I was about four years old when I was given it and it was an all-time favourite, and I still have a copy. In 1999, Dodd received the Margaret Mahy Award. She is best known for her Hairy Maclary and Friends series, and its follow-ups, all of which feature animals with rhyming names and have sold over five million copies worldwide. It was about a dog that had been found but he destroyed the house and got into much trouble. The iconic Hairy Maclary book, which introduces Hercules Morse, Bitzer Maloney, Muffin McLay, Bottomley Potts, Schnitzel von Krumm and of course the famous. Dame Lynley Stuart Dodd DNZM (born 5 July 1941) is a New Zealand children's book author and illustrator. Why picture books I was an artist first and a writer second. My favourite picture book as a child was Chappie by Constance Heward. There is one scrap in the book, a rough sketch of a small hairy dog, under which I wrote: ‘One morning at nine, on the way to the park, went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy’ This went on to become VERY useful. What was your favourite picture book as a child? And besides your own books, what picture books do you enjoy, or give as gifts to children? And in her more youthful years she attacked the Christmas tree repeatedly, demolishing decorations and rearranging them. My book Slinky Malinki, Early Bird was based on the morning antics of Suu Kyi. She is very demanding and she has me under her paw! She loves to be part of the action, which can mean attacking my friends and getting up to mischief when I’m on the phone. Since then, every new story about Hairy Maclary and his gang, not to mention Scarface Claw, has become a firm favourite with children around the world. Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy goes. Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy was first published in 1983, and became an instant success. I have a 17-year-old diabetic Burmese cat called Suu Kyi. A sturdy board book edition of the favourite preschool story which has sold over 2 million copies sold worldwide. Can you tell us a little bit about any pets you have now?

The secret lives of dogs and cats has been your perennial theme.

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