Shoebox Zoo (series)
- User score: 7.8
- Production country: Canada, United Kingdom
- Creator: Brian Ward , Justin Molotnikov , Claire Mundell
- Production companies: BBC Scotland, Blueprint Entertainment, Alberta Filmworks
- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
- Release date: 9/21/2004
- Release date of last episode: 11/27/2005
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 2 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 26
- Run time: 25 min.
Series description
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.