The new tote-bags special ordered by Connie Brooks of Battenkill Books are hot, we hope to pass  the 500 pre-order mark shortly. The book is out May 5. The first 1,000 people who pre-order by new book “Talking To Animals: How We Can Understand Them And They Can Understand Us,” will each get a free tote-bag along with signed and personalized copies of  each book.

Battenkill is a wonderful independent bookstore, my independent bookstore, the most wonderful people work there and they ship anywhere in the world, and take Paypal or major credit cards. The tote-bags are locally designed by artist Nina Ossant and they are a neat gift and incentive for my book.

Talking To Animals describes my many years of learning how to communicate with animals, it also argues for a new and wiser understanding of animals so they might remain among us.  The book is full of anecdotes and examples, and some arguments as well. I hope to get well past 1,000 pre-orders,  I think the previous record was 1,200 for Second Chance Dog.