Best Selling Books by Lynley DODD

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Hairy Maclary from Donaldson''s Dairy is the hilarious rhyming classic by Lynley Dodd. Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk in town, followed by doggish friends of all shapes and sizes. One by one they join Hairy Maclary until they meet SCARFACE CLAW! Scarface Claw is the toughest Tom in town, and causes all the others to run for home. The brilliant cumulative rhyme and terrific pictures of this story has turned it into a classic - and it is still one of the most popular picture books today. "Children will love looking at the detailed illustrations of each dog, and it''s a great conversation starter around different words to describe how each dog looks and might feel" - The Evening Standard

Have you seen Hairy Maclary? Where is he hiding? Lift the flaps to see if you can spot the raggedy rascal and his rollicking gang! Is he having a scratch in the strawberry patch? No, that''s Bitzer Maloney. Is he taking a bath at the side of the path? No, that''s Muffin McLay. Babies and toddlers will have loads of fun spotting the clues in the illustrations and lifting the flaps to discover which of the characters it is. This delightful board book with sturdy cardboard flaps showcases the famous animal characters from Lynley Dodd''s bestselling series of picture books. From page to page, Hairy Maclary''s gang is hidden behind a variety of objects for little fingers to move aside, until, at last, Hairy Maclary''s hiding place is discovered! Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd!

A small and very determined duckling sets out to play with a rather reluctant dog.

Set of four board books containing abridged versions of popular Lynley Dodd stories which introduce Hairy Maclary and his friends.

In the third adventure of Lynley Dodd''s famous Hairy Maclary and Friends series, Hairy Maclary chases cats until he meets his match. Hairy Maclary felt bumptious and bustly, bossy and bouncy and frisky and hustly . . . Hairy Maclary is busy chasing, bustling and hustling all the neighbourhood cats. But there''s one particular cat he doesn''t expect to meet . . . Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! www.hairymaclary.com

Lynley Dodd’s classic first adventure of Slinky Malinki, a fiendish black cat who goes on a midnight stealing spree. Slinky Malinki was blacker than black, a stalking and lurking adventurous cat. By day Slinky Malinki is an adventurous cat, cheeky and cheerful, friendly and fun. But at night he becomes a thief, stealing everything from squishy bananas to milk bottles and pottery smocks. His crimes become ever more daring, until one rascally night between midnight and four, Slinky Malinki steals MORE than before . . . Told in wonderful rhyme and through pictures full of life and movement, Slinky Malinki is the very first adventure of the rapscallion cat in Lynley Dodd''s famous Hairy Maclary and Friends series. Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! www.hairymaclary.com

Fur rises and havoc ensues when Hairy Maclary the dog intrudes upon a cat show.

''Stop this shemozzle, this hullabaloo! Scarper, skedaddle, be off with you - Shoo''! When Hairy Maclary decides to snoop inside a parked delivery van, he''s in for a chaotic 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? Thank goodness for Miss Plum, who once again steps in to save the day.

It is winter, and the garden is full of sleeping hedgehogs. All is peaceful now, but what will happen when they wake up in spring?

The second book in Lynley Dodd''s iconic Hairy Maclary and Friends series, in which Hairy Maclary''s gang want him to share his tasty bone. Down in the town by the butcher''s shop door, sat Hairy Maclary from Donaldson''s Dairy. With a big juicy bone from Samuel Stone, Hairy Maclary sets off for the dairy. His friends want him to share it but Hairy Maclary has other ideas . . . Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! www.hairymaclary.com

The wind plays a leading role in Hairy Maclary''s eighth adventure, setting him off on a desperate, daredevil dash! It''s a blusterous, gusterous, dusterous day, and Hairy Maclary is ready to play . . . . . . but everyone says, ''We''re too busy today!'' So what can it be that sends Hairy Maclary racing across the park to catch in a flurry of black, and what does he carry ALL THE WAY BACK? Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! www.hairymaclary.com

In the fifth adventure of Lynley Dodd''s famous Hairy Maclary and Friends series, there''s a kerfuffle in the Vet’s waiting-room. Sniffles and snuffles and doses of flu, itches and stitches and tummy ache too . . . Hairy Maclary is waiting to see the vet with lots of other pets. Then something happens to turn the waiting room into a scramble of paws, a tangle of bodies and a jumble of jaws . . . Surely the vet will be able to fix it? Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! www.hairymaclary.com

Will Slinky Malinki and Syd the rainbow lorikeet open the door to more trouble than they can handle? Slinky Malinki jumped high off the floor, he swung on a handle and opened a door. Slinky Malinki and Syd the rainbow lorikeet are partners in crime. Left alone in the house they get up to all sorts of mischief. Shredding up sheets, tangling towels and paddling in powder, the whole house is a muddly mess - it looks as if nothing will stop them! But something awaits them behind a door . . . maybe this time they''ll meet their match? Slinky Malinki is as naughty as ever in his second titular adventure in the Hairy Maclary and Friends series. Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! www.hairymaclary.com

When Hairy Maclary and his canine friends go for a walk and encounter Scarface Claw, the toughest Tom in town, they run away.