"This book is beautiful. The art is gorgeous, the animals are adorable, the scenery is breathtaking, and the people feel alive. The stories are sweet, funny, and kind hearted. It is a book of people and animals being kind and loving to each other accompanied by great art. Everyone should at least flip through it, but really you should read and treasure it."
Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date 2014-10-28
Section Children's Picture Books / Gift / Seasonal Books / All Staff Suggestions / Suggestions for Kids / Emmaline C. / Archived Staff Suggestions
Format Hardcover
ISBN 9781250058133
Children have always found a delightful friend in James Herriot. His award-winning stories for young readers bring the farmyard world of Herriot's Yorkshire to vibrant life. Featuring a host of adorable animals and colorful townsfolk, each of the stories is narrated by the country vet himself, with all of the warmth, caring, and good humor that have made James Herriot beloved the world over. Here, in James Herriot's Treasury for Children, we find all of his books for children collected in one beautiful volume. From the springtime frolic of Oscar, Cat-About-Town to the yuletide warmth of The Christmas Day Kitten, these stories—radiantly illustrated by Peter Barrett and Ruth Brown—are perennial favorites, and this new complete edition will make a wonderful gift for all readers, great and small.
Taken together, these stories comprise a wondrous Herriot menagerie, a family treasure that will be passed, with joy and affection, from generation to generation.