All Creatures Great and Small: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor

Written by James Herriot

Narrated by Nicholas Ralph

**This program is read by Nicholas Ralph, star of the PBS Masterpiece series**

"Nicholas Ralph’s readings of Herriot’s stories are as comforting an experience as the show, and even more immersive." —The Houston Chronicle

A tie-in to the PBS Masterpiece series and Christmas special, available on streaming and home video.

All Creatures Great and Small is first volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series. Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients.

For fifty years, generations of readers have flocked to Herriot's marvelous tales, deep love of life, and extraordinary storytelling abilities. For decades, Herriot roamed the remote, beautiful Yorkshire Dales, treating every patient that came his way from smallest to largest, and observing animals and humans alike with his keen, loving eye.

In All Creatures Great and Small, we meet the young Herriot as he takes up his calling and discovers that the realities of veterinary practice in rural Yorkshire are very different from the sterile setting of veterinary school.

James Herriot's memoirs have sold 80 million copies worldwide, and continue to delight and entertain listeners and readers of all ages.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Nov 17, 2020
• ISBN: 9781250796875

James Herriot

James Herriot (1916–1995) was the pen name of James Alfred “Alf” Wight, an English veterinarian whose tales of veterinary practice and country life have delighted generations. Many of Herriot’s works—including All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, The Lord God Made Them All, and Every Living Thing—became international bestsellers and have been adapted for film and television. Herriot’s stories rely on numerous autobiographical elements taken from his life in northern England’s Yorkshire County, and they depict a simple, rustic world deeply in touch with the cycles of nature.

Reviews for All Creatures Great and Small

[Timothy Hoke · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Why is it not ready yet i have been waiting

[Emily Lassiter Branch · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was a re-read (well, a listen this time) for me - I first read this book back in the late 70s and loved it. It's one of those books I've always wanted to revisit, and have told my daughters more than once "You need to read this book" (or this series, actually). When I saw the opportunity to listen to a new audio version, narrated by the actor who plays Herriot in the new PBS series, I jumped at the opportunity. And lo and behold, it was just sweet, just as charming, just as funny and sometimes heartbreaking as the first time I read it. The narration is wonderful - I'm quite sure I wasn't hearing a Scottish accent in my head when I read it, but Nicholas Ralph's voice most definitely added to the experience this time around. I'll be highly recommending it - again - to my daughters.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for providing a copy for an unbiased review.