Lynley Dodd
Author of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
About the Author
Lynley Dodd was born in Rotorua, New Zealand in 1941. She was educated at the Iwitahi School, Tauranga College, Elam School of Art (Dip FA) and Auckland Teachers' College. The first children's book she illustrated, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes by Eve Sutton, was published in 1973. She is best show more known as the creator of Hairy Maclary, but has written and illustrated more than 20 books including The Nickle Nackle Tree, Titimus Trim, The Smallest Turtle, and The Apple Tree. She won the 1978 Choysa Bursary, and the 1981 New Zealand Book Award for her illustrations in Clarice England's Druscilla. She also won the AIM Children's Book Award for Best Picture Book Illustration in 1992 for Hairy Maclary's Show Business and the New Zealand Post Children's Book Award Honour Book Prize in 1999 for Slinky Malinki Catflaps. Hairy Maclary and Slinky Malinky have each featured in stage musical versions. In 2002, she was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to children's literature. Her title's Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, Hairy Maclary: Hide and Seek, Slinky Malinki: Early Bird and Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary made the New Zealand Best Seller List in 2015. She is also a 2016 Astrid Lindgren award nominee. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Lynley Dodd
Hairy Maclary 4 copies
Hair Maclary and Friends 2 copies
HAIRY MACLARY'S BONE (Hairy Maclary and Friends) by Hachette Children's Books (1-Sep-1999) Paperback 2 copies
(Hairy Maclary's Rumpus At The Vet (Hairy Maclary and Friends)) [By: Dodd, Lynley] [Nov, 1991] 1 copy
Hat Tricks 1 copy
Rumpus at the Vet 1 copy
Hairy Maclary's showbusiness 1 copy
Hairy Maclary Set 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1941-07-05
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Elam School of Art, Auckland, New Zealand
- Occupations
- children's book author
illustrator - Awards and honors
- New Zealand Order of Merit (2001)
Margaret Mahy Medal (1999) - Relationships
- Sutton, Eve (husband's cousin)
- Short biography
- She is best known for her Hairy Maclary series, and its follow-ups, all of which feature animals with rhyming names, and received a New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001 for "services to children's literature and book illustration"
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Birthplace
- Rotorua, New Zealand
- Places of residence
- Rotorua, New Zealand
Tauranga, New Zealand - Associated Place (for map)
- New Zealand
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This is a simple tale told in verse describing each dog as Hairy Maclary (a Scottish terrier) goes around town collecting his friends to explore, until ...
I'm cheating a bit by adding this to my count, as my seven year old son read this to me. It's an old favourite and we needed something quick and easy for bedtime.
As with many good children's books, a good part of the joy of reading it lies in the details in the show more pictures. I love it when I'm reading a book for the umpteenth time and I discover things I haven't noticed before. This time I noticed that though each picture is devoted to the specific dog being described, there is a paw or tail or some small part of all the other dogs that have joined the gang and are listed in the accompanying verse.
Fun, easy, catchy. We have liked this series for a long time.
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I'm cheating a bit by adding this to my count, as my seven year old son read this to me. It's an old favourite and we needed something quick and easy for bedtime.
"Out of the gate
and off for a walk
went Hairy Maclary
from Donaldson's Dairy"
As with many good children's books, a good part of the joy of reading it lies in the details in the show more pictures. I love it when I'm reading a book for the umpteenth time and I discover things I haven't noticed before. This time I noticed that though each picture is devoted to the specific dog being described, there is a paw or tail or some small part of all the other dogs that have joined the gang and are listed in the accompanying verse.
Fun, easy, catchy. We have liked this series for a long time.
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Scarface is your typical bad boy tom. He's big; he's mean and he's territorial. He will growl and hiss at any cat and any dog (including the dogs from Hairy Maclarry from Donaldson's Dairy). Scarface isn't scared of anyone... except... himself!
Scarface has more of Dodd's humor and adorable illustrations. Scarface while scary to the dogs and cats of the story is rather cute in all his posturing. He's probably a big old lap cat when he's down prowling at the end of the day.
Scarface has more of Dodd's humor and adorable illustrations. Scarface while scary to the dogs and cats of the story is rather cute in all his posturing. He's probably a big old lap cat when he's down prowling at the end of the day.
Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclary in “Scattercat”. While on the surface this is the story of a dog’s day out chasing cats before he gets his comeuppance I felt the need to look below the surface and see it as a tale about modern history. Imagine that Hairy Macleary is Nazi Germany with each cat being the territories they invaded before being defeated by the Allies. A good children’s book with a great choice of words.
Wonderful for fans of Dr. Seuss! A counting book, 1-14. Made-up animals, each of whom have a certain personality. Marvelous invented words, plus rhythm and rhyme, terrific for reading aloud. And that classic 1970s illustrative style. Highly recommended to adult fans of picture-books, and I bet kids would still like it too.
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