Pets & Animals

From the quirky cat companion to the devoted dog lover to the connoisseur of penguins, we love a good animal book.  Our clients include Linda and Allen Anderson (Angel Cats, Angel Dogs), Mario Garza (creator of the popular site and book, Stuff on My Cat), Jennifer Freed (whose Stanley the Cat is a bastion life lessons), pet photographer Jim Dratfield (A Dog for All Seasons), and Matthew Gasteier (of the hilarious FU Penguin).  We welcome books that celebrate the delightful and unexpected ways that animals of all kinds enrich our lives.

 

A Wide Range

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A Wide Range

To learn more about the books to your left, roll over their covers with your mouse.

Barbara J. King

Being with Animals

Doubleday/Random House

Barbara King is a professor of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary, and the author of the critically-acclaimed Evolving God, which explores the deepest roots of the human religious imagination.  Being with Animals is an insightful look at human beings’ deeply ingrained connection to the animal kingdom.  She digs deep into the importance of the human-animal bond as key to our evolution, as a significant aspect of understanding what truly makes us human, and looks to the future to ask how our further technological development may—or may not—affect these important ties.

Rex and Sparky

The Dangerous Book for Dogs

Villard/Random House

Behind Rex and Sparky are Action Five, a group of present and former Onion writers, who capture the world as only a dog could see it.  This hilarious book, illustrated by Emily Flake (not a dog), is a best seller in places as diverse as Tel Aviv and Paris.  As Publishers Weekly said, it’s “funny,” “insightful,” and “will tickle anyone with a soft spot for canines.”

Allen and Linda Anderson

Angel Dogs on A Mission

New World Library

Angel Dogs with a Mission: Divine Messengers in Service to All Life tells twenty stories of man’s best friend, including search-and-rescue dogs, service canines, cancer-sniffing dogs, and even canine entertainers.  This heartwarming book by the founders of the Angel Animals Network, has been lauded by Nancy Peterson of the Humane Society of the United States, as well as authors Marc Bekoff and Amelia Kinkade, who calls it, “another irresistible gift to the animal lovers of the world.”  Angel Dogs with a Mission is one of the latest in a series including the titles Rescued: Saving Animals from Disaster, Angel Cats, and Angel Animals Book of Inspiration.

Mario Garza

Stuff on My Cat

Chronicle Books

Stuff on My Cat is a compilation of photos for the cat obsessed from Stuffonmycat.com, labeled by Yahoo as one of the coolest sites on the web.  The franchise continues with Stuff on My Cat calendars and postcards, Cats A to Z, Wet Cats, More Stuff on My Cat, and his ode to the canine, Stuff on My Mutt.

Jim Dratfield

A Dog For All Seasons

Clarkson Potter/Random House

Pet photographer Jim Dratfield’s A Dog for All Seasons presents stunning portraits of dogs exploring nature, weather, and the seasons alongside quotes from Milan Kundera and Oscar Wilde among others.  Dratfield has published several other collections of animal photography, including Underdogs, Catography, and The Quotable Equine. His next book Pugnation: The Bark Is Back! will be published October 2009.

Matthew Gasteier

FU, Penguin

Bantam/Random House

“The jig is up!” Matthew Gasteier alerts napping lambs, baby orangutans, teeny-tiny quail, and animals everywhere in this riotous attempt to save the world from zoological cuteness.  Based on his popular blog, FU, Penguin: Telling Cute Animals What’s What was called “the ultimate antidote to puppycams” by Wired magazine.  AP warns, “cuddly animals get their comeuppance.”