Everything you need to understand or teach Birds, Beasts, and Relatives by Gerald Durrell.
The story opens with a prelude called "Conversations" that occurs during a reunion of Gerald Darrell, his siblings and his mother in which he announces his intention to write a sequel to his first book, "My Family and Other Animals." His mother initially tells Gerald's brothers that she can't stop the project, but when he proposes to include a particular story about his mother, she joins in the objections. Gerald notes...
Birds, Beasts, and Relatives Lesson Plans contain 160 pages of teaching material, including: