My family and other animals

After the unfortunate affair of the scorpion, the family had given me a large room in which to house my beasts ... Ten-year-old Gerald doesn't know why his older brothers and sisters complain so much. With snakes in the bath and a gecko on the ceiling, the family home on the Greek island of Corfu is a bit of a zoo so they should feel right at home ... Gerald joyfully pursues his interest in natural history in the midst of an unconventional and chaotic family life - all brilliantly retold in this very funny book.