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Countless times throughout our lives, we're presented with a choice to help another soul. Rescuing Ladybugs highlights the true stories of remarkable people who didn't look away from seemingly impossible-to-change situations and instead worked to save animals. Prepare to be transported to Borneo to release orangutans, Brazil to protect jaguars, Africa to connect with chimpanzees and elephants, the Maldives to free mantas, and Indonesia, the only place where dragons still exist in the wild.

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Rescuing Ladybugs is an exceptional book--a clarion call to awaken our empathy, ignite compassionate action, and help recover our humanity in these dystopian times. It should be required reading for all high school students and will inspire all who care in their communion with other sentient beings. -- Dr. Michael W. Fox, author of The Boundless Circle: Rescuing Ladybugs is heartwarming, life-affirming, and highly recommended. -- Midwest Book Review Animals and humans are connected--we help, teach, heal, and rescue one another. Please read Rescuing Ladybugs, learn, and follow your heart to connect with and help our family of animals. Everyone will benefit. -- Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Each essay is passionately written and in a style that seems as if Skiff is conversing with listeners individually. These qualities are enhanced by the excellent narration from Donna Postel...Aa first-rate addition to library environmental and science collections. -- Library Journal (audio review) Everyone needs inspiring role models. This book is all about how people have found their life's work in protecting animals around the world. It's eye-opening, mind-expanding, and indeed inspiring. -- Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words In her narration of Skiff's stories of the importance of human connections to the animal world, Postel truly brings the listener into the conversation. -- Booklist (audio review) This time of year, I get flooded with books about animals and spirituality. While it is often challenging to pick the best one to share with readers, I had no problem this year. Rescuing Ladybugs by Jennifer Skiff far outshines the competition. -- Best Friends magazine

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Jennifer Skiff is the author of God Stories, The Divinity of Dogs, and Rescuing Ladybugs. She is an award-winning journalist who traveled the globe as a correspondent for CNN for more than a decade. Passionate about animals and their welfare, she serves as a trustee, adviser, and spokesperson for charities around the world while working with lawmakers to create positive change. Donna Postel, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, is absolutely passionate about audiobooks and has narrated close to fifty titles across multiple genres, from memoir and biography to literary fiction, romance, mystery, and suspense. She uses her innate curiosity, talent, and decades of experience on stage and in the recording studio to bring books to life. When she's not in the studio, she can be found down at the barn cleaning up after and occasionally riding horses.

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