Ark in the Park
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Ark in the Park
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Narrated by:
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Wendy Orr
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Wendy Orr
It was the biggest, the strangest, the most wonderful pet shop in the whole world. It was called The Noahs’ Ark, and it was built like a ship.
“After all,” said Mrs Noah, “with a name like ours, what other kind of shop could we have?”
But instead of rocking on the deep blue sea, the ship sat in the middle of a wide green park.
On the other side of the park, in a tall, tall building, lived Sophie. Every night, Sophie looked out at the Noahs’ Ark and made two impossible wishes—and one that was not quite impossible.
And the Noahs, who had everything else they’d ever wished for, still had one secret impossible wish too.
On a very special birthday, Sophie and Mr. and Mrs. Noah discover that sometimes, impossible wishes have their own way of coming true.
Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Award (Junior Readers)
©1995 Wendy Orr (P)2024 Wendy OrrCritic reviews
“Ark in the Park by Wendy Orr and Kerry Millard is the best story in the world, it’s the one where dreams come true.”
(The Sunday Age (Melbourne))“Wendy Orr and Kerry Millard have created a gem of a book, appealing in its simplicity and perfectly pitched at its audience.”
(Canberra Times)“This is a most appealing book, particularly in the sensitive way in which such issues as loneliness, age differences, and cultural differences are treated.”
(Daily Telegraph-Mirror (Sydney))“The magic of getting what you wish for is told in graceful prose full of gentleness and whimsy…Satisfying and most charming.”
(Kirkus Reviews)“A beguiling, loving and magical story.”
(Australian Children’s Book Council judges’ report, 1995)