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Animal Ark Holiday Special Books in Order

Animal Ark Holiday Special contains 18 books, published between 1995 and 2007. The first book is Sheepdog in the Snow (1995) and the newest is Mustang in the Mist (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1995–2007
Pages on record
2,688 in 17 of 18 books
Reading time
45–67 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,688 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

See all 18 books in order Printable Animal Ark Holiday Special checklist

Animal Ark Holiday Special is a children's fiction series of 18 books published between 1995 and 2007. Lucy Daniels is credited on 13 and Ben M. Baglio on five. Recorded subjects include Christmas, vacations and parties alongside cats, dogs, kittens, horses, sheep dogs and porpoises, all attached to Animal Ark, an imaginary place. Sheepdog in the Snow (1995) opens the run and Mustang in the Mist (2007) closes it, at a median of 160 pages a volume.

How many Animal Ark Holiday Special books are there?

Animal Ark Holiday Special has 18 books, released between 1995 and 2007.

Animal Ark Holiday Special Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Animal Ark Holiday Special books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Sheepdog in the Snow by Ben M. Baglio, book 1 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (1995)
  2. Cover of Seal on the Shore by Lucy Daniels, book 2 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (1997)
  3. Cover of Ponies at the Point by Lucy Daniels, book 5 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (1998)
  4. Cover of Pony in the Post / Pony in a Package by Lucy Daniels, book 6 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (1999)
  5. Cover of Pigs at the Picnic by Ben M. Baglio, book 7 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (1999)
  6. Cover of Pup at the Palace by Lucy Daniels, book 8 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2000)
  7. Cover of Mouse in the Mistletoe by Lucy Daniels, book 9 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2000)
  8. Cover of Porpoise in the Pool by Lucy Daniels, book 10 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2001)
  9. Cover of Terrier in the Tinsel by Lucy Daniels, book 11 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2001)
  10. Cover of Stallion in the Stable by Lucy Daniels, book 12 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2002)
  11. Cover of Cat in the Candlelight by Ben M. Baglio, book 13 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2002)
  12. Cover of Kitten Kisses by Lucy Daniels, book 14 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2002)
  13. Cover of Racehorse in the Rain by Lucy Daniels, book 15 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2003)
  14. Cover of Kitten in the Cold by Lucy Daniels, book 17 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2005)
  15. Cover of Mustang in the Mist by Ben M. Baglio, book 18 of the Animal Ark Holiday Special series (2007)
  1. 1
    Sheepdog in the Snow1995 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995165
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  2. 2
    Seal on the Shore1997 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997160
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  3. 3
    Fox in the Frost1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  4. 4
    Hamster in the Holly1998 · 153 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998153
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  5. 5
    Ponies at the Point1998 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998160
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  6. 6
    Pony in the Post / Pony in a Package1999 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999160
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  7. 7
    Pigs at the Picnic1999 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999160
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  8. 8
    Pup at the Palace2000 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000152
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  9. 9
    Mouse in the Mistletoe2000 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000160
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  10. 10
    Porpoise in the Pool2001 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001160
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  11. 11
    Terrier in the Tinsel2001 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001160
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  12. 12
    Stallion in the Stable2002 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002160
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  13. 13
    Cat in the Candlelight2002 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002160
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  14. 14
    Kitten Kisses2002 · 121 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002121
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  15. 15
    Racehorse in the Rain2003 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003192
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  16. 16
    Siamese in the Sun2003 · 155 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003155
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  17. 17
    Kitten in the Cold2005 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005150
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  18. 18
    Mustang in the Mist2007 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007160
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Do you have to read Animal Ark Holiday Special books in order?

You should read the Animal Ark Holiday Special books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Animal Ark Holiday Special book also stands alone.

Where to start with Animal Ark Holiday Special

Start with Sheepdog in the Snow (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Animal Ark Holiday Special book?

Mustang in the Mist (2007) is the newest Animal Ark Holiday Special book released so far.

Is there a new Animal Ark Holiday Special book coming?

No next Animal Ark Holiday Special book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Animal Ark Holiday Special at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Animal Ark Holiday Special title on record dates from 2007, 19 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Animal Ark Holiday Special books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,688 pages across the 17 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Animal Ark Holiday Special books, 11 of 18, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 18 titles, 13 are credited to Lucy Daniels and 5 to Ben M. Baglio.

What the Animal Ark Holiday Special books are about

15 of the 18 Animal Ark Holiday Special books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 13 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Children's fiction 13 of 15 books
  • Animal Ark (Imaginary organization) 10 of 15 books
  • Cats 3 of 15 books
  • Animal Ark (Imaginary place) 2 of 15 books
  • Christmas 2 of 15 books
  • Horses 2 of 15 books
  • Kittens 2 of 15 books
  • Vacations 2 of 15 books

Characters in the Animal Ark Holiday Special books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Other series by Lucy Daniels

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.