The Kitten That Won First Prize: And Other Animal Stories

Animal Ark Specials #1

by Ben M. Baglio, Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)

Collects stories about such animals as dogs, hamsters, rabbits, ponies, and donkeys.

Genres: Animals, Short Stories, Childrens, Middle Grade, Dogs, Realistic Fiction, Fiction

148 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Ben M. Baglio created the brief for two series of children's books - Dolphin Diaries and Animal Ark. Dolphin Diaries features a girl and her family from Florida, who travel around the world as marine biologists and study dolphins. Animal Ark features two children who work together to help animals and solve animal-related mysteries. The books were written by commissioned writers in the UK under Baglio's instruction using the pseudonym Lucy Daniels. Each ghostwriter is named with a 'Special Thanks' on the copyright page.

Using his real name he also wrote the book series The Pet Finders Club, featuring a group of three children who search for peoples lost pets.

Reviews

[Rena Sherwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

I accidentally bought both the American and UK editions. This is the exact same book as Animal Ark Favourites. My review for this book can be found under the review for Animal Ark Favourites.

The illustrator was actually Jenny Gregory, not Shelagh McNicholas.

It would be really nice if someone at Goodreads would list this book as just another edition of Animal Ark Favourites, instead of listing them as two separate books.

[Lydia Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a book of little short stories about animals who have their own books in this series. There is one in there that wasn't in a different book, though, and I loved it so much that I'm keeping this book for it. The stories were pretty good, but then I really like Animal Ark books. :P

[Stephanie Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though I am way beyond the target age group for these books, I still found this one quite cute and really enjoyed seeing all of the animal antics.

[Taylor Troncin]

Loved this series when I was younger. Still a huge animal lover and would like to read the rest of this series!

[Kelsey Ruggirello]

This is a really cool book with 9 adventures inside!