
Now add to it some hilarious experiences with some of the most startling animals, a shooting adventure gone bad, loads of parties with unusual guests, animal hunting in orchards of olives and grapes, swimming in the cool, brilliantly blue, dolphin filled seas, memorable picnics to the most unusual but beautiful places and you have the story of this gem of a book! Imagine the animal lover in you, moving to a new exotic place, with your mildly eccentric family. ― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals

If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.”
