2013, Dublin, Associated Editions. Commissioned by Dublin Zoo.
A beautifully illustrated book about the elephants of Dublin Zoo for a young audience with paintings by Cathy Callan.
Available from Dublin Zoo. Contact info@dublinzoo.ie
“In 2009 the celebrated author Catherine de Courcy wrote a fairly weighty (356) history of the Dublin Zoo, a book I reviewed in a Zoo Grapevine of the same year. At the time, therefore, the zoo was only three years into its 2006 masterplan. …
The Irish Independent includes Catherine’s Dubin Zoo Elephants in their list of best books for Christmas. Read John Spain’s full review.
Radio broadcast: Dublin Zoo celebrates being open for 190 years. Historian and Author Catherine De Courcy discusses the history of the zoo.