The Gara Book

The Gara Book is a Japanese series of books written and illustrated by Waku Yaniko. This series has a total of 56 books published by Shogakukan.
== Story ==
This series is set in the forest somewhere in India which centers around Tano the female Boar, Gen the male Bear and Tora the male Tiger, 3 animal adventurers that recently found a new home after their old one got destroyed by constructive workers. While they were finding a new home, they manage to save Leela, a 11-year old biracial girl, from a group of hunters after being separated from her tribe.
== Characters ==
Tano is a female Boar who thinks she is fearless and clever when she's really cowardly and self-centered.
Gen is a male Bear who is always coming up with plans to save his friends when they're in danger.
Tora is a male Tiger who is rather mischievous but still kind-hearted.
Leela is a 11-year old Biracial (Indian, African and Italian) girl who was separated from her tribe.
Mother Wolf is a wolf who is Leela's adopted mother.
Father Ape is an Ape who is Leela's adopted father.
Nixon is a greedy businessman who wants to destroy the animals' new home to build a casino.
Barry is Nixon's 13-year old son who is more interested in capturing Leela.
== Trivia ==
* This book series was later adapted for a 1978-1981 Anime series produced by Waku Animation, DIC Audiovisual and Rai.