Wendy Orr

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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1990
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Nim

1 - Nim's Island (1999)
2 - Nim at Sea (Mar-2008)

Rainbow Street Shelter

1 - Lost! a Dog Called Bear (Aug-2011)
2 - Missing! A Cat Called Buster (Nov-2011)
3 - Wanted! a Guinea Pig Named Henry (Apr-2012)
4 - Abandoned! a Lion Called Kiki (Jul-2012)
5 - Stolen! A Pony Called Pebbles (Nov-2012)
6 - Discovered! A Beagle Called Bella (Feb-2013)

Book List in Order: 36 titles

  • Amanda's Dinosaur

  • Aa-Choo!

  • Leaving It to You

  • Pegasus and Ooloo Moo-Loo

    While they are out for a walk, Daniel Day is adopted by Ooloo Mooloo, a parrot, and Micki Moon by a pony called Pegasus, and the four of them walk through a circus, unaware that two men want to steal the animals...

  • Pegasus and Ooloo Mooloo

    Micki and Daniel had been friends for as long as they could remember. Somehow, something always seemed to happen when they were together.

    In this story, Micki and Daniel meet two new animal friends.

    ...

  • Train to the City

  • The Wedding

    Micki and Daniel had been friends for as long as they could remember. Somehow, something always seemed to happen when they were together.

    In this story, Micki and Daniel are going to a wedding, and they want their animal friends Ooloo Moo...

  • A Light in Space

    When Andrew encounters a space alien in a tiny spaceship, he thinks that Ysdran will be his own personal space pet, especially when she teaches him to move things with his mind, but Ysdran thinks she is training a new slave who will help her people m...

  • Dirtbikes

    A group of children, three dirtbikes, a new estate and Christmas coming up. There's a great block of land and the children are allowed to build their own track. Everything would be great if only everyone had their bikes. It's awful waiting for your t...



  • The Bully Biscuit Gang

  • Nim's Island

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    Nim - 1

    A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim -- a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she's not afraid when her scientist dad sails off...

  • Peeling the Onion

    Popular, athletic, beautiful, and outgoing, Anna thinks she knows who she is and what she wants, but when a car accident leaves her body and her spirit broken, she must face her demons and learn the truth about her inner self. Reprint....

  • Arabella

    Matthew looked at the Arabella. She had tall slim masts and sails set to catch the wind, a polished wooden deck that shone like glass and a painted lady carved on her bow. She perched on Grandpa's windowsill as if she was ready to fly -- a small, per...

  • Ark in the Park


    A heartwarming chapter book about the relationship between a little girl, an endearing old couple, and their very special pet store.

    Sophie lives in a tall, tall building that overlooks a large green park. In the middle of the park is the ...

  • The House at Evelyn's Pond

    When Ruth, with a love of flying that leads her to become an Auxiliary Pilot during WWII in England, meets Canadian navigator, Bill, on a fog-bound country airstrip, they know it's something special. And it is, until Bill's death some fifty years lat...

  • Spook's Shack

    Deep in the bush, where the trees grow tall, Finn discovers an old deserted shack. Inside is shivery cold, with green fungus on the walls. When a dog growls and a gravelly voice snarls, Finn's hair stands up like bristles on a brush. An old man and h...

  • Across the Dark Sea

  • Mokie and Bik

    From Mokie and Bik:Mokie and Bik lived on a boat called Bullfrog. They lived in it, on it, all around it -- monkeying up ladders and down ropes, over the wheelhouse and across the cabin floor. "Twins!" their mother shouted, because the lines of her A...

  • Nim at Sea

    Nim - 2

    On an island in the middle of the wide blue sea lives a girl. But the girl is not alone. There is Selkie, a friendly sea lion, and Fred, the handsomest, funniest marine iguana that ever was. And Nim's dad, scientist Jack Rusoe, and their friend, the ...



  • One Night

  • Mokie and Bik Go to Sea

    Mokie and Bik live on a boat called Bullfrog. Now that their father has come home from the illy-ally-o, the twins are ready to take Bullfrog out to sea. First, though, they need to shipshape! Soon Mokie and Bik are saving a runaway bo...

