Customer Reviews
Absolutely brilliant! - By: Lilly Rose, 28 Aug 2008 
After reading the reviews I thought let me give it a try. My three year old & 23mth old boys both love it! They love the rhymes & the different types of dogs. My three yr old can even tell you the next rhyming word after only a wk reading the stories to them. Its a bed-time treat. I would reccomend it to anyone with babies & toddlers. Its absolutely adorable! I plan to purchase more from this series for my kids later on.
A classic - By: Katie's Mum, 11 Aug 2008 Having moved to NZ from the UK - everyone knows Hairy Maclary from Donaldon's Dairy - but that wasn't the casein Britain. My one year old adores the series - particulary Scarface Claw & Slinky Malinky. My four year old gets much from the stories & recites themin the car - much to the delight of her younger sister! Wonderful illutrations & perfect prose. Ka Pai!
These books are absolutely magic - By: Ms. P. Wall, 09 Aug 2008 Lynley Dodd certainly knows how to write books for children... I bought Slinky Malinki first, & my daughter loved that book from when she was 5 months old. I learned to recite it,in the car, at home, wherever, & she would always quieten down & listen... it became a good substitue for a dummy. All I had to say was 'Slinky Malinki' & all was goodin her world!
My daughter is now 2 & we've had this Hairy Maclary set of books for a few months now & she adores them. She cannot go to bed without being read at least 3 of them... she evens knows when to joinin with a big 'WOOF' (scarface claw). Her favourites are Rumpus at the Vets & Showbusiness. I prefer the structure of the rhymingin those two.. it flows better than the other ones - although Slinki Malinki is still the creme de la creme. The language & vocabularyin that book are out of this world. Exciting, funny, entertaining, educational & a joy to read.. what more could you ask for from an author?
Stopped us going mad - By: Pony Girl 2000, 24 May 2008 My 10 month old has this which we read to himin bits & the board book version of the first story, Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy.
He squeals when we get it out of the bookshelf & he always gets his board book version (which livesin his toy box) out & opens it onto the page which introduces 'Scarface Claw' the cat.
Good for recurring characters, great rhyming & use of words. Entertaining for us too.
PS A dairy is a New Zealand corner store.
Excellent book choice for younger readers - By: J. Soppitt, 29 Feb 2008 I have just bought this book for my 3 year old following the recommendations on this site & he absolutely loves it! I cannot recommend it enough - every night he begs for more stories from Hairy Maclary that I am going to buy even more books from this author.
The stories are exciting & fast paced & introduce some fun characters like Muffin Mclay & Scarface Claw. I have to aqdmit I was slightly sceptical about whether my son would like these but he loves them & I appreciated the reviews made by other people as it made me buy the bookin the first place.
