吉米·哈利获过大英帝国勋章，写过荣登《纽约时报》榜首的系列畅销书。却坚持在乡间从事兽医工作50余年。

写过的书拍成了电影电视剧，塑造的人物成了读者饭桌上的谈资，而他自己成了人们口中永恒的传奇。

谦卑、温和、乐观、悲悯。

一个把心低到尘土，却始终在仰望星空的人。

译者 林滢，当代著名翻译家、作家及书法家。文笔流畅，著译颇丰，深受广大读者喜爱。20世纪60年代在台湾《联合报》儿童版连载八年的《林叔叔讲故事》曾经家喻户晓。《万物既伟大又渺小》（台版名为《大地之歌》）是其代表译作。

These are the stories that catapulted James Herriot to literary fame. When this book was first published, it was merely a simple volume of memoirs by an unknown Scottish veterinarian. But within a year, the book became recognized as a masterpiece. And in the three decades that followed, Dr. Herriot became one of the most universally loved authors of our time.In this first volume of memoirs, then-newly-qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby and he has no idea what to expect. How will he get on with his new boss? With the local farmers? And what will the animals think? This program is filled with hilarious and touching tales of the unpredictable Siegfried Farnon, Siegfrieds zany brother, Tristan, and Herriots first encounters with a beautiful girl called Helen.Now as then, All Creatures Great and Small is full of humor, warmth, pathos, drama, and James Herriots love of life. His journeys across the Yorkshire dales, and his encounters with humans and dogs, cows, and kittens, are lovingly told by Christopher Timothy with all the fascination, affection, and joy that suffuses Dr. Herriots works.