Books with title Seagull Soup

Seagull Soup describes the annual Gabertay Fair – a social gathering held in a small Borders village. The farmers and their children gather on the village green to enjoy a rare day off . The surprise arrival of a travelling circus with Tipu the Magnificent Indian Elephant and his exotic master Ravi Muckerjee coincides with an unexpected animal protest involving tens of thousands of local birds, mice , foxes six pigs and a goat. Seagull Soup is a humorous light hearted tale of life in a bygone era.

Through both comedy and tragedy, Seagull explores lives that are precariously balanced between love and indifference, success and failure, hope and despair. The first of what are considered to be Chekhov’s four great plays, it sets the scene for the playwright’s unmistakable mix of melancholia and laughter combined with a unique understanding of the daily torment of an unfulfilled.

Who needs to fly to Africa or visit a safari park, when there is so much wildlife on our doorsteps? This book examines seagulls and discusses where city seagulls live, what they eat, what dangers they face, and why they like living so close to people. Special "spotter's clues" symbols highlighting key seagull behaviours and features are used throughout the book to enable readers to go on their own "city safari" once they have finished reading the book.

Who needs to visit a safari park when there is so much wildlife on our doorsteps? Each book in this series looks at a different wild animal and takes the reader on a 'city safari'. Special 'Spotter's Clues' symbols highlighting key animal behaviours and features are used throughout the books to enable readers to go on their own 'city safari' once they have finished.