Slinky Malinki [Paperback]

Lynley Dodd (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

From the creator of Hairy Maclary comes a new series starring a rascally cat named Slinky Malinki. “What was he up to? At night, to be brief, Slinky Malinki turned into a THIEF.” But by morning, Slinky comes to realize that crime doesn’t pay.This story spins off a character first introduced in HAIRY MACLARY SCATTERCAT. Previously available in the U.S. only in library binding.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-- Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief. After his loot is discovered, he decides to stay home nights. While there's nothing wrong with this book, there's nothing to recommend it, either. The text is somewhat workmanlike, with very precise rhythm but not much charm. The full-color illustrations lack the personality needed to draw children into the story or to make Slinky an interesting character. Quite simply, the cat steals stuff, then stops. It's hard to imagine many preschoolers who would sit through the whole book. There's just nothing to it.
- Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Author

New Zealander LYNLEY DODD is one of the best-known and best-selling picturebook creators in the English-speaking world.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Tricycle Press (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582461481
• ISBN-13: 978-1582461489
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.1 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Cats > Fiction
  • #48 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Cats
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More About the Author

Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the memorable Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki, Schnitzel Von Krumm - and many others! She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974. Lynley lives in New Zealand.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slinki Malinki is great!, June 3, 2003

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Denise Taylor - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slinky Malinki (Gold Star First Readers) (Library Binding)

Ignore the School Book Journal review above. This is a great little book! I have read it many times to my son and he's always riveted. I like the book, the word play, the way things work out in it. I would recommend it to anyone.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen to the mother of a 3 y/o bookworm!, May 24, 2005

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V. J. Vousden (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slinky Malinki (Paperback)

I don't understand why the SLJ critic panned this adorable book, either. My daughter, now 3 has had this story and now most of Lynley Dodd's stories read to her and she loves them. We got it in England for her when she was just 2 and she asked for it every night for a year. I love the cat, Slinky, as well as the other characters Dodd writes about (Hairy McClairy the dog and the neighborhood bully cat, Scar-face Claw). I love the stories and the illustrations but what matters most is my daughter, who isn't short of a few books, goes back again and again to these stories. They pass the kid test!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Thief in the Night, November 28, 2005

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slinky Malinki (Paperback)

Lynley Dodd fans may know Slinky Malinki as one of the cats that gets chased in HAIRY MACLARY SCATTERCAT. In this book we learn all about the midnight-black cat with the kink in the end of its tail.

Slinky is a nice cat as long as the sun is shining. But once the sun goes down and the night darkens, he prowls the neighborhood as a literal cat burglar. Nothing is safe as the feline rapscallion makes off with whatever he wants. Then one night he goes too far and steals far more than usual. Slinky gets caught by his family and is eternally shamed.

This is an interesting book and rather different from the Hairy MacLary books. This tail offers an example of rehabilitation. Having been caught and shamed, the cat refuses to give in to the desire to steal at night. They say a leopard can not change its spots but this cat definitely does. Check it out.