ENDORSEMENTS

  Angel Animals: Divine Messengers of Miracles

  By Allen and Linda Anderson

 

"They’ve been with her since her childhood, when they helped her with stressful times of growing up and childhood diseases like the measles. They’ve helped her through three divorces, a suicide attempt, and the deaths of her best friend and mother within a few months of each other. . . . Her story is one of more than 100 stories gathered in Angel Animals."

--Lorrine Thompson, Gannett News Service,

 

"Linda and Allen Anderson think their pets are out of this world. The Minneapolis couple recognizes a ‘spiritual connection’ with the animals they have love and learned from over the years".
--Pauline Walle, Rochester Post Bulletin

 

"Angel Animals explores the spiritual connection between animals and people, which is something that we should all learn about."
--Bash Dibra, internationally acclaimed animal behaviorist, trainer and author

 

"These stories show the beautiful and undeniable spiritual connection between people and animals."
--Kriston von Kreisler, author of The Compassion of Animals

 

"To build for the future, the couple has also formed the Angel Animals Network. They envision it as a vehicle for organizing workshops and conferences on the human-animal bond. providing technical and public-relations assistance to animal organizations and shelters, and becoming a media clearninghouse to help raise the public’s awareness of the human-animal connection. It’s their hope that Angel Animals will leave a legacy for both humans and animals."
--Anne Polta, West Central Tribune

 

"It’s not unusual for Linda Anderson to be on a plane and, once people find out what she does for a living, hear animal stories. Same goes for her husband, Allen. Fact is, a few days ago at the post office, the postal clerk glanced at his return address and launched into a l-o-n-g story about how her cat has touched her life. The Andersons, you see, are the authors of a new book about exploring the spiritual connection between animals and humans."
--Beccy Tanner, Associated Press

 

"What if your pet is angelic? There may be a place to read all about your little angels and others just like him. Angel Animals has a newsletter put out by Allen and Linda Anderson, a pet-loving couple based in Minneapolis."
--Laurie Denger, Dayton Daily News

 

"Allen and Linda Anderson, drawing upon their own and readers’ experiences with animals, have produced a polished yet warm newsletter devoted to the spiritual nature of the human-animal bond. Non-sectarian and straightforward, Angel Animals is an uplifting celebration of the furry angels who share our lives every day."
--Sally Rosenthal, Cats

 

"What makes us so easily forgive and forget an animal’s wrongdoings? Why do we turn to animals when we need comfort or friendship? And why does everyone seem to have an animal story? Allen and Linda Anderson of St. Louis Park think it may be something spiritual."
--Teri Keish, Minnesota Sun Publications

 

"Their gentler approach of simply sharing stories of how animals teach their human owners the qualities of unconditional love, gratitude, joy, courage, and patience has hit a nerve with pet owners all over the country and beyond."
--Laurence M. Cruz, The Associated Press

 

"Suppose for a moment that instead of wings, angels had fur, feathers, fins, or scales. One Twin Cities couple believes that angel animals are a part of our everyday lives."
--Brad Woodard, KARE-11 Extra

 

"They [stories] may encourage you to look at animals in a new light. And to learn from them, as the Andersons believe you will if you ask yourself what the animals in your own life are trying to teach you. Once you do that, who knows what doors might open to you?"
--Sarah Casey Newman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 

"Has your pet taught you about life? If so, the editors of Angel Animals want to hear from you."
--Bob Genovesi, New Age: The Journal for Holistic Living

 

"The Andersons seem to be riding at the head of the wave of new interest in the spiritual connections between humans and animals."
--Martha Sawyer Allen, Minneapolis Star Tribune

 

"The couple's chatty [online] newsletters are filled with reviews of animal books and lessons about animals in history, such as the pigeon that flew 260 miles during World War II to deliver an important message. But personal stories make up most of the newsletters."
--Molly Guthrey, St. Paul Pioneer Press

 

"Certainly, scientific studies show that people with pets do live longer than those with no animals in the house, so maybe the Andersons are right and there is more to the idea of healing animals than good old wishful thinking."
--Lucy Broadbent, The Sunday Times, London, England

 

"A school girl with severe breathing difficulties has been saved from death twice—by her pet cat."
--John Earls, (from an Angel Animals story), Sunday People, London, England

 

"Allen and Linda Anderson, publishers of the Minneapolis newsletter, Angel Animals, and a forthcoming book on spiritual lessons taught to humans by animals, will present a San Francisco workshop today for the Learning Annex."
--Leah Garchick, “Personals,” San Francisco Chronicle

 

“An insightful, joy-filled, andexquisitely written book."

--Penelope Smith, author of Animals. . .Our Return to Wholeness

 

"Fans of the 'Chicken Soup...' series will appreciate this book. It's a warm-fuzzy for those who have experienced a close human-animal bond."

--Library Journal

 

This best-selling classic with a foreword by Good Morning America’s resident veterinarian, Dr. Marty Becker, pioneered the Angel Animals series, and Willard Scott recommended its amazing stories on The Today Show in 1999. A beautiful, reissued gift book with photos, illustrations, and a new preface by the authors.

 

"This is a lovely book gift idea!  It is called Angel Animals by Allen and Linda Anderson.  If you love dogs and cats, you’ll love this book . . . a great book about animals!"
—Willard Scott, NBC, The Today Show

 

Click HERE to view a video of Willard Scott talking about Angel Animals while doing his segment on The Today Show.

 

 

“An inspirational and insightful volume . . . to help open our hearts and minds. Read it and love it!”

--Allen M. Schoen, author of Love, Miracles, and Animal Healing and Kindred Spirits

 

"Angel Animals says it all on our love and need for animals in our lives."

--Roger Caras, President Emeritus, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals