My Family And Other Animals Book Age Group

It tells in an exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised way of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on the greekisland of corfubetween 1935 and 1939.

My family and other animals book age group. Birds beasts and relatives the garden of the gods my family and other animals 1956 is an autobiographicalwork by british naturalist gerald durrell. While serving as much of the source for the tv show this book alone still manages to be as different from the tv show as it is from the reality depicted in haag s biography of the durrell family the durrells in corfu which i bought along with my family and other animals. The other two in the trilogy are birds beasts and relatives and the garden of the gods all three as well as many of durrell s other books were written as fundraising efforts for his zoo in jersey and his. With snakes scorpions toads owls and geckos competing for space with one bookworm brother and another who s gun mad as well as an obsessive sister young gerald has an awful lot of natural.

My family and other animals gerald durrell teenage lovely book but fairly dense text adult themes invisible man ralph ellison no idea diary of anne frank anne frank older teenage iron man ted hughes teenage stig of the dump clive king i read at about 9 war horse michael morpurgo dunno. My family and other animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of durrell s family s experiences from the many eccentric hangers on to the ceaseless procession of puppies toads scorpions geckoes ladybugs glowworms octopuses bats and butterflies into their home. Edit my family and other animals. My family and other animals is part of what s known as the corfu trilogy all of which are about durrell s early experiences keeping animals and his family s time on the island.

Chosen by july 2012 guest editor caroline lawrence. My family and other animals is gerald durrell s hilarious account of five years in his childhood spent living with his family on the island of corfu. My family and other animals has been a favourite book of mine since i first read it at around ten years old the same age as gerry is at the beginning of the book. My family and other animals corfu trilogy 1 gerald durrell my family and other animals 1956 is an autobiographical work by british naturalist gerald durrell.

It tells of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on the greek island of corfu between 1935 and 1939.