Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks - Lynley Dodd

***Background*** Lynley Dodd is the wonderful person responsible for the many books in the Hairy Maclary and Slinky Malinky series. She keeps children happy with her delightful rhyming stories and wonderfully comical illustrations. This is one of the newer titles and was only published in 2007. ***The Story*** This story starts with our hero being blown everywhere. "SWOOOSH went the wind in the tops of the trees, swishing the branches and tossing the leaves. It whipped around corners and blew over bins, It buffeted birds into spirals and spins. A blusterous, ...  Read the complete review

This is one of the more recent children's book, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd. The hardback was published in the latter half of 2007 and the paperback is available for pre-ordering in the summer of 2008, that's how recent it is! Lynley Dodd has written a wide range of brilliant books in the Hairy Maclary series, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy being the first! It's very hard to believe that her first book was published way back in 1983, but it has stood the test of time and still enjoyed by young children of today! - Who is Hairy Maclary? - HM is a dog. Lylnely Dodd's illustrations of him make him look very ...  Read the complete review