Beatrice the Hairless and the Ipašs Rescue

Beatrice the Hairless is no ordinary worker bee, she's damed by the Queen. Maddie Woodsmith is no ordinary girl, she's an Ipašs. There's nothing ordinary about Kingdom Animalia, where colorful, charming critters thrive while following a sacred oath unknown to humans. The work-hard, play-hard subjects of Kingdom Animalia look after one another and enjoy paradise on a small, urban hobby farm until five-year-old Maddie goes missing. The disappearance of the special one sets animal altruism into motion. Join the wilds and domestics of Rolling Lane as their search and rescue mission takes on varied challenges, including Mother Nature. The animals and their escapades come alive with over ninety original oil-on-canvas illustrations. "Beatrice the Hairless and the Ipašs Rescue" is about collaboration, sacrifice, celebration, life and death, and the power of love and friendship.

Cody Aufricht is a first-time author and long-time artist. He swam his way to a BA in Advertising from Texas Tech University and acquired an MBA from the University of Dallas. He built his career as a Chief Marketing Officer for several international software companies while raising his family on an urban hobby farm. Shortly after the children flew the coop, Cody retired from business and threw himself into varied creative pursuits. He studied under prominent Texas artists and combined his interests in nature, storytelling, and painting to capture the richness of his family's life with animals. "Beatrice the Hairless and the Ipašs Rescue" takes place on the Aufricht homestead and includes the people and animals that grew up there. In his spare time, you'll find Cody in his painting studio, hiking in the mountains, or mucking horse stalls at his home in Southlake, Texas.