Lynley Dodd

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy has lots of friends, including Schnitzel von Krumm (with a very low tum!), cheeky and cheerful Slinky Malinki and adorable pittery-pattery Zachary Quack. Now you can meet them too in this frolicking, rollicking little library - a perfect introduction to ...

Lots of cats all around the world do exciting things like fly aeroplanes or play the violin - but my cat, an ordinary round-the-house cat, likes to hide in boxes. Children will love joining in with this fun rhyming story that is just right for beginner readers. LIANZA Esther Glen Award Winner, 19...

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy finally appears in an interactive touch and feel book. This attractive production has different textures on every page spread. Children can now explore the textures of Bitzer Maloney all skinny and Bony, Muffin McLay like a bundle of hay, Hairy Maclary from Donal...

Hairy Maclary and his friends go for a walk and meet tough tomcat Scarface Claw.

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy was first published in 1983, and became an instant success. Since then, every new story about Hairy Maclary and his gang, not to mention Scarface Claw, has become a firm favourite with children around the world. Lynley Dodd's exuberant text, which extends a child...

This is a colourful counting story about a selfish, bossy warthog who wants the watering hole all to himself. Elephants, leopards, giraffes, zebras and baboons all try to drink at the waterhole and are chased away by the grumpy warthog. They always sneak back for a drink and one day the warthog retu...

When Hairy Maclary decides to snoop inside a parked delivery van, he's in for a chaotic adventure. Has Hairy ever caused such havoc? Possibly not. This year the invincible Hairy Maclary is back in a riotous tale. Lynley Dodd's verse and humour are as sharp as ever, while her illustrations leap off t...

Slinky Malinki steals anything from a clothes peg, to a slipper, to a string of sausages, to a clock! Our hero is a BAD cat! The story is told in wonderful rhyme and through pictures full of life and movement.

A board book editon of this bestelling Hairy Maclary story. Hairy Maclary is looking for some peace and quiet for his afternoon doze. But everywhere he goes he's followed by an irrepressible yellow duckling, Zachary Quack, who wants to footle and frolic and play. Hairy Maclary keeps trying to skedad...

Slinky Malinki wakes from a cosy sleep, stretches and slips out through the catflap and into the night. He's soon joined by his friends Greywacke Jones, Butterball Brown, the Poppadum kittens and the rest of the gang. Hobnobbing happily on the wall, ten in a row, the cats are disturbed by the crotch...

"In Riverside Hall on Cabbage Tree Row, the Cat Club were having their Annual Show ..." When Hairy Maclary bounces and pounces his way into the cat show, his flustering and blustering bring a very unexpected result...This title presents another rollicking, rhyming adventure with Hairy Maclary (from ...

Hairy McClary is given a bone by the butcher, but is followed home by his friends, Hercules Morse, Muffin Mclay, Bitzer Maloney, Bottomley Potts and Schnitzel von Krum - Hairy has to prevent his friends from getting the bone! Review "Hairy Maclary is a rather odd looking dog. He is also a...

This is a lift-the-flap, hide-and-seek board book featuring Lynley Dodd's favourite canine characters. Where is Hairy Maclary? Is he hiding in the tree? No, that's Scarface Claw! Is he playing in the water? No, that's Zachary Quack! With it's simple question and answer formula, this very young, fun ...

Lynley Dodd, winner of numerous awards for her hugely popular series featuring Hairy Maclary and his many canine and feline friends, continues to entertain us with delightful rhyming text. Enjoy the entire Hairy Maclary collection as he and his mischevious companions explore their neighborhood. Gold...

Another story about Schnitzel von Krumm, the dog 'with the very low tum'. Schnitzel's family are packing for a holiday but Schnitzel can't help snuffling around bags and getting under feet. Finally on their way, the family don't realise that they've left one very important member behind - Schnitzel ...

In the Manglemunching Forest, there's a Nickle Nackle tree, growing Nickle Nackle berries that are red as red can be. And, that's not all that's nestling on the twisty branches of this laden tree. Count up some fabulous Lynley Dodd creations, such as one Ballyhoo bird, kicking up a din and two squaw...

Sausage dog, Schnitzel von Krumm, is outraged when his family decides to replace his worn out, beaten up old basket. The new bed doesn't look right, feel right - or smell right! Something must be done...Bestselling author Lynley Dodd's tale will charm children and features one of the favourite chara...

Rapscallion Slinky Malinki likes to get up before everyone else in the morning so he can get them out of bed. He tries every trick in the book: sitting on their heads, biting their toes, leaping on their limbs, yowling. Once he has succeeded in getting the family up . . . he goes back to bed.

Hairy Maclary is off to the park with his skimmer to have some fun in suitably doggy style. When he comes across a wedding party and the wind whips Grandmother Pugh's hat away he's the hero of the moment when he fetches it back.

Slinky Malinki steals anything from a clothes peg, to a slipper, to a string of sausages, to a clock! Our hero is a BAD cat! The story is told in wonderful rhyme and through pictures full of life and movement.

Slinky Malinki is asleep in front of the fire but moonlight and the catflap beckon and he goes outside to call up his friends.

Zachary Quack, a small and determined duckling, sets out to play with a rather reluctant Hairy Maclary. A 'cat and mouse' chase follows, with the two characters ending up peacefully snuggled together after Zachary Quack has saved a soggy Hairy Maclary from the river. Author Biography Lynley Do...

Hairy Maclary causes trouble again when he is simply not in the mood for the Kennel Club's Obedience Class. He feels mischievous and mad and not only does he scamper away but all his friends - Bottomley Potts, Muffin McLay, Hercules Morse, Schnitzel von Krumm and the rest follow 'Galloping here, gal...

The Dudgeon is Coming! He's shy and polite, so why is everyone becoming more and more alarmed as his arrival approaches? In this hilarious and imaginative picture book, the much-loved creator of Hairy Maclary explores the mayhem that a scrambled message can cause. Author Biography Lynley Dodd ...

It's a blusterous, gusterous, dusterous day and Hairy Maclary is ready to play. So he trots down to the park where, while enjoying a game of catch, he comes across a windblown wedding party. Poor Grandmother Pugh (a vision in blue) tries to hold onto her hat, but the wind whistles through it and blo...

Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk in town, followed by a few friends. All is uneventful until they meet Scarface Claw, the toughest tom in town, and run for home. The story is told by a brilliant, cumulative rhyming text and terrific pictures.Author BiographyLynley Dodd is an award-winning author/il...

"Sniffles and snuffles and doses of flu - itches and stitches and tummyache too ..." Hairy Maclary is waiting to see the vet with lots of other pets. Then something happens to turn the waiting room into a kerfuffling scramble of paws, a tangle of bodies and a jumble of jaws ...what can be ...

Scarface Claw, the biggest cat in the neighbourhood, is out exploring when he gets stuck up a tree. The noise is terrible - so terrible that it draws Hairy Maclary and all his friends from Donaldson's Dairy to investigate. Young children will love to join in making all the different noises.Author Bi...

Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk in town, followed by a few friends. All is uneventful until they meet Scarface Claw, the toughest tom cat in town, and run for home. Accolades NZ Govt Award Winner, Picture Book of the Year 1984. Review "The alliteration in this book is fabulous. Yo...

A fabulously fun new twist on Noah's Ark by master storyteller, Lynley Dodd! The rain is fast approaching and Noah wants to set sail. There are still lots of animals queueing to get on to the Ark but it's absolutely jam packed. Noah has to ask his friend, Sam Jam Balu to take the other Ark and all t...

Scarface Claw, Hairy Maclary's arch-enemy is at the centre of this story. Like most bullies however, he turns out to be not quite so tough as he and the other animals think when he is scared by his own reflection. Author Biography Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator who lives in...

Each page in this book features a different animal, carefully camouflaged in its natural habitat. A rhyme tells readers what to look for, with animals such as a lion, seal, frog and chick to spot. Slinky Malinki, the black cat, also makes an appearance in the book. Review "Play hide-and-s...

This is a new paperback edition of the story about everyone's favourite dog, Schnitzel von Krumm, from everyone's favourite author, Lynley Dodd. This time, Schnitzel von Krumm - with the very low tum - is up to mischief, chasing, digging, hiding and hustling. He should remember that dogs never climb...

This is a board book version of this bestselling picture book. When Slinky Malinki and Stickybeak Sid are left in the house on their own, they cause absolute mayhem by opening all the carefully shut doors in the house - a leave a trail of destruction from bathroom to bedroom to kitchen. But then Sli...

Climbing the river bank on to the track, went pittery pattery Zachary Quack ...Zachary Quack is pestering and scruffling all over the river bank. Then he finds a flicketty - quick dragon and hustles it here, there and everywhere. But who is really hustling who?

Scarface is the toughest tom in town. He shows everyone just how tough he is - but there is just one thing that does scare him!

The iconic first Hairy Maclary book, which introduces Hercules Morse, Bitzer Maloney, Muffin McLay, Bottomley Potts, Schnitzel von Krumm and of course the famous Hairy Maclary from Donaldon's Dairy. The six dogs go out for a walk, but little do they know that Scarface Claw, the toughest tom in town...

'Stop this shemozzle, this hullabaloo! Scarper, skedaddle, be off with you - shoo!'. When Hairy Maclary decides to snoop inside a parked delivery van, he's in for a madcap adventure. After a rattling, roaring ride, and finding himself far from home, he desperately tries to get back to the Dairy - cr...

'Christmas was coming. Out came the tree, dressed up in finery, splendid to see. Trinkets and tinsel with baubles and bows, a mouse with a hat and a very red nose.' It's Christmas in Slinky Malinki's house and the rapscallion, mischievous cat is most curious about the Christmas tree. With its reinde...

'Stop this shemozzle, this hullabaloo! Scarper, skedaddle, be off with you - shoo!'. When Hairy Maclary decides to snoop inside a parked delivery van, he's in for a madcap adventure. After a rattling, roaring ride, and finding himself far from home, he desperately tries to get back to the Dairy - cr...