Most Popular Books by Ben M. Baglio

Mandy''s been spending most of her Florida vacation at the local animal park, playing with two tame dolphins, Bob and Bing. The dolphins are happy performing together but when Bob dies, Bing seems lonely and depressed. Mandy and her friend, Joel, worry about Bing''s future. But then they come up with a daring plan to set him free. Can Mandy and Joel help the lonely dolphin . . . before it''s too late?

It''s up to Mandy to find out who left a distressed golden retriever outside the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic.

Mandy and James help track bears when they go camping in Arkansas.

Mandy Hope is a preteen girl who loves animals. She knows quite a bit about them--her parents are both vets. When Mandy meets stuck-up Susan, she decides that the only good thing about her is her pony, Prince. Then Mandy realizes that Susan''s determination to win at show-jumping threatens Prince''s life.

Young Alex Hastings is very ill, and must travel to America for an operation. When her beloved kitten disappears into the snowy countryside, Mandy and James vow to find it before Alex leaves on her trip.

When Mandy''s friend Amy hurts her ankle, she is taken out of the school play. But Mandy and James devise a clever plan to raise their friend''s spirits--by making Amy''s pet mouse a star!

Jody McGrath and her family are sailing around the world researching dolphins, and Jody records all their exciting adventures in her Dolphin Diaries. In the series'' second book, The Dolphin Dreamer is at bay in Key West, Florida, visiting a very special dolphin center -- with "dolphin teachers." Jody loves watching the dolphins at work, but then one of them gets caught in netting. Jody frees the dolphin, and it swims away. When Jody and the crew begin to give up hope of ever seeing the dolphin again, it joyfully returns to the the dolphin center.

One busy Saturday morning, the delivery man brings a big surprise to Animal Ark: the tiniest horse that Mandy has ever seen! The miniature horse was actually meant for Tania Benster, a newcomer to Welford. But Tania''s parents have just divorced and she''s too upset to care about her gift. Can Mandy show Tania how much this little horse has to offer?

When Buddy is frightend by a storm, he races out of his new home in his new neigborhood and can''t find his way back. Andi and her new friends search for Buddy and their compassion for all animals inspires the Pet Finders Club.

A film crew arrives in town and Mandy looks after some of the animal stars. Then Charley, their Labrador, suddenly disappears. Can Mandy and her friend James find the dog before something terrible happens?

When Mandy and James rescue a mother fox from a trap, they discover that only one of her cubs has survived. Mother and cub, the frisky new residents of the Animal Ark, soon grow healthy and strong enough to return safely to the wild.

Jody McGrath and her family have arrived in the Bahamas. The crew of the Dolphin Dreamer is eager to find some Atlantic spotted dolphins and to see if the rumors of a lost treasure ship are true.When Skipper, a dolphin, gets caught in fishing line, Jody frees him. Her concern is whether or not the baby dolphin will heal. At the end of the story, Jody dives into the ocean and follows the healed Skipper deeper and deeper, until he leads her to the lost treasure ship.

Mandy and James find a duck''s nest in tatters. The mother is nowhere to be seen. But there''s one egg intact - and it''s still warm! Mandy is convinced she can hatch it. But what will she do with the little duckling?

When a stray cat gives birth to kittens in Mr. Williams'' kitchen, he is furious. Can Mandy find homes for four kittens in one week''.

Mandy and James are sad because Wilfred Bennett has to sell his riding stables, and Sam Western turns the land into a campsite. He wants to forget the stables ever existed, but campers are telling stories of a ghostly horse and rider passing through the campsite-- then vanishing!

Mandy and James try to find an escaped goose and return it to its owner.

Jody is determined to free a group of dolphins being held to entertain visitors to the Caribbean.

Mandy and her friend James are vacationing in Ireland, home of the wild Connemara ponies. A wounded foal offers clues that someone is trying to steal the ponies, and Mandy and James set out to find the horse thieves.

Jody is at Dolphin Haven in the Bahamas where the dolphins are about to give birth.