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Mrs Duck and the Woman

   This book is a gift from the heart of a poet and grieving mother ... With just a few powerful words, Kara Jones describes the grief of a mother... and offers compassionate help ... "Mrs. Duck and the Woman" is a small masterpiece.

English Language Version, Original Storybook

Writing & Photos by Kara L.C. Jones
Design by Hawk Jones
10 digit ISBN 1-929359-00-4
13 digit ISBN 978-1-929359-00-4
Price: $5.00

 

 

Spanish Language Version, Original Storybook

La Senora Pato y la Mujer
Original story by Kara L.C. Jones; Translated by Carla Roel de Hoffman, Nicole Maxwell Arze, & Magdalena Arze Maxwell
10 digit ISBN 1-929359-22-5
13 digit ISBN 978-1-929359-22-6
Price: $5.00

 
   

Expanded Mrs. Duck eBook: Story + Resource Articles

10 digit ISBN 1-929359-21-7
13 digit ISBN 978-1-929359-21-9
Please click here to learn how to download this eBook for free.

Wholesale Price List for Quantity Orders

We are now able to offer the Mrs. Duck book in English and Spanish version at wholesale discount on quantity orders for large runs of the book. If you are interested in options for quantity order for your organization or retail storefront, please be in touch with us!

About the Original Storybook

Mrs. Duck and The Woman is a story about the death of a child and how parents start over again after that loss. Through a dialogue between Mrs. Duck and Mrs. Woman, we find the beginning clues of how to start transforming the grief.

For potential Sponsors : These retail copies are not for Sponsors. If you would like to sponsor a small run of the books with your ad or label on the inside cover of each copy, you need to contact us. When you sponsor a small run for your organization, your dollars do double duty and allow us to make a matched run of books that can be given away for free in care packets. At this time you can sponsor small, print runs of the original storybook in either the English or the Spanish language.

Excerpt

Mrs. Duck and The Woman

"Oh, but Mrs. Woman," the duck said,
"You can be with your child today."

"How?" asked the woman.

"Look around you, Mrs. Woman," said the duck.
"There is a whole world that needs love
and nurturing. Do that loving and nurturing
in the name of your child."

Author Bio

Kara L.C. Jones, Grief Coach & Artist, is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University where she concurrently did a 3 year mentorship with Hedda Sharapan at Family Communications, Inc., producers of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Her poetic and non-fiction works have been included in publications such as New Works Review, PoetsWest, Real Henna, Conari Press book "Meant To Be", LightHearts Publication's "Soul Trek", MISSing Angels Newsletter, American Tanka, Mother Tongue Ink's We'Moon, Honored Babies, Adams Media's Cup of Comfort series, and more. Because she refused to give her grief writing over to the control of outside editors and publishers after the death of her son, she and her husband Hawk founded KotaPress in 1999 as a creative outlet for their expressive artworks. She is a certified Reiki Master Teacher working in this modality since 2004. She has been facilitating online and in-person workshops for over 10 year, including sessions offered at the International MISS Conferences, WA State Poets Association Burning Word festivals, and Course Bridge. She holds seats on both the WA State and National MISS Foundation boards, is a facilitator and HOPE mentor for bereaved families, and is the moderator for the Creation Station forum on the MISS national site.

Editor/Designer Bio

Hawk Jones has been a singer, composer, song writer, talk jock, street preacher, filmmaker, photographer and more in his lifetime. You may currently find him on the gallery scene showing his photos in the Pacific NW area. In his work at KotaPress, he keep the creative look alive. If you like this website, then you like his work as he created it from design to code. He and his wife started KotaPress in memory of their son Dakota.

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