Shoebox Zoo is an urban fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. The show centers on the story of a young girl named Marnie McBride, who is given a shoebox containing four toy animals by a mysterious old man at a junk shop, as a gift for her 11th birthday. These magical toys have the power to come alive on Marnie’s command, and they’re on a quest to find an ancient book that once belonged to a great and powerful wizard.
The magic is awakened
Friend or foe?
Echoes of the past
A guide for the perplexed
The inner sanctum
A strange birthday party
A little knowledge
Mother’s footsteps
Where the river flows
The sign of the unicorn
Where four elevens meet
Los contrarios
The day of reckoning
Across the great ocean
The balance of power
Snakes alive
The pow wow
Hunter to the rescue
Coming of age
Wild horses
Bumps in the night
The eagle has landed
The arrow of truth
The cry of the wolf
The falls of faith
Beyond the beyond
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