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HAIRY MACLARY - SCATTERCAT

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This is a delightful book, the language is great and the pictures wonderful. Most of Lynley Dodd's regular characters such as Slinki Malinki and Scarface Claw make an appearance as Hairy Maclary bounces along through the pages in a boisterous mood. I love reading this one to my three year old niece. The words have a real rhythm to them and the story has just enough suspense to keep little ones interested. I have not yet read a Lynley Dodd book that I don't like - but this one is a real favourite!

We've been reading this, the hairy MacLary and other Lynley Dodd books for 5 years now....started when my son was about 18 months, and still going strong! There is as much in the language for a 6 year old starting to read on their own as for the shared experience with younger children.

Lynley Dodd and Margaret Mahy MUST be New Zealand National Treasures.

Great rhymes, wonderful words ("bumptious and bustly"...) and a fun, simple tale. A real favouite of my two year old. Another great children's book from a superb author. Highly recommended.

I bought this for my 5 year old dog crazy daughter. Obviously this series of books are classic, and she loves them all, but she also loved the tough guy in this book, Scarface. Now she's lobbying for all the cat books in this series also! The writing is appealing for it's sing-song quality, and the illustrations are gorgeous! Highly recommended!

My three year old loves these stories and I find that he can almost 'read' the book by himself. The way Lynley Dodd rhymes the story makes it very comical to listen to and easy to read. The descriptive and repeatitive vocabulary makes this my boys favourite book to listen to and he has others from the same author. I highly recommend this book to anyone with children between 2 and 10. My friend's children always read this when they come to visit and I have used the stories for many a happy birthday present.

Our 4 and 3 year old children love all the books with Scarface Claw, the toughest tom in town! We read them over and over again. If your kids love cats, they'll love these books.

I purchased this for my 7-year old granddaughter and she loved it. As an excellent grade level reader, it was a bit challenging, but readable. Love the rhyming and it held her interst. Would heartily recommend.

This book was a 1st birthday gift from a relative in Australia. It's definitly me favorite to read her over, and over, and OVER again. Endlessly. The big grin when I say "...BUT AROUND CAME SCARFACE CLAW..." is priceless!

We (and our 2-1/2 year old boy) love Hairy Maclary and all his friends! Since we have a cat, I think we particularly like the ones that feature cats. And our little boy LOVES Scarface Claw. He loves making the Scarface Claw meeoooooowwww sound.

This is really a terrific book. I love the language Dodd uses. She doesn't talk down to kids just because they're small, and the language is lively and descriptive.

If you like Hairy Maclary, I definitely recommend this book. And if you've never read him, this would be a great first book to introduce you to Hairy and Lynley Dodd!

My kids love Hairy Maclary's books, and this one is one of the best we have.

I really recomend it, specially if they like Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy!