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Books

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Read the CLASSIC BOOKS that open the door to animal communication and guide you through the exciting journey of developing your inborn telepathic ability.

Lay the foundation with the steps of how to communicate with animals and more in Animal Talk.

Move to deepening revelations of the language understood by all species with When Animals Speak.

Let Animals in Spirit guide you with animal wisdom through your animal friend’s end of life passage and beyond.

Book cover titled "Animal Talk: Interspecies Telepathic Communication" featuring a close-up of a person's face on the left and a green parrot on the right, with a quote from Dr. Bob Anderson.
Book cover titled "Animal Talk: Interspecies Telepathic Communication" featuring a close-up of a person's face on the left and a green parrot on the right, with a quote from Dr. Bob Anderson.

ANIMAL TALK

The classic foundation book that helped pioneer the modern field of animal communication. 

In this bestselling guide, Penelope Smith shows how telepathic communication with animals is a natural ability that can be remembered and developed. Readers learn practical ways to understand animals’ thoughts, feelings, needs, and behaviors while deepening their connection with all species. 

For over four decades, Animal Talk has inspired animal lovers and professional communicators around the world.

Atria Books/Beyond Words Publishing - a division of Simon & Schuster ISBN 978-1-58270-214-8, 180 pages. (7th edition) First edition published by Pegasus Publications in 1982

The cover of a book titled "Animals Speak" features a large dog with a spiked collar and a green bird, likely an Amazon parrot, perched on the dog's face. The title appears in large cursive text, with additional text indicating the author is Penelope Smith and includes a quote from Peter Caddy about the importance of animals in fostering harmony between humans and animals.
The cover of a book titled "Animals Speak" features a large dog with a spiked collar and a green bird, likely an Amazon parrot, perched on the dog's face. The title appears in large cursive text, with additional text indicating the author is Penelope Smith and includes a quote from Peter Caddy about the importance of animals in fostering harmony between humans and animals.

WHEN ANIMALS SPEAK

A profound exploration of animals’ wisdom, consciousness, and spiritual understanding through direct telepathic communication. 

Animals share their perspectives on life, humans, relationships, healing, purpose, death, and the interconnectedness of all beings. 

Blending humor, insight, and transformative experiences, this book invites readers into a deeper relationship with animals and the living world. It offers an expanded vision of communication as a pathway to compassion, unity, and wholeness.

Foreword by Michael J. Roads, author of Talking with Nature.Atria Books/Beyond Words Publishing - a division of Simon & Schuster ISBN 978-1-58270-235-3, 352 pages. (4th edition) First edition (1993) titled Animals: Our Return to Wholeness.

Book cover titled 'Animals in Spirit' with a snowy background and a silhouette of a cat's paws and tail. Contains a quote from Jeri Ryan, Ph.D., and the author's name, Penelope Smith.
Book cover titled 'Animals in Spirit' with a snowy background and a silhouette of a cat's paws and tail. Contains a quote from Jeri Ryan, Ph.D., and the author's name, Penelope Smith.

ANIMALS IN SPIRIT

A compassionate guide to supporting animals and their human companions through dying, death, grief, and spiritual connection beyond physical life. 

Animals share their perspectives on life, humans, relationships, healing, purpose, death, and the interconnectedness of all beings. 

Through true stories and insights from animals and the people who love them, Penelope Smith explores euthanasia, grieving, reincarnation, afterlife connection, and the healing of loss. 

Readers gain comfort, understanding, and practical guidance for navigating one of life’s most tender transitions. Animals in Spirit helps transform separation into a deeper sense of enduring love and connection.

Based on the audiotape, Animal Death: A Spiritual Journey, published by Pegasus Publications, 1991. Atria Books/Beyond Words Publishing - a division of Simon & Schuster ISBN 978-1-58270-177-6, 192 pages, 2008