credits

All efforts to produce this book were generously donated by the following:

  • creative direction/layout/promotion: Stacey Griffith

  • book photography: Josh Hailey

  • jacket copy: Greg Griffith

  • children?s photo: Richard Perkins, Southern Exposure

  • production, sales & distribution: Quail Ridge Press

    • Copyright ?2005 by Reona Visser
    All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Story of a storm : a book about Hurricane Katrina / [compiled by] Reona Visser.

    Contains collage art with simple messages by the children of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    ISBN-13: 978-1-893062-86-3 (alk. paper)
    ISBN-10: 1-893062-86-4 (alk. paper)
    1. Hurricane Katrina, 2005. 2. Disasters-Gulf Coast (U.S.) 3. Children's art-Mississippi-Long Beach.
    4. Children's writings, American-Mississippi-Long Beach.
    I. Visser, Reona. II. Coast Episcopal School (Long Beach, Miss.)
    HV6362005.G85 S76 2006
    976'.044--dc22 2006000414


    QUAIL RIDGE PRESS | P. O. Box 123 | Brandon, MS 39043 | 1.800.343.1583 | www.quailridge.com



    Quail Ridge Press is now shipping and taking new orders for the third printing of Story of a Storm and is presenting another $25,000 check at Coast Episcopal School this month, representing proceeds from sales since first printing.

    With the destruction of a second printing by typhoons in Korea, we scrambled to secure another printer to make certain to have books for Christmas 2006. Amazingly, the second edition SOLD OUT before it was delivered and a third printing was ordered immediately.

    Please help us sell out this printing, too. THANK YOU for your support! : )


    Hurricane Katrina was coming. So begins Story of a Storm, a vividly illustrated story book by Reona Visser and children of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, about the hurricane and its effects on cities, families, and countless individual lives.

    The story is told through creative and collaborative collage art with a simple story that expresses profound emotions and describes the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. The story begins with preparation and evacuation, moves through the stresses of being displaced and not knowing the whereabouts of loved ones or the condition of one's home and belongings, and ends with a message of the persistence of hope.

    Order now at quailridge.com or visit our "donate" page for information on quantity orders and donations.

    ALL proceeds benefit the Hurricane Relief Fund at Coast Episcopal School to assist the families of students and faculty, 85% of whom were left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.

    Story of a Storm | $15.95

    ISBN 1-893062-86-4 | 11 x 8.5 inches - 32 pages - full-color illustrations - hardcover with jacket

    Please order today!

  • Third printing now selling. Check presentation scheduled at Coast for this month
  • Second printing sells out before delivery! Third printing has been ordered
  • Second Edition Delivery Delayed Due to Devastating Typhoons in the Pacific
  • First Edition Sold Out; Clarion-Ledger Features Book in 'Southern Style' Feature
  • First Edition Deliveries Begin Week of April 24!
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