Tag Archives: Animals

“My Sister is a Monkey!” / The Tennis Chimp

Mandy, ,

Plot

Cherry Marsden was helping her Professor father with an unusual experiment—bringing up Julie, a baby chimp, as a human baby.

sister monkey

Julie returns in sequel The Tennis Chimp. Cherry and her father move to a new town and Cherry joins a tennis club. But she doesn’t have a partner for the doubles tournament. So she partners with Julie, but some club members dislike the idea of a chimp entering the championship, and Mrs Hawkins in particular is out to stop them.

Notes

  • The sequel had a different artist

Appeared

  • “My Sister is a Monkey!” – Mandy: (?) – #108 (8 February 1969)
  • The Tennis Chimp –  Mandy: #385 (01 June 8 1974) – #395 (10 August 1974)

Other Appearances:

  • The Tennis Chimp – Mandy Annual 1976

My Friend Flippety / Lonely

Judy, Tracy, ,

Plot

Orphan Debbie Moore lived with her cruel Uncle Bert and Aunt Rose and their three children; twins Nick and Tony and daughter Jasmine. Debbie rescued an injured flippety-eared hare from the family dog and was determined to a nurse it back to health, secretly.

flippity

Notes

  • Artist: Andrew Wilson
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Mijn vriendje Flap” – Groot Tina Lenteboek #1/1984.

Appeared

  • My Friend Flippety – Tracy: #171 (8 January 1983) – #190 (21 May 1983)
  • Reprinted as Lonely – Judy: #1587 (09 June 1990) – #1606 (20 October 1990)

Cilla’s Secret Pets

Diana,

Plot

Young Cilla Blake lives with her stern old grandmother, Mrs Ralston, who has a hatred of wild creatures. Cilla is secretly caring for two owlets  whose parents have been killed. The secret is only shared with her friend, Ray Pressley, a farmer’s son.

cilla secret pets

Notes

Appeared

  • Cilla’s Secret Pets – Diana: circa #153 (22 January 1966) – (?)

 

Noelle’s Ark

Diana

Plot

When the Far Eastern island of Tengo is invaded by rebels, Dr Martine and his daughter, Noelle, stay on after the islanders flee, leaving their pets behind. Under the noses of the rebels, Noelle has built a simple ark to ferry the animals to the mainland.

noelles ark

Notes

Appeared

  • Noelle’s Ark – Diana: circa #153 (22 January 1966) – (?)

City Farm

M&J,

Plot

When Alice Hanson’s dad lost his job, the family had been forced to move to a flat in the city. Alice found it  hard to fit in at her big new school and she was glad to find refuge at the local city farm. But the farm’s future was at risk from a new development…

city-farm

Notes

Appeared

  • City Farm – M&J: #215 (24 June 1995) – #222 (12 August 1995)

The Kittens

M&J, ,

Plot

Katie Briggs and Catriona Challoner lived very different lives — Katie in a poor part of town with her large, crowded family, and Catriona, an only child, with her parents in their luxurious detached house. Then the girls found a family of young kittens whose mother had been killed. Catriona’s mother disliked animals, and Katie’s small brother was allergic to them, so the kittens had to stay in the shed where they were born, and the girls secretly looked after them, although they didn’t always get along.

kittens

Notes

  • Artist: Guy Peeters

Appeared

  • The Kittens – M&J: #69 (5 September 1992) – #77 (31 October 1992)