For more than a year, she has been hard at work creating two books: Rescued In America and Deaf Dogs, which feature beautiful pictures and profiles of 183 dogs. Her goal is to sell enough copies to raise $300,000 or more for animal rescue organizations.Melissa's personal experience with her own deaf rescue dog, Sadie, inspired her to create the books to educate people about shelter dogs. Rescued In America and Deaf Dogs will be published at the end of this month. To pre-order copies, click here and help spread the word about these wonderful books!