Booktrust– send the Hairy Maclary cover as an e card after reading the story together. http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/view/30536

Hairy Maclary and Friends - Wikipedia

Hairy Maclary's adventures are usually in the company of his other dog friends who include the Dachshund Schnitzel von Krumm, the Dalmatian Bottomley Potts, the Greyhound Bitzer Maloney, the English Mastiff Hercules Morse and the Old English Sheepdog Muffin McLay. The series also features cats Scarface Claw, their formidable opponent, and Slinky Malinki. Hairy Maclary and Friends is a series of children's picture books created by New Zealand author and illustrator Dame Lynley Dodd. The popular series has sold over five million copies worldwide. [1] Find an i tunes App including 3 sign languages ( NZSL,AUSLAN and ASL) for Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy http://bit.ly/1KHdUydHas Hairy ever caused such mayhem? Thank goodness for Miss Plum, who once again steps in to save the day!

Hairy Maclary and friends activities and links. - 100 Stories Hairy Maclary and friends activities and links. - 100 Stories

Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator who lives in New Zealand. She is enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the unforgettable HAIRY MACLARY and his friends. She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974. Red Ted Art– Hairy Maclary marionette with paper rolls.( very cute!) http://www.redtedart.com/2011/11/23/hairy-maclary-dog-crafts/ Sculpture of Hairy Maclary and other characters from the books in Tauranga, New Zealand on the waterfront

The Little Big Book Club has a Hairy Maclary Learning time PDF sheet.It has suggestions on how to read the story, especially questions to ask before,during and after reading the story. Hairy Maclary books are designed to be read by an adult to a child. The plots are simple, keeping with the comprehension-level of the age group for which they are written. They generally involve Hairy and his friends in adventurous scenarios pitched against local cats. The animals in this series, unlike the creatures of Beatrix Potter's stories, are not given human thoughts and motives, their actions tell the stories, and reflect their animal natures. Other dog books in our list: Bark George Dog In , Cat Out Fearless Good Dog Carl Harry the Dirty Dog John Brown,Rose and the Midnight Cat Room on the Broom ( has a cat and a dog) Some Dogs Do The Cat in the Hat. The Little Big Book Club Activity time PDF sheet has suggestions on going for a walk after reading the story. (like Hairy Maclary but without Scarface Claw!) There are also song and rhyme suggestions.

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy Activity ideas for Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy

Make a story bag/busy bag with some of the characters from the stories.Kids could also use photos of their own dogs and cats to make up similar stories to Hairy Maclary.

We barely had a chance to know Ray, given all he did was wave a hat at Scarface Claw once. But, what a hat! What a wave! Don’t be a stranger, Ray. Although the books are designed to entertain young children, they are not intended as "early readers", as are, for example, the " Cat in the Hat" books by Dr. Seuss which have a very basic and largely phonic vocabulary. The Hairy Maclary books, despite their simple stories, introduce the listening child to some long but very expressive words, which are not part of the average preschooler vocabulary but must be understood by the child in the context in which they occur. For example, the noise made by a stranded cat and the excited dogs who discover it is described as a "cacophony". We can all agree that one fussy budgie is trouble enough, but four? FOUR?! Four fussy budgies could rule the world.