WHAT WE'RE READING.
We got this lovely set of books for Christmas! I have never read them, but Jesse loves All Creatures Great and Small....he is excited to read the rest of the series. These appear to be first edition, and as a BONUS - there are a bunch of newspaper clippings scattered throughout the pages! There is truly nothing like a good used book.
Here is one of Jesse's favorite quotes from All Creatures Great and Small...."Kit was a lorry driver... kept a pig at the bottom of his garden for family consumption. The snag was that when killing time came, Kit wept for three days. I happened to go into his house on one of these occasions and found his wife and daughter hard at it cutting up the meat for pies and brawn while Kit huddled miserably by the kitchen fire, his eyes swimming with tears. He was a huge man who could throw a twelve stone sack of meal on to his wagon with a jerk of his arms, but he seized my hand in his and sobbed at me 'I can't bear it, Mr. Herriot. He was like a Christian was that pig, just like a Christian.' " I am eager to get started! What are you guys reading these days?- Hannah.