Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
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| Author | Lynley Dodd |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Hairy Maclary |
| Genre | Children's book |
| Publisher | Mallinson Rendel Publishers Limited |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | New Zealand |
| ISBN | 978-0-14-330615-3 |
| Followed by | Hairy Maclary's Bone |
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy first published in 1983, is the first and most well-known of a series of books by New Zealand author Lynley Dodd featuring Hairy Maclary. His adventures are usually in the company of his other animal friends who include the dachshund Schnitzel von Krumm. His arch-enemy is the tomcat Scarface Claw. (In New Zealand English a dairy is a small grocery store or corner shop).
Written for pre-school children, it has become a classic bedtime storybook in New Zealand and Australia, and Lynley Dodd's books, including this one, dominate the children's section of the Premier New Zealand Bestsellers list.[1]
The order of introduction of the dogs (with their house number in brackets) is:
- Hairy Maclary, a small dog of mixed pedigree,[2] however bearing a similar resemblance to a Scottish Terrier, (60)
- Hercules Morse, a Mastiff, (54)
- Bottomley Potts, a Dalmatian, (52)
- Muffin McLay, an Old English Sheepdog, (48)
- Bitzer Maloney, a Whippet, (36)
- Schnitzel Von Krumm, a Dachshund, (22)
Like most of Dodd's books, it is written in anapaestic verse, though it breaks into a more urgent trochaic form when the dogs encounter Scarface Claw.
The book was translated into Slovene by Jana Kolarič as Kuštravi Slave z mlekarske pristave (2005).[3] The story is about some dogs going to the park but ends up being scared by a cat.
References
- ^ Book News
- ^ "Hairy Maclary". www.hairymaclary.com. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ Miklavčič, Alja, Jana Kolarič (in Slovenian), Društvo slovenskih pisateljev, retrieved 2017-08-16
External links
- Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy Puffin Books Australia
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