Cub in the Cupboard (Animal Ark, #8) by Lucy Daniels

Cub in the Cupboard (Animal Ark, #8) Reviews

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  Lianna Kendig

  (LL)
  This is an important book for kids to read, as it talks about how wild animals should STAY wild because that is the most humane and fair treatment for these creatures. Foxes should not be kept as pets, and this book handles that fact in an age appropriate way while telling a wholesome story.
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  Martina

  Ein Fuchs in der Falle
  My first book that I read in German! And I understood most of it. I chose to read a book from the Animal Ark series because I used to love to read them when I was younger in my native language. I knew exactly what I was in for: a cute animal and a happy ending. The book did not disappoint.
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  Nalani

  I remember wanting this book so bad as a kid because it was about foxes. I specifically remember asking the school librarian who had it checked out so that I could get it next. It's nothing special in terms of story and the characters are very two dimensional. What I will give this book credit for is they actually did research on the veterinary procedure and the natural behaviour of foxes.
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  Katie (Kitkatscanread)

  This was a cute story about a baby fox being born and his mums leg got caught it a trap.
  Mandy and James help to nurse them back to health as well as get them ready for the wild again.
  I had a definite happy and nostalgic feeling when re-reading this.
  I look forwards to the next volume!
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  Sharon

  Sweet book but not amazing.
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  Bridgette Longmeyer

  I read this book weekly as a child. I was obsessed with this series because I love animals.
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  Kirsti

  This series was a childhood favorite that lived long into my teens, and finally still gets read as an adult. How I longed to be Mandy, and save animals all the time! Not just dogs and cats, but in this book James and Mandy save a fox cub and its mother! -sigh- Bliss.
  
  The whole series are equally good and a great starter for children who love animals and reading. Animal Ark is definitely a winner! Five stars.
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  Ali

  Mandy and James find a mother fox caught in a trap! Soon, they find baby foxes beside her. All of them are dead except for one. They have to raise the little fox and help the mother fox get better so that they can be released back into the wild.
  
  This book is a great book. I really like it. You should read it to see what happens.
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  Casey Murphy

  it was a great and cute book! i got it as a birthday present it was so awesome!
  
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  Jessie

  Mandy and James of a fox cub.
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  Shayma

  this made me com to adore foxes i have a huge heart for theme whenever i see one i always remeber this book wich ill charish forever i loved the animal ark books forever.
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  Rea

  I really enjoyed this whole series as a child. Back then I'd devour each of the books as soon as I could get my hands on them.
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  Sammy

  I was completely obsessed with this series of books when I was a child and my aim was to read every single book. They are a really good children's series.
  
  
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  Taylor Troncin

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

  I think the first book I ever read myself, it formed my love for foxes.
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  Twyla

  I learned that people need to be craeful where they put traps,.
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  Lily

  As great as when I first read it.
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  Rena Sherwood

  This is a review of the American edition, which is number 8 in the series. In the real (original) UK order, this is book 7. Book 7 in the American order is Sheepdog in the Snow. Why the order was screwed about with in America I have no idea.
  
  This book is important because it's the first one in the series not written by Jenny Oldfield. It's written by Helen Magee. As such, this book does read differently than the previous six (or seven, depending on what series order you are stuck with.) Mandy and James seem a bit dreamier and contemplative here. Blackie, James' black Lab, however, is still the same ol' Blackie.
  
  
  
  There are more passages of description than in the previous books, which slowed the book down considerably. At first this seemed to be a particularly slow episode in the series, but two-thirds of the way through, the action suddenly speed up and makes for a good read, no matter what your age or country of origin.
  
  
  
  When I lived in the UK, foxhunting was England's abortion issue. What I mean is that (as abortion in the USA) divides people violently. You can see some of this controversy here although without the protests and the violence and the stubbing out cigarettes on ponies's rumps or kicking foxhounds as what happened in the UK. The foxhunting issue became a class issue and wound up having nothing to do with foxes or hunting. In this book, the issue sticks to foxes in an area that traditionally held foxhunts.
  
  Moralizing aside, there are some pretty silly bits in the book. The baddie who wants to kill all foxes keeps two bulldogs considered "vicious." Bulldogs? Really? This is a breed that drops into a dead faint when the humidity level rises. They are about as vicious as throw pillows. Another breed (or mix) should have been chosen.
  
  
  
  This book also contains the worst line I've read in the series so far -- "Drop that cub!"