If Only They Could Talk - by Dawn Hayman & Bonnie Jones Reynolds (Paperback)

About the Book

An extraordinary look into the hearts and minds of animals, this tells the untold, true story of Spring Farm CARES, an upstate New York animal shelter which is the world's first center for the teaching of interspecies communication.

Book Synopsis

Welcome to Spring Farm, where animals and people come together -- to explore their own natural ability to communicate with each other....
Something magical is happening on a small farm in upstate New York. Animals of all shapes and sizes are living side by side -- talking, listening, learning, and loving -- along with caring people who have come to learn the secrets of interspecies communication. It's a gift that all of us are born with, as long as we're willing to open our hearts and minds to the gentle creatures who share our world.
This is what happened at Spring Farm when two very special women gave shelter to animals that were sick or abandoned. As trust and affection grew between them, so did their capacity to exchange feelings and thoughts. Today, the miracle of Spring Farm CARES is shared through communication workshops for visitors, students, and animal lovers. So come discover the magic of Spring Farm. Humans are more than welcome....
You'll meet Ricardo the duck, who explains that he won't leave his warm nest in a nearby chimney even if the house owners disapprove...Chubby the horse, who shares her feelings of despair when her barn catches fire...Elvis the kitten, who wiggles like a rock star...Sugar the Shetland pony, who dedicates a poem to her long-lost herd...and a whole menagerie of mouse-friendly cats, loving llamas, gregarious guinea pigs, delightful dogs, and other amazing critters.

About the Author

Bonnie Jones Reynolds was raised at Spring Farm, near Clinton, New York, and is the bestselling author of The Truth About Unicorns, The Confetti Man, and Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class. Her cofounder Dawn E. Hayman is one of the world's foremost Interspecies Communicators, and helped establish Spring Farm CARES in 1991