All Creatures Great and Small

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Summary: A Comforting, Warm-Hearted Novel
Review: After having surgery, I was very sick and could not concentrate on anything but pain. To distract myself, I picked up this book and read it. It is such a comforting and wonderful book, it really took my mind off of my health and sped up recovery. Everyone should read it.

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Summary: This is one of the best books ever written!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This has to be the best book I have ever read,even better than "Horse Whisperer." Jim tells of his experiences about being a country veterinarian in Yorkshire,Darrowby,and other neighboring cities. He tells of different adventures he has at the Skeldale House,where he and his colleuge, Seigfried, work. Herriot tells of good times and bad,and of his encounters with people and animals alike.This book really increased my vocabulary, it helped me to become more literate about animals and diseases. Everyone will love this book. Five Stars *****

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Summary: A great book so far.
Review: I am in the middle of "All Creatures Great and Small" so far it has been a great book. I read "Every Living Thing" earlier this school year and I thought it was so great I decided to start another one of his books. From reading this book I now understand some of "Every Living Thing" In all of his books Jim tells of his experiences of treating animals. I am glad Herriot gives context clues for some of his diseases or I would have no idea what it was.This is a great book and all will agree if they read it.

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Summary: A book for loving pet owners and modern-day farmers alike.
Review: Speaking from my own viewpoint, that of a small horse farm owner and generally soft-hearted animal admirer, I would like to recommend this book to others who feel that "something special" for the four-footed kind. The humor in this book also offers warm chuckles on cold foal-watch nights. Anyone with a sense of humor, even should they hate fur or feathers, would truly enjoy this one. Mr. Herriot's portrayal of his fellow man is not only insightful, it's downright uplifting! (It lifted me up out of my chair and onto the floor a few times. Laughing.

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Summary: Best Listening Book Experience Ever!!
Review: This is where it all started with James Herriott for me - a paperback tucked in with 3 or 4 other books I received for my birthday a long time ago. I couldn't tell you what the other books were, but this book, and its sequels, have become dear friends. I can tell you the stories from memory (and from my heart) and I have read the paperbacks so often I've had to replace them with hardbacks just so they'll last longer.
James Herriott was a vet practicing in Yorkshire (England) from the end of the Depression until about 20 years ago.
The stories are charming, happy, glorious, tragic and tear-jerking. It was a wonderful but brutal time to be practicing veterinary medicine. It was before many of the surgeries we have now and Herriott was there for the introduction of antibiotics and many other medicines. Think about it - how often have you had your cat or dog treated for infections - 60 years ago there was nothing to kill the bacteria that brought death to so many. How impossibly hard it must have been for him to lose so many of the animals he treated, and how wonderful when he knew he saved them either for the farmers who needed their stock or the families who loved their pets. And the people he writes about! What characters!
I have pets and love to read the stories about cats and dogs and horses. I teach medical students and use more than a few examples from these books about the PROCESS of thinking which is so essential to any practice of medicine. His stories here and in later books about diagnosing hoof and mouth disease or husk or heatstroke or nettlerash are fascinating reading about the mind of a physician as it works while the seconds of life tick away.
This book is great, the series of books is great - curl up somewhere and get to know them.

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Summary: My Favorite Book of All Time
Review: I consider the characters in James Herriot's book to be among my best friends. They have always had the ability to make me laugh or cry as I read about their exploits. James Herriot wrote about his life in a way that should be a model for all of us as we live our lives. His stories show a deep respect for all living things and a love for nature. He was a keen observer of human relationships and an admirer of the essential traits that make us all tick. Besides being all of these things, he was a masterful writer. Each of his anecdotes ends with a satisfying clincher and his descriptions are rich enough that you can smell the Yorkshire pudding and feel the blistering wind. He created in me such of love of that environment, that I went to "Darrowby" on my honemoon just to retrace his steps. Do yourself a favor and read this book!

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Summary: WHAT A HOOT!
Review: This country vet will win your heart and make appreciate what veternarians go through. All of his books are heartwarming and humorous and sensitive. I came I read I laughed I loved them all.

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Summary: All tales wonderful and beautiful
Review: Such a great book and a great beginning to an amazing series. I never had the oppourtunity to read this in school, but my older brother had a copy of it laying around for many years, and one day I picked it up and started reading. The stories were so engrossing it was hard to put this book down. The narration is so rich and textured, you can almost feel yourself transported to the places and meeting the people and animals, having the experiences the author talks about. In a way, I am sort of glad I didn't read this when I was younger, as I doubt that I would have appreciated as much as I do. Even though the stories take place a world away, the author has a way of making it seem familiar. After I finished this book, I went on to read the rest in the series, and I was never disappointed, but this one will always be my favorite. A great book for anyone, even if you don't care for animals.