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James Herriot's Treasury of Inspirational Stories for Children

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We bought this for our niece. The stories are heart-warming, but also sometimes realistically heart-breaking. I think it'll help any child develop sympathy and respect for other animals, plus city kids will get a glimpse of farm life.
We had read the comments about it being hard to read and understand, so my fiance read me a story from it before we wrapped it up and sent it out. We did get some good laughs from him trying to pronounce a few things. The problem isn't that the words are big, its that the author is doing a good job of recreating an accent and cultural slang that us americans haven't heard before. I think its probably healthy for parents and kids alike to be exposed to a different culture and way of talking. And even if you miss a few words, you'll still understand each story as a whole.
Parents should try reading Herriot's adult novels, too!

This book has beautiful pictures and is one of my favorites. All the kids I know love it. I highly recommend the book itself. However, it is a re-release of the book James Herriot's Treasury for Children. The Amazon website recommends buying the two books together, so I assumed they were different books. However, the copyright information for the Inspirational Stories book says clearly "Previously published as James Herriot's Treasury for Children ..."

In case you wonder what the characters sound like in this wonderful book writted by James Herriot for children, there is an audiobook narrated by talented Jim Dale. Published by Macmillan Young Listners in July 2008, the audio CD was not linked to the book by Amazon. Also, while the stories are identical, if you wonder what the differences are between this book (St. Martin's Griffin 9/22/2005) and the original version (St. Martin's Press: 1st edition 9/1/1992) before making your purchase, here is what I found-- 1) The original version comes with dust jacket and this one doesn't, 2) The paper used for the original version is thinner, glossier which makes the artwork stands out better. The paper used for this version is thicker which can handle little hands' wear and tear better. I own one of each edition. This version is for me and my 3-year-old daughter to read now and the other is part of our favorite book collections which oneday will be hers.

My children and I cuddle under a warm blanket and read these stories over and over. You'll laugh and cry. Everyone should have this book!

My daughter, now age 8, loves animals and will pick this book up to read. Beautiful stories with lovely pictures.

Purchased for an 11 year old, but possibly enjoyed even more by a younger group. All children that love animals will enjoy this book. It was especially touching for my granddaughter since she has recently lost a family dog that was in her home even before she was born. Can't go wrong with this wonderfully illustrated and written book.

When my children were young a friend bought the stories in this book as single books for them. I was excited to see these in one book. The illustrations are terrific. Definitely a book to keep for generations!

Wonderful book which my grandchildren thoroughly enjoy. Each story provides excitement and emotional sensitivity. The reader's interest is captured and maintained from beginning to end.

My little Shetland sheepdog and I do Therapy Dog work. Whenever we have an older child who needs a bit of help learning to read, I pull out this treasury of James Herriot's tales. The stories are suitable for almost everybody except the youngest readers (they are a bit long for them to read, although they are very suitable for parents to read to little ones). Heart warming, well illustrated, these stories are suitable for 3rd grade level and up readers to enjoy. Adults can also enjoy these stories with their kids.