Customer Reviews

Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness

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My 3 and 4 yr olds love this series. We now have every book in the Hairy Maclary and Slinky Malinky series. The books are full of fun new words that help build their vocabulary and they love the stories. Slinky Malinky is a bit of a naughty cat but in the end he always learns a lesson.

Lynley Dodd's books are favorites of my daughters. The illustrations are charming and the choice of words is fantastic. These are wonderful books!

Hairly Maclary is delightful! I would like more of his books. My 15-month old enjoys hearing of his antics with the cat show, and I regularly read it to her at naptime and bedtime. The rhymes comfort her and the pictures capture her attention. Lynley Dodd has done well. I will read this book to my twin daughters when they're a little older (they are seven weeks old) and I'm sure Hairy Maclary will be a big hit then

Lynley Dodd is a great author. All Dodd's books are fabulous. Would recommend highly.

If you are familiar with hairy Maclary (from Donaldson's Dairy) you will understand what havoc could be caused when our irascible terrier visits the cat show.

Not my favourite of the series (see reviews of Slinky Malinki Open The Door and Caterwaul Caper), but fun nevertheless.

When visiting London, I asked the Children's Specialist at the Herrod's bookstore for recommendations on books that my yet-to-be-born grandson would like. She recommended the Lyndley Dodd series. Now five years later, and the owner of most of the books, it turns out to be the best book advice I ever received. My grandson loves these books and I could not be happier. The rhyming and repetition are important, the stories are charming, and the illustrations are fun. I strongly recommend these books to everyone.

My kids LOVE this book, all of the Hairy Maclary series really, but this book is their favorite. Even my 8 year old stays near for bedtime readings! Well worth the read and the purchase!!!

The local cat club is holding a cat show and Hairy Maclary is tied to a tree outside. But no simple leash can hold back the rambunctious canine from Donaldson's Dairy. With a flick of his fur he is through the door and running loose through the festivities.

Around and around he goes. Up and down as hands try to grab him until someone is quick enough to get a good hold of him. But once caught, what is his fate? Will he be tied up again? Caged? Punished? The answer is at the end of the book and sure to produce a chuckle.

Hairy Maclary is New Zealand's most popular dog in children's books. This is one of his lone adventures so if you really want to see all of the other dogs, they are not here (although there are some other familiar faces). But even without the supporting cast, Hairy and the lyrical story verse rise to the occasion of another fun book for young readers.