I have 3 copies of the new book, Thanking the Monkey, to giveaway! If you would like a chance to win a copy, please leave a comment on this post before 10:00 PM (MST) on May 8th. Please only comment once, and be sure to fill in the email field so you can be contacted if you win. This giveaway is open to those in the USA and Canada, and the winner will be chosen by a random number generator. Winners will be contacted by email on May 9th.
About the book:
The animal rights movement has reached a tipping point. No longer a fringe extremist cause, it has become a social concern that leading members of society endorse and young people embrace. From Michael Vick’s dog fighting scandal to the incredible success of the bestselling Skinny Bitch veggie diet book, animal rights issues have hit the headlines—and are being championed by students and senators, pop stars and producers, and actors and activists.
Don’t you want to be part of the conversation? In Thanking the Monkey, Karen Dawn covers pets, fur, fashion, food, animal testing, activism, and more. But as the title playfully suggests, this isn’t like any previous animal rights book. Thanking the Monkey is light on lectures meant to make you feel guilty if you’re not a leather-eschewing vegan. It lets you have fun as you learn about Paul McCartney’s love of lambs and why Prince won’t wear wool. You’ll meet Fall Out Boy’s Andy Hurley and Pete Wentz—and their favorite traveling companion, Hemingway, Pete’s dog. You’ll read why Natalie Portman, Alicia Silverstone, and so many of those skinny but not bitchy actresses won’t eat or wear animals. And you’ll laugh over dozens of cartoons from Dan Piraro’s Bizzaro to other animal-friendly comics.
This fun primer for a smart and socially committed generation delivers some serious surprises in the form of facts and figures about the treatment of animals. Yes, it will shock you with tales of primates still used in animal testing on nicotine or killed for oven cleaner. But it will also let you lighten up and laugh a little as we work out how to do a better job of thanking the monkey.
*this giveaway is now closed. Congrats to numbers 97,41, and 72. *
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I would love to read this. Thank you!
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Hi, I am glad you brought this book to my attention. I grew up in a family of animal lovers. My brother was a veterinarian and we have had some very unusual pets. We also had more throw aways than anyone I have ever known. It is good to know that there is some humor in this book. Please enter me in your drawing. Many thanks,Cindi
Sounds like an interesting book — I’d like to read a moderate & humorous take on these issue. Thanks for the nice giveaway.
I’d love to read this! Sounds like it would be much more lighthearted than books like Diet for A New America and whatnot.
I have learned so much since I joined PETA’s site, and am wanting to do more financially but am not able to at this time. I have been taking feral cats to be spade and neutered and then released back into the woods around me. I still leave food outside if they come back around, of course the racoons and skunks eat a lot of it.
I would really appreciate winning a copy of this book! I might learn more ways that I can help save more animals!
Sounds like a really fantastic book, that everyone should read! Count me in!
I want to win!
Nice prize.
Monkeys are too fun, they can sell anything.
I would love this for my older brother who is having a birthday soon…we are definitely lovers of all animals.
Thanks.
I love animals! We have four dogs, five cats, and one horse. My dream is to open my own all animal rescue/shelter. All our animals have been rescues which we have kept as our own. In the past I had rescued many dogs and cats and taken to the vet to get spade or neutered and then found good wonderful homes for them. I would love doing this again someday…We don’t have a local rescue/shelter within 20 miles of here. Which is really horrible. There are so many animals that need our help just in my area. It makes me cry most of the time when I see dogs running around and I know that they will go to the local vet just to only live three days before being put to sleep. They should be treated more like children in some respects. I would love this book, it would be a great addition to my other books. Thank you!!!!
I think ths would be great to read, I am into “todays topics” and this is probably one problem not everyone really knows about, including me! I think this would give me insite to this issue and more so pass on the information to my children.
Sounds like a fabulous read!
I’d love to read this, sounds like we could all learn something.
Sounds like a good book to read!
Cool book
Sounds like a interesting book.
love to get a new book to read
Sounds very interesting.
I volunteer with animals. Trying to find them great homes. I would love to read this!!!
I’d love to read this
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
I am intrigued by your review of the book. Too many books are overly heavy-handed when it comes to discussing issues. This sounds like an amusing book that will inform but not condemn the reader.
I would love to read this book.
Would dearly love to win this book.
I would enjoy this book and enjoy passing it on to others to read. It sounds like a book to reach a lot of readers.
This looks like a fun new way of teaching about Animal rights (Or the basic treatment of them…) It will be a relief from the previous books I’ve read. (Mostly just legalities concerning animal rights in the dusty section of my local library!)
I’m studying to be an Animal Cruelty Investigator, so this would be helpful if I could win it!
Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Alex
After all, Homo Sapiens are animals too…..lets hope there arent intelligent aliens out there who would treat us the way we treat the “lesser” animals. It is time Slaughter houses were no longer part of our culture.
send it and i’ll read it
Please enter me
Interesting read
My brother met a monkey on a beach in Costa Rica.
I’m all for the protection and welfare of all animals.I would dearly love to read this book.
This looks like an excellent book. Thanks.
like to win this
cool
such an important issue, we have to be their advocates!
just to cool
Sounds great!
Please count me in.
I am a vegetarian!
Thanks!
Might be enlightening!
Please sign me up. I am interested in this.
hope i win!
My 12 yr old daughter LOVES animals, she’s a vegetarian and loves to read. I’d give this book to her, thank you!
Thanks for the chance to win a thought-provoking book.
we love animals and we are flexitarians very rarely eating meat so this would be a great book for us as we keep moving towards vegetarianism
Thanks.
I have three dogs and a parrot. Enough said!
I am a vegetarian and have championed animal rights for years. I think this would be a very interesting book.
Sounds like a good book
I would LOVE to win this…thanks so much for great contest
I love the cover art.
A very unique book.
There is no better companion than a dog
This would be extremely cool to win!
this sounds great…good luck to me!
would really love to read this book then share
Count me in!
I just love animals..I hope I win!
This sounds like a fun and enlightening read! I’m already a vegetarian, and I’d love to learn how to do more for our animal friends!
I would love to read and share this book. Hoping that I win!
I would absolutely LOVE to win this book!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Looks like a great book. Thanks for the chance.
please enter me thanks
This looks like a wonderful book!
This looks to be an interesting read.
Enter me, please.
enter me!
adding my entry, I love animals.
I love animals so I’m sure I’ll love this book. Enter me, please!
I love all animals but mostly kitties.
please count me in
Thanks for this giveaway! It looks like a great book.
I’ve been doing things for animal rights since I was very little, would love to read this book. Yes I was that kid that refused to dissect frogs & pigs in middle school
After my argument for not doing it, I actually managed A’s on both projects as well, lol.
This book sounds really interesting. Sign me up!
I’d love to read this book at bookclub!
What a great blog! Thanks for speaking for those without a voice. . . hope I win this book, looks like an interesting read.
I’d love to read this book. Thanks!
sounds like a great book
Looks like an interesting read…thanks for the contest.
Great website that I just found. Excellent book to make the public more aware. If I don’t win, I intend to purchase and share. Thank you!!
Thank you! So underestimated!
enter me
thankis for the contest
Looks like a great book and I’d love to win it!
looks great thanks for the contest
Enter me please.
Count me in !!
Sweet niblets!
This sounds like a good book.
My in-laws were visiting this past weekend and they just don’t understand how I can love my animals so much. I was irritated over a few comments they made, but in the end they lose. They have no pets to love.
This sounds like an educational and exciting read!
Thanks for having such a timely and considerate giveaway!
I’d really like to do some reading on this subject. My daughter turned vegan this past summer and I’m learning so much.
I would really love to read this one
Sounds like a very thought provoking book. I would love to read it.
please enter me
I would love to read this book.
Would love to read this!
Looks like an interesting book!
Count me in!
Sound like an interesting read.
Sounds like a great book!
great contest
This book looks great!!! Please enter my name, THANK YOU!!
Sounds like a great book. I’m a big time animal lover
Id love to have a copy!!
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great book, i’d love to win it!
This looks like a very interesting read. I hope I win it!
I love animals and this looks like an important book in promoting animal rights and welfare.
Looks like a great summer read.
Interesting reading! Would love to hear what those people say!
What a great book!
I read some magazine showing a study about kids who grew up with pets versus those that did not. It showed the a kid with a pet was a much more rounded adult. More compassionate, tolerant of others, etc. For all of us with animals, we know this to be very true
Nice prize! Thanks for the giveaway.
please enter me
I would like to read this.
plz include me.
would love to be entered!
I’ve never read a book of this type, so this would be interesting!
What a great book-please enter me in the contest. Thanks.
I would love to read this book. It sounds entertaining, but educational. Thanks for the contest!
This will be a suggestion for my book club.
I would LOVE to read this book. We are big animal lovers in our house.
count me in – the kids would enjoy this book
I would love to read this book. We love animals.
This looks like a really enjoyable book. I’d love the chance!
i’d like to have a copy of the book!
My dog is a member of the family and is treated just as good as the humans in our family. She even has a real mattress of her own instead of a doggie bed. I sure hope more people think about the way they treat animal souls.
Looks interesting. Our dogs were beloved members of the family.
Sounds like a great read.
nice!!!!!!!:)