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Featured Product: Grief Workbook for Children
This book is being used to raise needed funds in support of
Pet A Medic
a community-based non-profit organization
Pet A Medic is dedicated to supporting the human-animal bond in a variety of ways.
We assist children and adults in healing from grief after experiencing a crisis or losing a beloved companion animal. Emergency counseling available by phone at
(866) 971-8866
http://www.petamedic.org/
I Was Not Just A Dog!
The Special Friendship of Kids and Dogs
and How To Grieve When They Are Gone
by Carolyn Cunningham, PhD and Kristen Annastasia, MA
I Was Not “Just” A Dog is a Pet-Grief Workbook created by psychotherapists for children ages 6 and up. We recommend this material be processed as a family unit, simply to strengthen bonds of secure attachment and offer grieving individuals maximum support. Yet it can also be used by a child on his or her own, with siblings, or friends.
Grief is an inescapable part of life, and a natural process of healing after a loss of any kind. Children who master this process early, will go on to enjoy more satisfying relationships with deeper connections, have strengthened resilience to difficulties, and heal more quickly after being hurt.
It is essential that adults in every child’s life understand that when you support a child’s grief over a loved pet (even an insect or goldfish), you are giving a young person the greatest gift available in human experience: the ability to endure emotional pain, process it effectively, and emerge from it with the confidence to reach out and build new connections in all future relationships.
Sharing this book with a child is an act of love, and we are honored by the opportunity to touch the life of a young person you care about.
Grief is an inescapable part of life, and a natural process of healing after a loss of any kind. Children who master this process early, will go on to enjoy more satisfying relationships with deeper connections, have strengthened resilience to difficulties, and heal more quickly after being hurt.
It is essential that adults in every child’s life understand that when you support a child’s grief over a loved pet (even an insect or goldfish), you are giving a young person the greatest gift available in human experience: the ability to endure emotional pain, process it effectively, and emerge from it with the confidence to reach out and build new connections in all future relationships.
Sharing this book with a child is an act of love, and we are honored by the opportunity to touch the life of a young person you care about.
NOW AVAILABLE as eBook and Printed Publication
Contact us at your convenience to inquire about carrying these products
in your pet store, bookstore, children's store, or veterinary clinic.
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Also NEW from DINGAROO PRESS (2011)
Truth Over 24:
An Experiment in Enhancing Creativity
by Strange Bela
Truth Over 24: An Experiment in Enhancing Creativity is Strange Bela's (aka Joe Perry) first book, detailing his original theoretical framework about the craft of cinema, and how to maximize your creativity as a cultural artist in any medium. Includes a measurable assessment of on-screen success, a revealing look at your own 24-hour day, and challenging real-world exercises that will push you into a new creative stratosphere.
As he completed the post-production of his new feature film, In Medias Res, Joe gained new insight into an actor's performance, viewable second-to-second in the editing room. Here, he presents a new method for analyzing the visual film work of actors, directors, editors, and more.
$15.00 + taxAs he completed the post-production of his new feature film, In Medias Res, Joe gained new insight into an actor's performance, viewable second-to-second in the editing room. Here, he presents a new method for analyzing the visual film work of actors, directors, editors, and more.
EXERPT:
It has been my experience as a Director that in the midst of an actor’s work, time is a gift, 24 frames a second. What an actor does to prepare for that 24 is entirely up to them, but it should always include the knowledge that the effective use of their preparation into a ‘result’ is caught within the 24 frames in the second. Yet the ‘result’ is a representation of how an actor is using their time before the 24. In other words, “How many of your own personal frames (the frames you share with the universe on a day to day basis where you get to be your very own special person) are you sacrificing in order to strengthen the frames for the character within the 24. Or more importantly, “How many frames of your OWN must you give up in order to allow the character full access to its own 24 frames a second.”
...In this connection, the success behind a film actor's portrayal of his/her character depends on whether the audience is moved by the value of meaning whose availability is determined by what proportion of truth an actor occupies within a 24-frame second. And this idea can be expressed in the simple equation: m = t / 24.
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Everlasting Coloring e-Books (Series)
Our series of Everlasting Coloring eBooks bring coloring into the 21st Century with innovative features. Published as downloadable PDF files, one purchase lasts a lifetime. From your home computer, open up to the pre-bookmarked visual contents, and view the page designs by thumbnail. Each thumbnail is hyperlinked to the printable page... simply click on the image you want, and you will be transported directly to the full page. Then, "print this page" in your printer dialog box, and you have a design ready to color.
Everlasting Easy!
When we first developed this idea, we were concerned that it might be too complicated for younger children to use. BOY, WERE WE WRONG! We tested our product with a 4-year old, who bumped the adult off the chair and began immediately navigating to the pages he wanted to color! We were stunned! The only supervision our test-child needed was help with the "print this page" feature in the print dialog box. Without that setting, it will print the entire book. We plan to do more testing of this nature, and capture it on video.
Everlasting choices for the whole family!
Why is this innovative? First and foremost, it changes the experience of choosing a page to color. This format allows parents, teachers, and child-care providers to have an endless supply of clean, color-able pages. No more fights between children who want to color the same image. No more tears because a toddler has scribbled all over the pages a child wanted to color.
Everlasting creativity that grows with your ability!
