This imaginative collection offers poems, prose, blessings, chants-tributes of all kinds-to the animals in our lives. An ideal gift for welcoming a new pet, sympathizing with the loss of a pet, and for animal-lovers in general. A perfect resource for animal-blessing ceremonies and other rituals honoring the animal kingdom. Searl is the author of In Memoriam, and other books in this series:Beyond Absence, Bless This Child, Coming of Age and We Pledge Our Hearts.