Little Animal Ark Books in Order
Little Animal Ark contains 14 books, published between 2001 and 2009. The first book is The Playful Puppy (2001) and the newest is The Little Animal Ark (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2001–2009
- Pages on record
- 618 in 10 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 10–15 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 618 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Little Animal Ark is a children's fiction series centred on Animal Ark, an imaginary organisation, with veterinarians and pets among its recorded subjects. Lucy Daniels is credited on 9 of its 14 books and Ben M. Baglio on 5. Puppies, kittens, mice, ponies, rabbits, hamsters and lambs turn up across the titles. The series runs from The Playful Puppy (2001) to The Little Animal Ark (2009) and is recorded as likely complete.
How many Little Animal Ark books are there?
Little Animal Ark has 14 books, released between 2001 and 2009.
Little Animal Ark Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Little Animal Ark 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.
- 1The Playful Puppy2001 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/42001591/4
- 2The Midnight Mouse2001 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42001641/4
- 3The Curious Kitten2001 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/42001591/4
- 4The Brave Bunny2001 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/42001591/4
- 5The Happy Hamster2002 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/42002591/4
- 6The Lucky Lamb2002 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42002641/4
- 7The Happy Hamster and Other Stories2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 8The Party Pony2007 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42007641/4
- 9The Cheeky Chick2007 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/42007621/4
- 10The Clever Cat2007 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42007641/4
- 11The Proud Piglet2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 12The Fearless Fox2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 13The Friendly Foal2007 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42007641/4
- 14The Little Animal Ark2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
Do you have to read Little Animal Ark books in order?
You should read the Little Animal Ark books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Little Animal Ark book also stands alone.
Where to start with Little Animal Ark
Start with The Playful Puppy (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Little Animal Ark book?
The Little Animal Ark (2009) is the newest Little Animal Ark book released so far.
Is there a new Little Animal Ark book coming?
No next Little Animal Ark book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Little Animal Ark at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Little Animal Ark title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Little Animal Ark books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 618 pages across the 10 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 63 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Little Animal Ark books, 14 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 14 titles, 9 are credited to Lucy Daniels and 5 to Ben M. Baglio.
What the Little Animal Ark books are about
11 of the 14 Little Animal Ark 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 10 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 10 of 11 books
- Animal Ark (Imaginary organization) 7 of 11 books
- Cats 2 of 11 books
Characters in the Little Animal Ark books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Animal Ark books in order 139 books
Other series by Lucy Daniels
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.