Hairy Maclary's First 100 Words

Lift the flaps and explore 100 first words with Hairy Maclary and his rascally gang in this bumper-sized board book!

Take a walk with Hairy Maclary, and sniff out 100 first words along the way in this chunky lift-the-flap board book!

‘A child’s best introduction to books’ – The Times

Join the rascally dog and his friends as they go on adventures around the house and off up the street, to the park, to the zoo, and chase cats, play games and more – and discover 100 key first words along the way.

Perfect for tots just learning to talk as well as for preschoolers getting ready to read, little ones will love exploring the colourful scenes and lifting lots of flaps on every page as they learn and play with Hairy Maclary.

Enchanting children since 1983, Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclary and Friends is a top preschool brand all around the world, due to the quality of its language, its delightful characters and its humour.

Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd!

Author Biography

Lynley Dodd is one of New Zealand’s best known and best loved authors of children’s books. In a career spanning four decades she has produced more than thirty original picture books (creating both the story and the illustrations), which have been published all over the world in multiple languages. In a recent review for The Sapling, New Zealand librarian and reviewer of children’s books Simie Simpson wrote, “Fostering a love of language since 1983, Hairy Maclary is almost compulsory reading for babies and toddlers. Reading the lovely Zachary Quack Minimonster and Wake Up, Bear, I was reminded at how delightful and clever Lynley Dodd’s books are. They are full of joy and rhythm, relatable and perfectly pitched for their intended audience.”