Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden

With a thick blanket of snow covering the ground, the adorable chipmunks of my own backyard are fast asleep in their cozy warm burrows.

I have a couple of chipmunks that visit my doorstep several times a day in the summer to collect a peanut or two, so when I read, Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden by Kathy M. Miller I was filled with happiness.

This book takes you on a journey as Chippy Chipmunk goes about his day, visiting friends, searching for food and dodging danger.  The beautiful photographs fit perfectly with the simple story and magnificently capture moments in Chippy's day that most people would never otherwise see - 86 photos in total!

I absolutely loved this book.  It's sweet and fun and sharing this with a child is sure to bring a smile to their faces.

Check out Chippy Chipmunk on the web at; http://www.chippychipmunk.com/

Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden is available at Atlas Books and Gold Crest Distributing.  Also available at bookstores, libraries, nature stores and online.

Second Nature – The Inner Lives of Animals

I was raised to respect and love nature, so I become very incensed and angry when I see anything to the contrary.

We as a society are killing the earth and the creatures that depend on it. I believe if big industries actually took the time to study and “get to know” the many, many lives their toxins are destroying, perhaps, they wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss them.

Second Nature – The Inner Lives of Animals by Jonathan Balcombe, is a fascinating journey into the lives of many of the species we share this planet with. Balcombe uncovers the fact that animals have lives and are entitled to live it to the fullest.

Here’s what you can look forward to in Second Nature;

Part I – Experience

1- Introduction
2 – Tuning In: Animal Sensitivity
3 – Getting It: Intelligence
4 – With Feeling: Emotions
5 – Knowing It: Awareness

Part II – Coexistence

6 – Communicating
7 – Getting Along: Sociability
8 – Being Nice: Virtue

Part III – Emergence

9 – Rethinking Cruel Nature
10 – Homo Fallible
11 – The New Humanity

I thoroughly enjoyed Second Nature and would recommend it to anyone. It’s my sincerest wish that all those involved with animal testing, slaughters, hunting and big industries would read this book and hopefully, come to the conclusion that so many of us already have – that animals feel, think and matter has much as the rest of us do.

Check out Jonathan Balcombe’s web site at; http://www.jonathanbalcombe.com/

Second Nature is available on Amazon.com or enter to win a copy here. All you have to do is leave a comment in this blog spot and I will do a random draw on Sunday August 1'st for the lucky winner.

Be sure to stop by tomorrow and check out my interview with Jonathan Balcombe. Until then...be nice to nature :)