Zachary Quack, a small and determined duckling, sets out to play with a rather reluctant Hairy Maclary. Join Hairy Maclary and his friends on their first ever adventure in this golden 40th anniversary edition of the beloved rhyming classic!

From his friends Bottomley Potts and Schnitzel von Krumm to his big enemy Scarface Claw, there are plenty of characters to meet and enjoy. Enjoy storytime with our free online books and videos, play games, win prizes, test your knowledge in our book-themed quizzes, or even learn how to draw some of your favourite characters.Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy became an instant favourite when it was published in 1983, and children today still love following Hairy's adventures. They generally involve Hairy and his friends in adventurous scenarios pitched against local cats, often with an implication that the cats are more cunning. es el primer título; quizás como lectura aislada sea aburrido porque repite mucho los nombres de cada perro, hay que valorar la serie en su conjunto. In the 2019 TVNZ series Goodnight Kiwi the prime minister Jacinda Ardern read Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy; the episode aired on TVNZ 2 on Christmas Day. Written and illustrated by New Zealander Lynley Dodd, the book has delighted generations and can be enjoyed time and again by children and adults alike.

They sniffed and they snuffled, they bustled around, and they saw WHAT was making the terrible sound. It was thirty years ago that a small black dog stepped out of the imagination of author and illustrator Lynley Dodd and onto the pages of a picture book. With cumulative rhymes and sunny ink and watercolor illustrations, this international favorite chronicles the escapades of our hero Hairy and his crew of five kooky canines. This book sadly wasn't around when I was a child, but I have read it so many times as an adult - sometimes to real children, but just as often to myself.Hairy Maclary is a bouncy, scruffy and mischievous dog whose cheeky adventures with his lovable animal friends (and enemies! I found the fact that sentences ran across multiple pages a little off-putting, but I think that just comes down to personal preference. Lynley Dodd is New Zealand's bestselling children's author/illustrator and has an international following. His yowling is terrible - so terrible that it draws Hairy Maclary and all his friends from Donaldson's Dairy to investigate. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.