{"id":142,"date":"2014-02-16T06:48:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T06:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ANIMALPAGES.COM\/animals\/?p=142"},"modified":"2024-02-16T06:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T06:51:26","slug":"book-review-all-creatures-great-and-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/book-review-all-creatures-great-and-small\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: All Creatures Great and Small"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>All Creatures Great and Small<\/em>&nbsp;by James Herriot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you discover James Herriot\u2019s stories of life as a Yorkshire vet, you will read and reread all his books over and over. You will laugh and cry and fall in love with all of the wonderful animals and entertaining human characters Herriot has encountered in his remarkable life. Herriot\u2019s novels are truly among the greatest books ever written. If you haven&#8217;t read them yet, what are you waiting for? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The audiobook, narrated by Christopher Timothy (who played Harriot in the original TV series based on the books), are especially delightful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49zfCBO\">Buy on Amazon!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b16ad781 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49zfCBO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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