Schnitzel Von Krumm, Dogs Never Climb Trees - Lynley Dodd

The award winning children's author Lynley Dodd is famous for her series of books featuring mainly the character Hairy Maclary. She has also written a number of books focusing on the characters found in the Hairy Maclary books. Schnitzel Von Krumm, Dogs Never Climb Trees features one of his dog friends, Schnitzel von Krumm, as he showcases everything he can do, from burying a bone, fetching things, riding skateboards, and states dogs never climb trees. Then, at the end of the book, it says if they try hard enough, maybe they do! The educational factor of these books must not be sniffed at. Here, the message is if you try hard enough, you can do ...  Read the complete review

~ Who is Schnitzel von Krumm ~ The name makes me think of a German Baron or the like but in fact Schnitzel von Krum is a dog. I'm no dog expert and I may well have this wrong but he looks a tad like a daschund or some mixture. Schnitzel von Krumm was first introduced in the Hairy Maclary series of books by Lynley Dodd and has become a good friend of Hairy Maclary's. ~ The Story ~ Schnitzel von Krumm (SvK) with 'his very short legs and his very low tum'. SvK can do lots of clever canine things like bury a bone in a couple of minutes, disappear in to holes, fetches the paper, rug and his bowl, gallop and scamper round bushes and ...  Read the complete review