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Miffed Again

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I heard a poetess read a poem how being in your seventies was like returning to your teenage years. This book reminds me a great deal of that poem. All the angst of adolescence with none of the immortality. That is what makes this story interesting for me.
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From These Roots

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This is the story of my own grandmother and great-grandmother as written by my mother, so, naturally, it means a great deal to me. During the final stages of it’s production, my cousins met for lunch to discuss the book. Depending on who their mother was, they had different understandings of the events. Some were incensed by the slant of the story and others had no idea that any of this happened. The more worldly ones knew even more of the details. For me, it was pieces of the puzzle being put into place to solve some niggling little mysteries. What I came away with from that lunch, was a clear understanding that it does no one a favor to paint their kin as saintly and untainted souls. The ancestors have earned the right to their true virtues and we have an obligation to take heed and learn from the lessons these stories can provide.
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Press Announcement for Peabody Gets Adopted

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Volunteer animal trainers from around the globe team up to write child’s book about a baby burro.

Mustang Camp releases new book, Peabody Gets Adopted.

Love for donkeys inspired an illustrator in Paris (Aline Grindatto), a writer in New York City(Veronica Moore), a photographer in England (Jasna Furlan), and a couple of editors in rural New Mexico,(Patricia Irick and Christine Ng) to join forces to produce a book about animal adoption. They originally met training wild mustangs and burros for the adoption program at Mustang Camp.

Largo Canyon, New Mexico, USA and March 7, 2018

Mustang Camp is a non-profit organization that helps formerly wild animals transition to a life with people. It is operated by volunteers and students, placing 40 to 70 animals a year into private ownership. It works with the Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service, and rescue organizations. It is one of the 11 licensed equine rescues in New Mexico and directed by Dr. Patricia Irick, Ph.D.

“We all were enamored with the baby burros, so the story almost told itself,” said Irick, who also has a independent publishing website LittleWindTalks.com. “We all wanted to contribute to the production and the miracle of the internet allowed us to complete the project despite the distance between everyone. It’s a classic tale of growing up and finding your place in the world, through the eyes of Peabody, a baby donkey born at Mustang Camp.

It’s a simple story. A wild but very strict mother, a zebra, and the best playmate ever help anxious little Peabody find his way to a forever home. This heart-warming story will help young readers understand animal adoption. Photos of the actual animals in the story add to the beautiful watercolor illustrations that were finished in Paris.

Peabody Gets Adopted is available on LittleWindTalks.com or through the Mustang Camp website www.MustangCamp.org. Support equine rescue and encourage the young people in your life to have empathy for animals by giving them this endearing book.

Contact Details –

  1. Name: Patricia Irick (editor, publisher, and lead trainer),
  2. Phone: (505) 419-2575
  3. Email: patricia@mustangcamp.org
  4. Organization Website: www.MustangCamp.org,
  5. Address: PO Box 620, Blanco, NM 87412
  6. Mustang Camp’s Social Media

To request a review copy, email Patricia