From internationally acclaimed poet and translator Daniel Ladinsky and MUTTS creator Patrick McDonnell comes a collaborative book of poetry and illustrations guaranteed to tug at the tender emotions of any animal lover. Darling, I Love You: Poems from the Hearts of Our Glorious Mutts and All Our Animal Friends contains poems about the special places animals hold in our hearts, accompanied by drawings of the MUTTS characters that readers have come to know and love.

This item includes a bookplate that has been hand-signed by Patrick McDonnell (exclusive to MUTTS.com)!

"The text is accompanied by charming line drawings by Patrick McDonnell, creator of the MUTTS comic strip, which add to the energy, depth and warmth of the writing. Pet owners will chuckle knowingly about the way the speakers shift between simple observations — 'sometimes all you need/ is a friend who won’t/ question you' — and deeper statements, such as 'greet yourself/ in your thousand/ other forms' that reminds us why humans need animals as much as they need us." — The Washington Post