James Herriot is perhaps the most beloved storyteller of our time.  The warm and joyful memoirs of his life as a country vet in England's Yorkshire—All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, and The Lord God Made Them All—have endeared him to countless readers around the world.  More recently, such famly classics as Moses the Kitten and Only One Woof have brought his work to a whole new generation of young readers.  And now, the world's most famous vet has collected into one volume all his own stories of the animal that he cares for most.

Herriot tells us that even at an an early age "I was fascinated by dogs...I could never quite take dogs for granted.  Why were they so devoted to the human race? Why should they delight in our company and welcome us home in transports of joy? Why should their greatest pleasure like in being with us in our homes and wherever we were?...As a vet I could be with dogs all the time, attending to them, curing their illnesses, saving their lives." And although, as James Herriot was soon to find out, being a vet in the Yorkshire Dales meant caring for cows, sheep, and horses, with precious little time left over for "small  animal" practice, somehow dogs continued to play a large part in both his personal and professional life.

Here are the complete dog stories of James Herriot; a handsome collection of fifty tales (some never before seen in America), that will warm the hearts of dog lovers across the world.  Featuring both a new introduction by James Herriot and his own accompanying notes to each story, and profusely illustrated by Victor Ambrus, this tribute by the master storyteller to man's best friend will be read, reread, and treasured for many years to come.  It is a volume no Herriot fan will want to be without.

From the dust jacket of the American edition