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Animal Ark — by Ben M. Baglio
Animal Ark Series in Order: 55 books
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Kittens in the Kitchen
Book - 1
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. But not ev...
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Pony on the Porch
Book - 2
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When Mandy mee...
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Puppies in the Pantry
Book - 3
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. A film crew a...
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Goat in the Garden
Book - 4
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Houdini th...
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Hedgehogs in the Hall
Book - 5
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and ...
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Badger in the Basement
Book - 6
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When James lea...
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Sheepdog in the Snow
Book - 7
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. It's Chr...
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Cub in the Cupboard
Book - 8
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When Mandy...
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Piglet in a Playpen
Book - 9
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Ruby the p...
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Ponies at the Point
Book - 10
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. The Hopes and ...
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Owl in the Office
Book - 11
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy has ...
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Lamb in the Laundry
Book - 12
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. While helping ...
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Kitten in the Cold
Book - 13
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. It's Christmas...
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Goose on the Loose
Book - 14
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Looking af...
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Bunnies in the Bathroom
Book - 15
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy's ne...
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Hamster in a Handbasket
Book - 16
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When James is ...
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Squirrels in the School
Book - 17
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and Jame...
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Fox in the Frost
Book - 18
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. It's Chris...
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Guinea Pig in the Garage
Book - 19
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When Mandy...
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Shetland in the Shed
Book - 20
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. The Hope famil...
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Raccoons on the Roof
Book - 21
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy's de...
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Dolphin in the Deep
Book - 22
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy's been s...
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Bears In the Barn
Book - 23
Mandy and James discover a mother bear and her cubs while they are camping in Arkansas, but as she follows the bears on their cross-country trek back to their own territory, Mandy wonders if she can help the bears overcome the many dangers on the way...
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Foals in the Field
Book - 24
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When twin ...
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Dog at the Door
Book - 25
With sales of more than 3 million books, this newest Animal Ark title will provide cozy reading for young animal lovers.One night, Mandy finds a distressed golden retriever tied up outside Animal Ark -- with no sign of her owner. The dog is expecting...
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Horse in the House
Book - 26
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and Jame...
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Pony in a Package
Book - 27
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. One busy Satur...
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Puppy in a Puddle
Book - 28
With sales of more than 3 million books, this newest Animal Ark title will provide cozy reading for young animal lovers.
When Mandy's dad diagnoses an Old English Sheepdog puppy as deaf, Mandy feels sorry for it. But it isn't until she finds a... -
Tabby in the Tub
Book - 29
At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. A stray tabby cat has turned up in Welford and Mandy is worried. The poor cat is about to have...
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Pup at the Palace
Book - 30
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and ...
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Mare in the Meadow
Book - 31
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and ...
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Cats at the Campground
Book - 32
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and ...
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Hound at the Hospital
Book - 33
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. AT ANIMAL ARK, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and Jame...
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Terrier in the Tinsel
Book - 34
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. While helping ...
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Hamster In The Holly
Book - 35
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and ...
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Husky In A Hut
Book - 36
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. AT ANIMAL ARK, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. While stay...
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Polar Bears on The Path
Book - 37
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. The Hopes are ...
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Labrador on the Lawn
Book - 38
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. AT ANIMAL ARK, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and ...
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Siamese in the Sun
Book - 39
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and Ja...
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Racehorse in the Rain
Book - 40
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At ANIMAL ARK, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy is thri...
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Kitten in the Candy Corn
Book - 41
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At ANIMAL ARK, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy, Jam...
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Puppy in a Present
Book - 42
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At ANIMAL ARK, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy's friend...
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Colt on Christmas Eve
Book - 42
At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. It's Christmastime, and Mandy is headed to her Great-Aunt Pip's house for the holiday. Pip live...
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Beagle in a Backpack
Book - 45
At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy and James are distracted from Halloween planning when local girl Amber Hutton runs awa...
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Husky with a Heart
Book - 47
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Hannah Burgess...
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Mustang in the Mist
Book - 48
With sales of over 6 million books worldwide, the Animal Ark franchise is a hit with young readers.
It's exciting enough that Lisa and Paul Cooke, two American stunt riders, have moved their team of mustangs to Yorkshire, England, and asked th... -
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Spaniel in a Stocking
Book - 50
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When a win...
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Dalmatian in the Daisies
Book - 50
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. AT ANIMAL ARK, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Mandy's spring...
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Stallion in Spooky Hollow
Book - 53
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clininc. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. This Hallowee...
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The Animal Ark Treasury
All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist aiding any animal in need. Mandy and ...
