Shoebox Zoo

2 Seasons 2004 - 2005 TV-PG 25m 6.7

An American student living and studying in Edinburgh is given a mysterious box of toy animals for her birthday, toys that come alive during the night in their quest to find an ancient magical book.

Colorado-born eleven year old Marnie McBride is mourning the loss of her beloved mother as she settles into her new home in Scotland with her widowed father, who takes her to a run-down junk shop on her eleventh birthday. There, she is given a box of toy animals by a mysterious old man, which spring to life the next morning. She soon learns from these creatures that they are on an important quest to find an ancient book that holds a dark magical power within its pages, and need to find it before the evil shape shifter, Toledo does first. Marnie reluctantly offers to help, but finds she has her own fair share of problems to deal with, as she tries to make some friends at her new school, as well as put up with the classroom bullies.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Magic Is Awakened

1. The Magic Is Awakened

Aired: Sep 21, 2004

On her 11th birthday, still grieving over her recently deceased mother and un...

Episode 2 Friend or Foe?

2. Friend or Foe?

Aired: Sep 28, 2004

It's Marnie's first day of school at her new home in Scotland. She has an enc...

Episode 3 Echoes of the Past

3. Echoes of the Past

Aired: Oct 5, 2004

When a mysterious problem causes school to be cancelled for the day, Marnie a...

Episode 5 The Inner Sanctum

5. The Inner Sanctum

Aired: Oct 19, 2004

Since Marnie's suggestion to go to Tantallon Castle was agreed on by majority...

Episode 7 A Little Knowledge

7. A Little Knowledge

Aired: Nov 2, 2004

Marnie leaves school in the middle of the day to try to get in touch with Mic...

Episode 8 Mother's Footsteps

8. Mother's Footsteps

Aired: Nov 9, 2004

Marnie is on a class trip to visit a "stately home," and uses her new powers ...

Episode 9 Where the River Flows

9. Where the River Flows

Aired: Nov 16, 2004

Marnie hopes to find the archway shown on the clue she just received, and pla...

Episode 10 Sign of the Unicorn

10. Sign of the Unicorn

Aired: Nov 23, 2004

The shoebox animals plead with Marnie to continue the quest, but she insists ...

Episode 12 Los Contrarios

12. Los Contrarios

Aired: Dec 7, 2004

Toledo hypnotizes Edwin and orders him to open the Book of Forbidden Knowledg...

Episode 13 The Day of Reckoning

13. The Day of Reckoning

Aired: Dec 14, 2004

Marnie makes one last attempt to stop Toledo from taking the book, and comes ...

Info about Shoebox Zoo

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Drama, Adventure, Family, Fantasy