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The Talking Parcel (also published as The Battle for Castle Cockatrice) is a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which children are transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. They are aided by a talking parrot and encounter many other magical creatures, including a mooncalf.
A Memorial Celebration for the Life of Gerald Durrell (1995) World of Animals episode on Gerald Durrell and Jersey Zoo, Channel One, Moscow (2004) The Wild Life of Gerald Durrell, BBC Four (December 2005) Wildlife in a War Zone, using archival Durrell footage and examining the changes brought about by war in Sierra Leone, Animal Planet, May 2006
Pages in category "Books by Gerald Durrell" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... The Talking Parcel; Three Singles to Adventure; W.
Gerald Malcolm Durrell OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter.He was born in Jamshedpur in British India, [note 2] and moved to England when his father died in 1928.
Ralph Shillito Thompson MBE (3 June 1913 [1] – 3 May 2009) was a British artist and book illustrator, who specialized in pen and ink sketches of animal subjects.His most noteworthy works are his series of book illustrations for the famous naturalist and author Gerald Durrell in the period 1954 to 1964 when Durrell was associated with the publishing firm of Rupert Hart-Davis.
The Stationary Ark was a documentary television miniseries hosted by zoologist Gerald Durrell on location at his Jersey Zoological Park. It was based on his 1976 book of the same name. [citation needed] The series was produced by Canadian company Nielsen-Ferns and aired from September to December 1975 on CBC Television and TVOntario.
The book is an autobiographical account of five years [2] in the childhood of naturalist Gerald Durrell, aged 10 at the start of the saga, of his family, pets and life during a sojourn on Corfu. The book is divided into three sections, marking the three villas where the family lived on the island.
The books written by Durrell about these expeditions, The Bafut Beagles and A Zoo in My Luggage, portray the Fon mostly in a humorous fashion, lampooning his polygamy, anglophile perspective, and high tolerance for alcohol, but also in more flattering ways. The Fon awarded Durrell the ceremonial dress and staff during his second expedition.
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