Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (Hairy Maclary and Friends)

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Told through playful rhymes and watercolour illustrations, this hilarious classic story has delighted children for generations. With cumulative rhymes and sunny ink and watercolor illustrations, this international favorite chronicles the escapades of our hero Hairy and his crew of five kooky canines. Here every dog-from big-as-a-horse Hercules Morse to Schnitzel von Krumm with the very low tum-tries to have his day with HAIRY MACLARY'S BONE, but guess who triumphs! Hairy Maclary books are designed to be read by an adult to a child. The plots are simple, keeping with the comprehension-level of the age group for which they are written. They generally involve Hairy and his friends in adventurous scenarios pitched against local cats. The animals in this series, unlike the creatures of Beatrix Potter's stories, are not given human thoughts and motives, their actions tell the stories, and reflect their animal natures.

Dame Lynley Stuart Dodd DNZM (born 5 July 1941 [1]) is a New Zealand children's book author and illustrator. She is best known for her Hairy Maclary and Friends series, and its follow-ups, [2] [3] all of which feature animals with rhyming names and have sold over five million copies worldwide. [4] In 1999, Dodd received the Margaret Mahy Award. Meet Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Donaldson's Dairy, always ready for mischief. In this fabulous set of audio rhyming tales, Hairy Maclary and his friends just want to have fun, but trouble is never far away! They sniffed and they snuffled, they bustled around, and they saw WHAT was making the terrible sound." This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( January 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Terry, Fiona (8 August 2008). "Times Online: Interview with Lynley Dodd". London: Times Newspapers Ltd . Retrieved 5 May 2009.

This helpful set of Hairy Maclary Teaching Notes can be used as a planning document when reading Hairy Maclary with your class. There are a range of useful strategies that you might find useful, as well as a range of activities that link to other Key Learning Areas. AIM Children's Book Awards - Picture Book". Christchurch City Libraries . Retrieved 10 January 2023. These Hairy Maclary Rhyming Cards are a fantastic resource to help teach your children to recognise rhyming words from the beloved Hairy Maclary story. Beautifully illustrated, they’re perfect to introduce some fun into the classroom through games like Snap and Memory. The eight stories on this bumper CD collection are all set to music and read fabulously by Dr Who star David Tennant. Schnitzel von Krumm is the star of several of his own adventures as well as appearing in Hairy Maclary's. A red standard smooth-haired Dachshund, Schnitzel's legs are the shortest in the gang.

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Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator who lives in New Zealand. She is enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the unforgettable HAIRY MACLARY and his friends. She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974. Find sources: "Hairy Maclary and Friends"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( July 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Life and career [ edit ] Sculpture of Hairy Maclary and other characters from the books in Tauranga, New Zealand on the waterfront. PowerPoint looking at the rhyming names and descriptions of characters. Hairy Maclary, Bottomley Potts, Hercules Morse, Muffin McLay, Bitzer Maloney, Schnitzel von Krumm.Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy was the first Hairy Maclary book and remains Lynley Dodd's own favourite.