# Print the illustrated Nest Question

This English reading and colouring edition brings back the original flat illustrated pages, with the colour cover and an optional companion link on the back. The eight illustrated interiors are unchanged. Their earlier page numbers **8–15** remain part of the artwork. No gutter shadow, fold rule, crease, crop or stretch has been added.

The files are free. Paper, ink and any printing-service charge are separate. The book works on paper without an account, camera or internet connection.

Choose the download you need. The public English home-printing ZIP contains the English A4 booklet, optional activity sheets and instructions/notices. Larger A4 colouring sheets are a separate PDF download. A complete local print pack contains every format, including the prepared Chinese books. The minimal bilingual offline companion contains no PDFs or nested ZIPs: it includes text readers and a single artwork bundle that can save a complete illustrated HTML book offline. Download any prepared PDFs separately before going offline.

The prepared Simplified Chinese edition has **20 A5 pages**, pairing translated story and captions with the unchanged original English illustration pages. Its already arranged A4 booklet uses **ten sides on five duplex sheets**. Use `zh-Hans-PRINT-INSTRUCTIONS.md` for that edition; do not apply the English three-sheet count to it. The companion's saved illustrated HTML has its own 20-page layout and print controls, separate from these prepared PDFs.

## A book from three A4 sheets

Use **The-Nest-Question-Illustrated-A4-Booklet.pdf**. Its six landscape sides are already arranged to make a 12-page A5 book.

1. Choose A4 paper, landscape, all pages and **actual size / 100%**.
2. Choose double-sided printing and **flip on the short edge**.
3. Do not choose another Booklet, two-pages-per-sheet or multiple-pages setting. The pages are already arranged.
4. Test PDF sides 1 and 2 on one sheet first. Fold it. The outside should show the back cover and front cover; opening it should show permissions on the left and the last illustrated story page, marked 15, on the right. Both sides should be upright.
5. Print all six sides, keep the three sheets in order and place them inside one another. Fold together. A grown-up can staple through the centre if wanted. Folding alone also works for a reading copy.

If the reverse side is upside down, change the flip setting and repeat the one-sheet test. Manual double-sided printing requires the printer's own reinsertion and sheet-order instructions. Test one sheet before committing to the full book.

Use ordinary white paper that accepts the crayons or pencils you plan to use. Children can colour any part, or leave it as it is. All activities are optional.

## Read the 12 pages in their usual order

Use **The-Nest-Question-Illustrated-A5.pdf**. Its pages are:

- Colour front cover; permissions and reading guidance; title.
- Eight original illustrated interiors, retaining their original numbers 8–15.
- Back cover with the optional QR shortcut and a readable companion address.

The cover and every interior page use the same A5 page size. The colour cover now matches the maximum interior artwork width of 128 mm and preserves its original proportions. The full artwork is centred with a white margin. This preserves the edges on ordinary printers. It also separates the adjoining illustrated halves with white space; it does not add a simulated fold or shadow.

For a booklet using a PDF viewer's own Booklet setting, use this normal-order A5 file. Do not use Booklet on the already arranged A4 file. See [Adobe's official Reader instructions](https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/kb/print-booklets-acrobat-reader.html) for that alternative.

## Larger colouring sheets

**The-Nest-Question-Illustrated-A4-Large.pdf** contains the eight original illustrated interiors only, one on each labelled A4 page. Print the sheets you want, at actual size or fit to the printable area. They have larger artwork and lettering than the A5 book. Each sheet carries the title, author credit and copying permission so it can be shared on its own. They do not include the book's cover or QR page.

These are raster reproductions of the supplied original. Enlarging them does not create additional image detail. The original interiors contain intricate drawing; choose whichever size is comfortable and read together if useful.

## A note before professional printing

These files are prepared for reading and proofing. The A5 interior placement is about **148 pixels per inch**; the large A4 placement is about **112 pixels per inch**. The original source pages are 745 or 746 × 1055 pixels. All their pixels are preserved, without cropping, stretching, resampling or invented detail. The enlarged colour cover is **128 × 192 mm at approximately 203 pixels per inch**.

The PDF page size is the finished size. There is no commercial bleed specification, output ICC profile or PDF/X certification. Images retain their original RGB colour. A printing service must confirm its accepted PDF setup and colour conversion before a commercial run. Use the normal-order A5 PDF for that review unless the printer asks otherwise; the already arranged A4 file is for home printing.

Request and check a folded physical proof before approving a quantity. Look at readability, line detail, page order, reverse-side orientation, margins, fold and colour cover. Digital checks do not establish how paper, ink, stapling or a child's actual reading experience will turn out.

The current companion follows this illustrated edition's wording and offers adjustable text and a plain-text copy. The earlier 20-page text proofs retain the older 670-word version and are separate reference files. The pictures preserve their own original words. Their interiors are raster images, so these illustrated PDFs do not provide selectable story text or a tagged-PDF accessibility edition.

## Optional companion

The back cover's QR code is optional. It opens the verified publisher page, whose address is also printed beside it:

<!-- publisher-address:start -->
[weidufanling.au/the-nest-question/](https://weidufanling.au/the-nest-question/)
<!-- publisher-address:end -->

No account is needed. The brief MIT software notice on the last page also links directly to the publisher page's software section. The book remains usable without the companion. Online addresses can change; keep an offline copy if needed. QR Code is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.

## Permission to share

You may read, download, print and share unchanged copies free of charge. Keep the title, Weidu Fanling / 未读凡灵 credit and this permission notice. Families, schools and libraries may make copies for shared reading. A printing service may charge for making those permitted copies. Adaptation and resale rights are not granted by this notice. Your own words and drawings remain yours.

The companion's new software has a separate MIT licence. That licence does not cover the story or artwork. The earlier 20-page larger-text proofs are preserved as separate files.

Production evidence is recorded in `illustrated-preflight.json`; page renders and visual review are in `review/illustrated/`. No print order is placed by the builder. A physical proof, actual child reading and phone-camera scanning have not been completed by the automated checks.
