My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
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Book Reviews of My Family and Other Animals
Book Review: My Family and Other Animals
Summary: 5 Stars
Charming and delightful. A true story which made me want to pack and return to Corfu again.Book Review: BUG BOY
Summary: 4 Stars
Gerald Durrell had a childhood most children only deam about. He had a crazy family, a shaggy dog, various flying pets, a donkey for his birthday and a most indulging mentor.
Most of all, he had halcyon days on the Greek island of Corfu.
This is the first of many Durrell books that have enchanted generations of young nature lovers. Most have grown older reading his adventures throughout the forests and savannahs
Some have even made pilgrimages to his Jersey zoo to see for themselves the animals he collected.
But most of all, Gerald Durrell brought magic and escape from boarding school solitude and like his brother, Lawrence, created a literary legacy for generations to come.
Sadly, how many will discover his books? And how many of the creatures he wrote about will survive our lifetimes?
Get the book. Get all the books.
At least we can preserve the memories on our bookshelves.
Book Review: A Good Animal Lover Novel
Summary: 4 Stars
The book My Family and other Animals is most definitely a different book. It is about a young boy, the author, who moves to a small island with his large and diverse family. Gerald is very interested in animals and such. So when they move to the island he likes to just wander around and look at the species and try to capture them. There are really two types of writing going on in the novel, a story part and an informational part. It is very interesting during the more story part, for me, since something is actually happening. However, I do no necessarily like the informational part since it is about animals. I do like animals, but I think it is a bore to read about them like it was a text book. Overall, this is a really good book and it keeps you on the edge of your seat, and it makes you laugh when the whole family gets together with all their differences. I recommend it highly to all the animal lovers out thereBook Review: Delightfully Entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
Gerald Durrell originally intended this book to be primarily about the flora and fauna of Corfu, the island off the northwestern Greece mainland to which his family moved from England when he was a child. As it turned out, however, this delightfully entertaining series of mishaps includes a great deal of local color, including rather interesting (read "wacky") Corfian characters and experiences. A great believer in "You Are There" reading, I timed my own to coincide with a trip to Corfu in late May, where I finished the book at a villa set among olive trees above a stunning little bay overlooking the Ionian Sea on Corfu. Absolutely delightful! By the way, this is a wonderful book to share by reading aloud.Book Review: "One Travelling Circus and Staff"
Summary: 4 Stars
From a young age, Gerald Durrell, an early environmental preservationist, had a love for all types of animals. This interest was greatly encouraged during the five years Durrell and his family lived on the island of Corfu, an undeveloped paradise before WWII. Durrell's calm and rather long-suffering mother brought her three sons, including the not-yet-acclaimed writer Lawrence Durell, and daughter to the island as antidote to England's year-round gloomy weather. A warm and witty look at an eccentric British family also introduces the reader to the rustic residents of Corfu and flora and fauna ranging from insects to owls. This wonderful family read-aloud for ages 12 and up.