Press 2021
Coast Weekend, EO Media Group, Astoria, Oregon, September 16, 2021 pages 6-7. “The Wonder Woman of the Kite World: Remembering Kay Buesing” by M.J. Cody.
Oregon Quarterly Summer 2021. p. 25. “The Kite That Touched the Sky” is featured in Oregon Quarterly Summer 2021 – Bookmarks. Short Takes: Latest titles of interest from alumni and faculty authors (page 25) 
Reviews
Press 2020
Kiting Magazine: Journal of the American Kitefliers Association, Fall 2020, Vol.42, Issue 3, pp 6-7. (Editor: Daniel Prentice , P.O. Box 699, Cedar Ridge, CA 95924)
“KITE DIPLOMACY Portland, Oregon: The Kite That Touched the Sky is a newly released children’s book written by Jim Mockford and Jenny Farmer, with illustrations by Theresa Johnson. As a bilingual book, written in Chinese and English it seems particularly timely in the context of current world events.”
Kiting Magazine: Journal of the American Kitefliers Association, “Region 9 Report” by Brett Morris, Spring 2018 Vol 40 No. 1. P. 41, link to Kiting Magazine.
MidWeek Magazine, “Jim Mockford: He’s a grownup turned champion kite-flier” article by Doug Levy in MidWeek Magazine Cover story and Page 2 May 20, 1987
Chinese
China News.com 2017-04-08 Dunhuang Kite Festival and photo of Jim Mockford. Learn more about this adventure, “Grandpa’s Story and Inspiration.”
Weixin News, from 2017-04-12, Photo 5, link to Weixin News magazine.
