ONJINJINKTA
PUBLISHING
10-28-99
For immediate release.
The Adventures of Caterpillar Jones
Sure
to touch the human spirit and magically capture a glimpse of eternity.Betty
J. Eadie, bestselling author of Embraced By The Light, has started
her own publishing company, Onjinjinkta Publishing. The company's mission
is to produce books which further explain life's purposes, what happens
after we die, and how God's love can transform and heal us today. The
Adventures of Caterpillar Jones, is Onjinjinkta Publishing's first book
for kids. It is a story about death, transformation, and growth, as experienced
first hand by a character every child will love and relate to: Caterpillar
Jones, a cute, green, fuzzy caterpillar.Caterpillar
Jones, or CJ, enters the world as a baby caterpillar. Freed from his egg
case, CJ meets Sammy, another young caterpillar, and the two become instant
friends. Sammy is full of spunk and his greatest wish is to become a True
Adventurer, to conquer every fear, and to enjoy life to the extreme. CJ,
however, is a reluctant adventurer, full of self-doubt and fear. But Sammy
won't be held back! He leads CJ through a series of wild exploits meant
to cure CJ of his fears. They careen down hills in a pea pod toboggan, venture
too close to the Tree of Life—home of the terrifying Great Owl, and
scale the impossible Ponder Rock.Seasons
pass, and CJ and Sammy meet the two cutest girl caterpillars in all the
meadow. CJ falls in love and marries, but even all of his past adventures
can't prepare CJ for what happens next. The Great Owl of Light appears to
CJ's sweetheart in a dream, and she knows her time has come to climb the
Tree of Life and pass into the Owl's World in the sky. CJ is now confronted
with the greatest test of his life—he must courageously let go of the
one he loves, accept the fear of loneliness, and learn the wisdom of shedding
the many tears which flood his heart with sadness.The
Adventures of Caterpillar Jones is a colorful and touching story about
loss and the growth that comes from letting a loved one pass from this life.
The three real-life brothers, Jon and Jim Hixson, and Joe Susick, write
under the name J.J. Brothers, and they know first-hand about letting a loved
one go. It was after they lost their grandfather in 1992 that they decided
to write The Adventures of Caterpillar Jones. Through this, their
first book, they hope that children will see life as an adventure to be
embraced rather than feared, and that life's end is only a new beginning.
That kids will be assured that tears of grief are good, and that love does
not die when a family member passes. Rather, love goes on, pulling us along
our own paths and adventures and refining and transforming us as we go.As
CJ learns, we are not meant to stay caterpillars forever. We are meant to
grow and become more beautiful and strong through the trials of life. And
with the wings of experience we can fly to new heights and wondrous places
beyond the horizon we see today—places which children will be able
to imagine more clearly after experiencing The Adventures of Caterpillar
Jones for themselves.
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