Animal Ark
56 primary works • 159 total works
Mandy hope loves all animals and is always helping out at her parents' busy veterinary surgery. Animal Ark. Her adventures form the highly successful series Animal Ark, Animal Ark Pets, Animal Ark Hauntings and new this year: Little Animal Ark. These books appeal to a wide age range and to any child who has a pet or simply loves animals like Mandy does. In this sweet story Mandy is helping set up a Santa's grotto at the local hospital in her village. Along with her best friend James, Mandy is hoping to cheer up all the patients, with plenty of tinsel and holiday fun. They soon befriend, a young patient called Charlie, who desperately wants a dog for Christmas. So when James spots a stray Jack Russell terrier wandering round the hospital grounds it seems like the perfect solution. But is someone else hoping Santa will bring the little terrier home?
When Mandy discovers an abandoned baby owl, she knows the best place for it is the Welford Animal Sanctuary. But Sam Western has just raised the sanctuary's rent and now all its animals are at risk. Can Mandy and James raise the money needed to save the sanctuary?
When Bill Ward, the postman, spots a wild tabby cat in the village, he gets the stray checked out by Mr and Mrs Hope. When he realises she's pregnant, he offers her a temporary home. He's sympathetic to her plight as his own pedigree cat has just had kittens, and he doesn't expect anything in return for his help. But when his cat is injured in a road accident and left unable to care for her newborn kittens, the stray tabby provides invaluable help, taking the babies in with her own brood until their real mother is back on her feet...
The Hope family take in Polly, a friend's daughter, when her father goes into hospital - and her new Shetland pony comes too! The pony is gorgeous, but Polly won't have anything to do with it. She's afraid of horses, though she's been around them all her life. Can Mandy and James help her to love the little pony?
Out camping on mysterious Dalton Heath, Mandy and James hear a strange howling. The next day, locals tell them the legend of a dog that was parted from his owner long ago. It's destined to howl every night until they are reunited. When Mandy and James investigate, they find a lonely greyhound whimpering near an old ruin but, despite their coaxing, the dog won't come with them. Can they help the dog find peace?
Mandy and James are staying by a Scottish loch, helping their friend with her otter project. But the peace is threatened by a newcomer with plans to open a watersports centre. The family of otters disappear, leaving a baby otter behind. Can Mandy and James stop the newcomer from doing more damage?
As Mandy and James help move sheep down from the moors for lambing, a battered truck careers down the lane, narrowly missing the flock. One of the ewes is injured and goes into labour prematurely. Will she be well enough to look after her lambs?
Mandy and James discover a feral cat and her kittens behind old Wilfred Bennet's cottage. But the next time they visit, she's moved her family into a caravan on Sam Western's campsite! Can Mandy and James tempt the cats out before Mr Western causes trouble?
Mandy Hope and her parents, who are both vets, are staying in the small town of Churchill to watch polar bears migrating north. This story is full of fascinating facts about these mighty creatures of the Arctic. There's also plenty of excitement as Mandy helps try to reunite a lost polar bear cub with his mum. A perfect tale for all fans of Animal Ark but also readers new to the series.
When Mandy's dad diagnoses an undersize Old English Sheepdog puppy as deaf, Mandy feels sad for it. But it isn't until she finds another Sheepdog pup abandoned and in a sorry state, that she and James begin to be suspicious. Could a local breeder be to blame for the condition of these puppies?
Whilst pony trekking with her cousin in Devon, Mandy gets separated and lost in the fog. She comes across a lone skewbald foal, who immediately disappears back into the mist. Local girl, Abby, is haunted by the death of Curiosity, her own skewbald foal, who had lost his life in the fog. Might it be Curiosity that Mandy has seen? If so, why has he come back?
On a short break in Scotland, Mandy and James visit the local wildlife park to see the star attractions - two young wolves. The wolves are beautiful, but some of the locals are so terrified that they will escape, they've set dangerous traps. Meanwhile, a strange animal keeps appearing to Mandy. What is it and what does it want? It looks like a wolf, but it can't be! can it?
When Animal Ark's receptionist, Jean Knox, returns from the shops, she brings back more than she bargained for: a chinchilla has crept in with her shopping! Before it can be caught it shoots off to hide. First Mandy hears it in the bathroom, but when she chases it, it escapes down the stairs and up the chimney. She's worried about the poor creature being without food and drink - but how can she coax it down? Perhaps if she traces back Jean's footsteps she can find the real owner - and reunite him with his missing chinchilla...?