  • The Princess and Her Panther

    A brave older sister becomes a princess and her timid younger sister becomes a panther -- and together, they begin a wondrous trek. Before their very eyes, their sandbox becomes a stretch of desert, their wagon turns into a trusty pack camel, they pi...

  • Treasures of the Heart

  • Lost! a Dog Called Bear

    Rainbow Street Shelter - 1

    Logan is moving from the farm to the city. He'll miss all the things he's leaving behind, but at least he has Bear. He loves Bear more than anything else in the world -- because Bear is his dog. Hannah lives in the city. What she wants, more than ...

  • Missing! A Cat Called Buster

    Rainbow Street Shelter - 2

    Buster isn't fluffy or pretty like other cats -- he's a crazy orange cat with attitude. And Mr. Larsen is the exact right person for him. Every morning Buster and Mr. Larsen sit on their porch in the sun, and every morning Josh sees them when he walk...

  • Wanted! a Guinea Pig Named Henry

    Rainbow Street Shelter - 3

    Sam wants a pet for her birthday, but her mom and dad have already said that their apartment is too small for a cat or a dog. A trip to Rainbow Street Shelter to look at the smaller animals can't hurt, though! At the shelter, Sam finds the perfect...

  • Abandoned! a Lion Called Kiki

    Rainbow Street Shelter - 4

    Mona's uncle Matthew works in a circus, and he always gives pretty great birthday presents. But when Mona turns eight, he gives her something better than juggling balls or stilts -- a baby lion cub! His note says that the cub's mother couldn't care f...

  • Stolen! A Pony Called Pebbles

    Rainbow Street Shelter - 5

    Amy lives and breathes horses, but all her horses are in books or in her head. So when she goes on a picnic with her friend Hannah’s family, Hannah thinks Amy is imagining things when she says she heard a horse neigh nearby. But then Hannah hears a...

  • Discovered! A Beagle Called Bella

    Rainbow Street Shelter - 6

    From the moment she’s born, the adorable beagle puppy named Bella has a lot of energy. She runs, she chases, she somersaults, she chews, and she sniffs . . . and sniffs and sniffs and sniffs. Her new owners love her, but they soon realize that Bell...



  • Raven's Mountain

    Raven's sister and stepfather are trapped on the mountain top and their lives depend on Raven, in a gripping wilderness-adventure by the author of Nim's Island

    Raven is the first to reach the mountain top. Her sister and stepdad a...

  • Rescue on Nim's Island

    Nim lives on an island with her father, Jack, a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, and their friend Alex Rover, the adventure writer. Nim's island is the most beautiful place in the world, and she wouldn't swap places with anyone. W...

  • Dragonfly Song

    Abandoned by the priestess of the island at birth, Aissa is an outcast, surviving by her wits - until she joins the acrobatic bull dancers who are sent away to compete on the island of the Bull King. A gripping and powerful adventure by acclaimed aut...

  • Swallow's Dance

    In the myth-rich culture of Bronze Age Crete, a volcano cuts short the coming-of-age training of a young priestess. When her world is shattered and her future appears lost, she must find the strength within herself to ensure ...

  • Cuckoo's Flight

    A new gripping Bronze Age story from Wendy Orr, internationally acclaimed author of Dragonfly Song and Swallow’s Dance Clio can’t remember a time when she didn’t share a bond with the mare Grey Girl. On the whole island of Crete, sh...

  • The Nim Stories

  • Out of the Valley of Horses

    The valley of horses has been a safe haven for Honey and her family for seven peaceful years, but this seemingly perfect valley has also become their prison. Trapped by a mysterious magic, and fearing for her father’s life, Honey is determined ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Wendy Orr has published 36 books.

Wendy Orr does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Out of the Valley of Horses, was published in April 2024.

The first book by Wendy Orr, Amanda's Dinosaur, was published in November 1990.

Yes. Wendy Orr has 2 series.
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