# Why are UK and US titles different for the same book? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 29, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-uk-and-us-titles-different-for-the-same-book/413553 "2007-07-29T01:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-uk-and-us-titles-different-for-the-same-book/413553/41 "2007-07-30T13:07:26Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] Re the Herriot books - the first six books as originally published in the UK are \*If Only They Could Talk, It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet, Let Sleeping Vets Lie, Vet in Harness, Vets Might Fly, \* and _Vet in a Spin_. Because these are quite slim volumes, for the US (and also available in the UK) they were repackaged into three volumes: _All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful_ and _All Things Wise and Wonderful_. The seventh published book is more substantial, and stands alone as _The Lord God Made Them All_. [/QUOTE] The US titles were chosen by “Herriot’s” daughter “Rosie” (in quotes because those are not their real names). ---
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[QUOTE=Hello Again] The US titles were chosen by “Herriot’s” daughter “Rosie” (in quotes because those are not their real names). [/QUOTE] His ie Alf Wight’s daughter really is called Rosie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-uk-and-us-titles-different-for-the-same-book/413553.md?page=2)