Pet Book Shopping List

I sent a note to a couple of my "pet writing" email lists, and asked colleagues to send pictures and a brief description of their recent books. 

In no particular order, here's part of the bumper crop of pet books for this year. Most of these books are available online or at major bookstores.

Shelly Bueche has a children's book, "Dog Scouts of America," as part of the Dog Heroes series with Bearport publishing. Dog Scouts of America is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people about responsible dog ownership. The website http://www.dogscouts1.com/ notes that it's the dog that becomes the Dog Scout, so any age person can hold the leash--and programs are available for different ages.

Susan Ewing offers Cat Flash Cards, written from a cat's point of view. She says they are a light-hearted way to "train" humans on correct cat care.

Melanie Coronetz's new book, In the Shadow of Mercury, is a touching memoir. A woman's search for identity in middle age leads her to the show ring at Madison Square Garden.

In her new book, Purr More, Hiss Less: Heavenly Lessons I Learned from My Cat (with splendiferous watercolors by Erika Oller), best-selling author, Allia Zobel Nolan chronicles over 100 observations about cat behavior, that if followed, could transpose our fast-paced, self-centered, dog-eat-dog world into a utopia, where it's okay to be "kneedy," and where taking time to chase butterflies, be our brother's keeper, and stare out the window are de rigueur.

Cat-House Sonnets by Margy Ohring, is a collection of 100 poems celebrating cats. The sonnets depict all aspects of feline behavior from eating, sleeping and playing to litter box use.

In Christine Davis's children's book Shelter Dog, the angel dog Hero comes back as a shelter dog and learns things don't always turn out the way you plan--Sometimes they turn out better!

Terry Albert's book, Basset Hound: Your Happy Healthy Pet is the perfect companion to that new long-eared pup.

Happy reading!