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Mir
Jul 23, 2014 rated it liked it
Three cousins meet a Parrot who asks them to help him deal with a cockatrice uprising in the hidden land of Mythologia.

This is a pleasant, fun adventure for younger kids. There isn't much sense of danger and little character development. If you're familiar with Durrell, it shouldn't come as a surprise that he's more interested in describing animals and being funny than in the plot or the people.

Durrell loves animals. Even imaginary animals. Even imaginary animals who are jerks.
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Wiltshire Hermit
Jun 28, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction-children
Lorena
May 23, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: for-kids