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ELVIS AND THE WORLD AS IT STANDS

By TJ August 10, 2021Books, Cat Adoption, Cats, Dogs, Fiction, Middle-Grade, Pets

Love, love, love this new middle-grade novel! ELVIS AND THE THE WORLD AS IT STANDS by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough with sweetly evocative illustrations by Olivia Chin Mueller stars Elvis, a kitten, who is adopted from a shelter in the San Francisco Bay area during a special Fourth of July…

Review of WAYWARD CREATURES by Dayna Lorentz

By TJ June 12, 2021Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade, Wild Animals

This sweet middle-grade novel doesn't publish until January, but I read an advance copy and loved it so much, I just have to write about it now! It's one of the first novels I've read that encourages the reader to empathize with a coyote, and for that it is…

GUNDA: A Beautiful, Poignant Film About Animals

By TJ April 18, 2021Farm Animals, Film

I just watched the most beautiful film and must recommend it. GUNDA is a documentary featuring a family of pigs, a group of cows, and chickens. There's no narrative; the viewer simply watches the animals being themselves and living their lives. It's shot in black and white, which to me gave it a very realistic feel. And most of it is filmed at the animals' eye level, which brought me into their world and enabled me often to look right into their eyes.

Sweet Katusha, We Will Love You Forever

By TJ April 11, 2021Cats, Personal, Pet Illness, Pets

Our dear kitty, Katusha, passed away about a month ago from a fast-growing cancer, and we are still pretty devastated.

Another Interspecies Friendship – this Time at The Gentle Barn

By TJ December 20, 2020Animal Rescues, Animal Sanctuaries

photo from FoxLA.com We love this sweet story of the friendship between a calf and a dog at The Gentle Barn, founded by Ellie Laks. Her memoir about starting this wonderful sanctuary is one of our favorite books!

MY CAT JEOFFRY is Now Selling Audiobooks and eBooks!

By TJ December 9, 2020Audiobooks, Books, eBooks

We are now selling audio and ebooks! For audiobooks, please visit our Libro.fm page where you can sign up for an account and buy books either via a membership or a la carte, and support us! We personally love audiobooks! We listen to them in the car on either…

Holiday Gift List

By TJ December 5, 2020Books, Dogs, Farm Animals, Fiction, Horses, Marine Animals, Memoir, Middle-Grade, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Teens, Wild Animals

Books that make a perfect present for the animal lover!

WILD HORSES OF THE WEST by Jan Drake

By TJ November 29, 2020Horses1 Comment

Wild Horses of the West by Jan Drake is a gorgeous, enchanting coffee-table book filled with breathtaking photographs. I learned so much about the amazing lives of these beautiful wild horses, mainly of the Utah desert, both through close examination of Drake's luscious, detailed photographs and by her text.

A DOG’S PERFECT CHRISTMAS by W. Bruce Cameron

By TJ November 28, 2020Dogs, Fiction1 Comment

You can always rely on W. Bruce Cameron for a heartwarming story with compelling characters - both animal and human - and a happy ending. We knew we would love A DOG'S PERFECT CHRISTMAS, which we read in one evening.

Story-Time with Irina: SAUCY by Cynthia Kadohata and SKUNK AND BADGER by Amy Timberlake

By TJ September 26, 2020Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade

We LOVED Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata! Saucy is a middle-grade novel (ages 8 on up) about a pig named Saucy - who is very saucy indeed! - and her family.