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Lynley Dodd

    Lynley Dodd is an internationally celebrated children's author whose works are highly regarded and much loved by readers in New Zealand and around the world. Her stories are known for their lively sound qualities, curious animal characters, and memorable illustrations that accompany the text. Dodd crafts works with a unique style that engages young readers.

    Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack
    Scarface Claw, Hold Tight
    Hairy Maclary, sit
    Hairy Maclary Five Lynley Dodd Stories
    Slinky Malinki
    Schnitzel Von Krumm, Dogs Never Climb Trees
    • A story about dog, Schnitzel von Krumm who with the very low tum - is up to mischief, chasing, digging, hiding and hustling. He should remember that dogs never climb trees - but that's not going to stop him scampering right to the very top of the tree.

      Schnitzel Von Krumm, Dogs Never Climb Trees
    • Slinky Malinki

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.6(143)Add rating

      Slinky Malinki steals anything from a clothes peg, to a slipper, to a string of sausages, to a clock! Our hero is a BAD cat.

      Slinky Malinki
    • Mischievous Hairy Maclary finds that he is not in the mood for the Kennel Club's obedience class.

      Hairy Maclary, sit
    • Scarface Claw, Hold Tight

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      What a peaceful morning! The sun is out and Scarface Claw is busy doing what a cat does best - he's lazing around in a sunny spot. A sunny spot that unfortunately happens to be the roof of a truck... Suddenly, there was a shudder and sway, the whirr of an engine, then off and away. Off goes the truck down the drive - with Scarface ON TOP! Who will come to poor Scarface Claw's rescue? Featuring trucks, trailers and even Gran's scooter, Scarface Claw's latest escapade is perfect for reading aloud again and again. Buckle up for another adventure from the creator of the much-loved Hairy Maclary and Friends series!

      Scarface Claw, Hold Tight
    • Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.4(22)Add rating

      Hugely popular stories told in lively pictures and verse, about a dog called Hairy Maclary and his neighbourhood friends - and enemies!

      Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack
    • Scarface Claw

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.4(512)Add rating

      Features big, bullying tom cat, Scarface Claw, Hairy Maclary's arch-enemy. But like most bullies, Scarface turns out to be not quite as tough as he and the other animals think when he is scared by his own reflection.

      Scarface Claw
    • Hairy Maclary, Shoo

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.4(41)Add rating

      When Hairy Maclary decides to snoop inside a parked delivery van, he's in for a madcap adventure. After a rattling, roaring ride, and finding himself far from home, he desperately tries to get back to the Dairy - creating havoc and incurring the wrath of shopkeepers, schoolteachers and passers-by along the way. Has Hairy ever caused such mayhem?

      Hairy Maclary, Shoo
    • Slinky Malinki, Early Bird

      • 30 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Slinky Malinki likes to wake up very early in the morning. He thinks his family should too, but do they agree?

      Slinky Malinki, Early Bird
    • A 30th year anniversary edition of the classic rhyming story about a dog.

      Hairy Maclary