Many of you know that I have spent the last year or two working hard on a book. I am thrilled to say that the website for that book went up today. Please go to http://www.ThankingtheMonkey.com to check it out. Many thanks to Rolf Wicklund at Greeni Software for a great design job, and to producer Joshua Katcher at Perhaps Media for a super-fun actorvist packed video. You'll also find nice endorsements on the site, and wonderfully positive advance reviews of the book.

"Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way we Treat Animals," is an overview of animal rights issues, done in as playful and friendly a manner as possible. It is in full color, packed with cartoons and hip illustrations, and with celebrity photos and quotes from musicians ranging from Sir Paul McCartney to Fall Out Boy, and many well-loved and renowned actors. I hope it will be popular gift book, which will help push the issues our community cares about further into the mainstream. My years of doing DawnWatch, and the amazing support from our wonderful animal protection community, made the book possible.

The Harper Collins on sale date is in late March, but, if you like, you can order a signed copy in advance from the website (or unsigned from any book retailing website). If you have a blog or column in which you would like to review or discuss the book, you may like a galley now or an advance copy in early March. Please let me know. Send me an email telling me a little about what you do, and we'll do our best to get you what you need. I so appreciate your help getting the word out.

I also have a fun little banner/link/ad for which I can give you the html if you have a blog or website on which you would like to include it. That would be wonderful!

Harper Collins is publishing the book, and will help with some mainstream publicity, but the animal protection community is ground zero, so anything you can do to help spread the word -- even just forwarding this email -- will be much appreciated.

Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
www.DawnWatch.com and now, www.ThankingtheMonkey.com

DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. To sign up go to www.DawnWatch.com