Books : Animal Blessings: Prayers and Poems Celebrating Our Pets
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by: June Cotner
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 291.432
EAN: 9780062516459
ISBN: 0062516450
Label: HarperOne
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: September 01, 2000
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date: September 05, 2000
Sales Rank: 444214
Studio: HarperOne
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Product Description:
Our pets.They are our loyal companions and our faithful friends, a constant source of joy and inspiration. In this endearing anthology of prayers and poems, June Cotner has handpicked choice writings by some of the world's most notable animal lovers to celebrate the playful, the poignant, and the profound ways these wonderful creatures touch our daily lives.
Selections include Emily Dickinson's astute observations of her cat, Roger Caras' thoughts about the love a dog brings to a home, and a cat's rules for running a house. Readers will be delighted by Anne Porter's poem exalting a spring symphony of peepers and Rumi in praise of birds in flight. The section 'Partings' includes Annie Dougherty's lovely poem 'Time to Say Good-bye' and Lord Byron's epitaph to his dog. 'Reflections' includes the words of St. Francis, Jane Goodall, and Chief Seattle, reminding us that we are all interconnected beings, and James Herriot and Walt Whitman honoring the humble dignity of all creatures.
Animal Blessings makes a wonderful gift for all animal lovers. This delightful volume is a charming companion that reminds us to be grateful for everything our pets and all the other animals of the world bring to our lives.
Amazon.com Review:
Sometimes it's easy to find the right gift for that difficult aunt: if she's devoted to her cat or dog, ship her a copy of Animal Blessings. The latest in a line of inspirational books from dog lover June Cotner (she also wrote and edited Graces, Bedside Prayers, and Get Well Wishes), this one, like the others, is slim, compact, and filled with entries that melt into the mind as easily as M&M's in the mouth. The writers range from the great (Whitman and Keats, Eckhart and Dostoyevsky) to children and Anonymous. So too do the entries vary widely. Rarely extending beyond half a page, they move from the humorous ('Say something idiotic and nobody but a dog politely wags his tail') to the sublime (Eckhart's 'If I spent enough time with the tiniest creature ... I would never have to prepare a sermon. So full of God is every creature') to the silly ('scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job'). Given that there are more than 100 million cat and dog owners in the United States alone, this book should fill a niche in many of their lives. And where else can you find Doris Day next to Elizabeth Barrett Browning? --Doug Thorpe
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Beautiful and tender book
This book is excellent. It helped me after losing my precious beagle to cancer, and I got another to pass onto a friend after she lost her dog after a long struggle with a brain tumor. It is insightful, respectful, and an excellent book. A treasure if you have that special connection to animals. Those who do will know exactly what I mean.
Rating: - Inspirational
For a pet lover - this is a book to have in your library. A rare find of poems and messages to comfort one in the loss of pet.
Rating:  - Animal blessings is a blessing
For anyone who has ever loved an animal, this is a heartwarming little book. No need to read it just once - pick it up anytime.
Rating: - Pass it on!
I was given a copy of this book after we lost our dog. I like it so much that I now get a copy for every friend who welcomes a new pet into their home or someone who loses a pet. Sometimes I cry and sometimes I laugh when I pick it up to read. I find myself going back to it every now and then and always find a page or two that brings a smile to my heart.
Rating: - Great Gift for Animal Lovers
I have given this book a number of times. To friends who have lost their pets, to friends who have recently acquired new pets and have gotten the same reaction - Thank you so very much! I can't go through it without a dry eye or a smile.
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