Animal Ark
Author | Lucy Daniels(in the UK), Ben M. Baglio (in the USA) |
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Genre | children's books |
Publisher | Scholastic Corporation |
Published | 1994 |
No. of books | 61 |
Animal Ark is a
Plot
The general plot of each book features Mandy, the daughter of the local veterinarian, finding animals in trouble and trying to help them with the assistance of her best friend James, and other people in the village. Animal Ark is the name of the vet surgery.
The Animal Ark books have been adapted for a television series,
The books
Note: Editions for the United States are numbered differently from those of the United Kingdom. This is primarily because not all of the Animal Ark Series books were published in the United States.
The original Animal Ark Series consisted of 94 books written between 1994 and 2008. Although the majority of the stories centred around Mandy Hope and her parents vet practice, Animal Ark, in the village of Welford in Yorkshire, a number of stories took readers to other continents around the world. The original series also included a number of books labelled as Summer Specials or Holiday Specials. In fact, by late 2003, the Animal Ark Series was mainly publishing holiday specials including Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Christmas.
Television series
A television adaption of the Animal Ark books was created and broadcast on CITV in the United Kingdom. Each episode covered a book, sharing its title and plot. The series ran for two series with a total of thirteen episodes, running from 4 September 1997 to 7 July 1998.
See also
- Children's literature
- List of children's literature authors
- Publishers of children books
References
- TheGuardian.com. 22 March 2000.
- ^ Animal Ark TV series at IMDB
- ^ Animal Ark fortnightly Archived 6 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Born Free Foundation report Archived 11 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine