All Creatures Great and Small: All Things Wise and Wonderful (Paperback)

from t1bnotown

I loved Herriot's collection of vet stories based off of airforce stories. Herriot tells the story of his time in the airforce, which everything he does reminding him in some way of different experiences he had as a vet- experiences that are generally funny, sometimes sad, and sometimes inspiring...

from diwms

If you love animals you will love these books. Additionally, these books can be read and put down easily since each chapter is generally a individual story . This makes it quite nice for brief periods of reading.

from MerryMeerkat

Very funny like the others, however I could have done without all of the Army bits.

from JeremyPreacher

Still delightful, although I don't think Herriot's war service works particularly well as a framing device. There are several entertaining anecdotes about it, but most of the chapters start with some clumsy segue that doesn't actually add anything and is rather distracting.

from countrylife

Thoroughly delightful stories involving the veterinary practice of James Herriot in Yorkshire. Plucked from his vocation as a country vet, Dr. Herriot now belongs to the Royal Air Force. He shares some little bit of his RAF training and experiences, while with those incidents, his mind invariably...