Secondly, the format enhances creativity by allowing children and adults to experiment. Color the same image in different ways. Try textured papers, or print on a variety of colored papers to cut, overlap, and sculpt a 3-D image. You can also use your printer dialog box to re-size images. Print smaller to make notecards, print larger to make posters or to allow a group to collaborate on a single image. Print on a "lighter" setting to easily color over some lines and enhance others, or change it up by adding your own lines to make it one-of-a-kind. Pages can also be imported into digital art software programs, opening up a whole new world.
Everlasting Coloring eBooks... Low Cost, Sustainable Fun!
Finally, this is also a completely green product, and consumes only the paper you actually use. If you family or classroom has a favorite group of designs, those will be the ones printed for use. By purchasing a digital file, you avoid using resources such as binding glues (bound book pages are harder to color) and the loss of printed pages not yet colored that can get ripped, spilled on, or scribbled on. Because digital products require no production, packaging, or shipping, they reduce the carbon footprint because they do not add costs for fuel, road maintenance, and shipping infrastructure. For this reason, downloadable digital files are sales tax exempt.
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The Sacred Spiral:
Geometric designs built from the ancient Golden Mean Spiral
166 total pages
78 designs in black outlines or gray outlines
Tips and Tricks pages
Easy-browse Visual Index thumbnails are hyperlinked to coloring pages.
Hyperlinks to educational resources
$26.00
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"Sacred Spiral Sample" in the subject line.
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Flying Our Colors:
Developing Art Skills Through Images of The American Flag
53 total pages
21 designs outlines with full color photos
Tips and Tricks pages
Easy-browse Visual Index thumbnails are hyperlinked to coloring pages.
Hyperlinks to educational resources
$9.00
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Request a FREE SAMPLE!
To request a free sample, send us an email with
"Flying Our Colors Sample" in the subject line.
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Poetry e-Book
Our poetry eBook is also published as a downloadable PDF file. From your home computer, open up to the pre-bookmarked table of contents, and find each poem title hyperlinked to the poem page. The book is indexed by multiple subjects, and rather than offering only page numbers, the poem titles appear in full with the page, and each listing is also hyperlinked to transport you to exactly the poem that captured your attention.
Fine Karmedy: Poems of an Incorruptible Fool
A decade of poetry (and fine art illustrations)
by Kristen Annastasia
116 total pages
66 poems
8 full color fine art plates
Indexed by more than
90 subject categories
Easy-browse Title Index hyperlinked to poems
$18.00
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Request a FREE SAMPLE!
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"Fine Karmedy Sample" in the subject line.
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Everlasting e-Posters (Series)
$4 each
Our series of ePosters offers affordable fine art for your environment. You can print the pdf file anywhere that prints digital copies. The posters are sized to fit on an 11" x 17" sheet, but can be printed larger or smaller to fit your needs. Moving? Downsizing? Did your poster get dirty or ripped? Simply reprint a replacement from the digital file anytime you choose. You can also print and even frame as a gift for a friend. Each digital pdf file is authorized for UNLIMITED NON-COMMERCIAL USE by the purchaser, as long as credit appears with the image. "Moment of Truth"  P01 |
"White Buffalo Woman"  P02 |
"In Humility: Self Portrait"  P03 |
"World Trash"  P04 |
"Blue Wolf Gratitude"  P05 |
"Dolphin Nursery"  P06 |
"Juno: Queen of Heaven"  P07 |
"Reiki Dragon"  P08 |
"Portrait of a Predator"  P09 |
"Motherhood"  P10 |
"Pele: Goddess of Fire"  P11 |
"Creative Spirit Dancing"  P12 |
| "La Loba: Gathering, Waiting, Singing"  P14 |
To order a poster, please email us directly for instructions. Posters are delivered electronically, as pdf files, through direct email or a server link. |
"Great Mystery"  P13 |
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In Medias Res: A Feature Film
by Strange Bela Entertainment
Story by Joe Perry / Cinematography by Jimmy Hammond
A Dingaroo Press PRINTED PAPERBACK BOOK (our first physically published work)
Designed, printed, and hand-bound in Los Angeles, California
Story by Joe Perry / Cinematography by Jimmy Hammond
A Dingaroo Press PRINTED PAPERBACK BOOK (our first physically published work)
Designed, printed, and hand-bound in Los Angeles, California
On a desolate beach, under a clement sky,
a sudden death begets a philosophical quandary
between Satan, a man, and God.
$27.34 + $2.67 sales tax = $30
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addresses in the US ($15 each for international)
via USPS Priority Mail
eBook or print publication - ORDER NOW from our ONLINE STORE
a sudden death begets a philosophical quandary
between Satan, a man, and God.
$27.34 + $2.67 sales tax = $30
+ add $6 per book shipping & handling to
addresses in the US ($15 each for international)
via USPS Priority Mail
eBook or print publication - ORDER NOW from our ONLINE STORE
In Medias Res is Joe Perry's second feature film, inspired by the epic poem “Paradise Lost” by John Milton, originally published in 1667. As the film nears completion of the director's cut, we are releasing a published book with images and information about the film, which will be used to market the film at festivals and to the studios. Dingaroo Press is proud to have contributed to the film production and design of two feature films and two short films by award-winning director Joe Perry.
This film is an epic achievement, made possible by the blood, sweat, and creative energies of many people working in collaboration to create an exquisitely beautiful masterpiece of indie film storytelling.
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