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Tabby Under The Tree
At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shpaes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. Wayne Skilton has just moved to Mandy's town from London. At first, he's not enthusiastic about...
Series Premise
Mandy Hope is an 8-year-old girl with a huge heart for animals. Her parents run Animal Ark, the local veterinary clinic in Welford, Yorkshire, and Mandy is always ready to help any creature in need. The books follow a consistent pattern: Mandy discovers an animal that is lost, injured, abandoned, or in danger (often due to human neglect, accident, or cruelty). She rescues it, cares for it (with her parents’ veterinary expertise), and works to either reunite it with its owner, find it a new home, or return it to the wild.
Along the way, Mandy often uncovers a small mystery or wrongdoing—someone is mistreating their pet, poachers are at work, a farmer is ignoring an animal’s suffering, or a valuable pet has been stolen. Mandy’s persistence, empathy, and quick thinking lead to the resolution: the animal is saved, the wrongdoer is confronted (usually gently, with a lesson learned), and harmony is restored. The stories teach simple morals—treat animals with kindness, take responsibility for pets, stand up for those who can’t speak for themselves—without ever being heavy-handed.
Animal Ark Series Characters
Mandy Hope: The central heroine—an 8-year-old girl with brown hair, freckles, and an enormous love for animals. She is kind, brave, resourceful, and determined—always willing to help any creature in need. Mandy is curious, compassionate, and often gets into mild trouble because she can’t say no to an animal.
- Adam Hope: Mandy’s father—a kind, gentle veterinarian who runs Animal Ark. He is patient, supportive, and teaches Mandy about animal care.
- Emily Hope: Mandy’s mother—also a veterinarian, warm, practical, and equally dedicated to helping animals. She balances the clinic work with family life.
- James Hunter: Mandy’s best friend—a boy her age who loves animals almost as much as she does. He often joins her on rescues and adventures.
- Grandpa and Grandma Hope: Mandy’s loving grandparents who live nearby and provide wisdom, homemade treats, and occasional help.
Setting of the Animal Ark Series
The primary setting is the fictional village of Welford in the Yorkshire countryside, England. Welford is a quintessential English village: stone cottages, rolling green hills, farms, woods, streams, and a small high street with shops, a church, a school, and Animal Ark—the Hope family’s veterinary clinic and home. The clinic is both a working animal hospital and the emotional center of the stories, with exam rooms, kennels, a barn for larger animals, and a cozy family living space upstairs.
The surrounding countryside is rich and seasonal—meadows full of wildflowers in spring, frosty fields in winter, autumn woods, and summer streams. Animals roam freely: foxes in the hedgerows, badgers in the woods, owls in the barn, rabbits in the fields, and farm animals (horses, sheep, cows, pigs) on nearby ranches. The setting feels safe, timeless, and deeply connected to nature—perfect for stories about wildlife rescue and rural life. The era is contemporary but deliberately timeless—no heavy reliance on modern technology—so the books feel classic and enduring.
Tone & Themes of the Animal Ark Series
The tone is gentle, compassionate, and reassuring—classic wholesome children’s literature with a strong message of kindness toward animals. The stories are never frightening or dark; even when animals are injured or neglected, the focus is on healing, rescue, and happy endings. Problems are age-appropriate—mild cruelty or neglect is shown but always resolved positively, and no animal ever dies in the main stories (injuries are treatable, and outcomes are optimistic).
The writing is warm and straightforward, with clear language, short sentences, and a sense of wonder at the natural world. Moral lessons (treat animals with care, stand up for what’s right, responsibility matters) are woven naturally into the plot without feeling preachy. Humor is light and gentle—often coming from Mandy’s enthusiasm, animal antics, or funny misunderstandings. The overall feeling is comforting and uplifting: animals are saved, children make a difference, and the world is basically good when people (and kids) show kindness.
Ben M. Baglio’s Animal Ark series is a timeless, heartwarming collection of more than 100 gentle children’s stories that celebrate compassion, responsibility, and the special bond between kids and animals. Through Mandy Hope’s unwavering love for every creature in need and the caring veterinary world of Animal Ark, the books deliver simple, uplifting adventures that teach young readers about kindness, empathy, and the joy of helping those who cannot help themselves. With cozy Yorkshire settings, lovable characters (especially Mandy and her loyal friend James), and happy endings where every animal is saved and every problem resolved, the series remains a comforting, educational favorite for generations of children. It reminds us that even the smallest acts of care—rescuing a lost kitten, nursing an injured bird, or standing up for a neglected pony—can make the world a kinder place. Animal Ark endures as a gentle, enduring celebration of childhood wonder and the magic of helping animals in need—one rescue, one story, one loving heart at a time.
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