of non-stop entertainment as well as making others laugh. He truly is special, and amazing. Shubi Broom is the star of his very own children’s book, “The Amazing Shubi Bird”

Kat Joyce, the illustrator and author of “The Amazing Shubi Bird”, has led a life not envied by anyone. Severe asthma and knee surgeries took away a happy childhood, and as she became an adult, back surgery and cancer, as well as other health issues, hindered her happiness as well. She didn’t let these roadblocks stop her though. She attended college and received 2 degrees, one in Computer Operations, and one in Graphic Design Technology. Her disabilities kept her from getting a normal job, so she decided to illustrate a children’s book. This book contains all of her blood, sweat, and tears accumulated a total of three years, from conception to published work.

Like Shubi, Kat is truly “amazing”, and would like to invite you to see her work in print, or downloadable version at Shubi Room, or visit Shubi on his site on Ning.

Got Shubi? Check Shubi at his blog and meet the cast of “The Amazing Shubi Bird”

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