My book “Talking To Animals” is nearing production, it will be published in May of 2017. It has a new subtitle, “How I Learned To Talk To Animals, And They Learned To Talk To Me.” Selling books is not a simple thing these days, a friend of mine thought it would be funny to say on his blog “buy my book or your puppies will die!”

The animal rights people, who are not know for their humor or irony, did not think it was funny and he is still hearing about it. I would not go that far as far as he did, but my local and wonderful independent bookstore, Battenkill Books, has put up a pre-order page for Talking To Animals.

We are still figuring out what to give away.

Pre-orders are important for a book because they help the publisher determine how many books to print. It’s also a neat arrangement because I will sign and personalize every copy of a book purchased through Battenkill (they take Paypal and credit cards.)

You can also call the store at 518 677-2515. Connie Brooks and her staff are efficient and almost shockingly friendly. The book is an account of how I have learned to talk to animals (and listen to them) over the last 15 years, since I moved up to my farm. I think it could be helpful and is, hopefully, also entertaining.

I very much wish to remain a book writer and I am pretty confident this book will touch anyone who loves animals. Anyway, it is now available for pre-ordering and Connie tells me the orders are already coming in. Thanks.