Lynley Dodd

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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1990
  • Latest Book:
    January 2019
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Full Series List in Order

Hairy Maclary Adventures

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (Jun-2001)
Hairy Maclary's Bone (Jun-2001)
Hairy Maclary Scattercat (Jan-2003)
Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet (Jan-2003)
Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper (Jul-2009)
Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks (Mar-2012)
Hairy Maclary, Shoo (Aug-2012)

Schnitzel Von Krumm

Dogs Never Climb Trees (Jun-2012)
Forget-Me-Not (Jun-2012)
Schnitzel von Krumm's Basketwork (Jun-2012)

Slinky Malinki

Slinky Malinki, Open the Door (Jun-2006)
Slinky Malinki Christmas Crackers (Mar-2012)
Slinky Malinki, Early Bird (Jun-2012)

Book List in Order: 36 titles

  • A Dragon in a Wagon

    When Susie Fogg takes her dog for a walk, she dreams of having a more exciting pet. Something huge, fierce or odd, like a dragon in a wagon. She soon gets carried away by her imagination. An imaginative, rhyming and wonderfully silly picture book tha...

  • Find Me A Tiger Mini Edition

    Each page in this book features a different animal, carefully camouflaged in its natural habitat. A rhyme tells readers what to look for, with animals such as a lion, seal, frog and chick to spot. Slinky Malinki, the black cat, also makes an appearan...

  • Sniff Snuff Snap

    A colourful counting story about a selfish, bossy warthog who wants the watering hole all to himself. Elephants, leopards, giraffes, zebras and baboons all try to drink at the waterhole and are chased away by the grumpy warthog. They always sneak bac...

  • Schnitzel Von Krumm Forget Me Not

    Another story about Schnitzel von Krumm, the dog "with the very low tum". Schnitzel's family are packing for a holiday but Schnitzel can't help snuffling around bags and getting under feet. Finally on their way, the family don't realise that they'vel...

  • Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

    Hairy Maclary Adventures

    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. In this introductory book in the HAIRY MACLARY series, all the pooches-from ...

  • Hairy Maclary's Bone

    Hairy Maclary Adventures

    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. Here every dog-from big-as-a-horse Hercules Morse to Schnitzel von Krumm wit...

  • Hedgehog Howdedo

    A little girl wanders round her garden in winter, looking at all the hedgehogs hibernating in its many different corners. The book is a simple counting book and an early science book as it introduces readers to the impact of the seasons on animals an...

  • Hairy Maclary Five Lynley Dodd Stories

    Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy is the hilarious rhyming classic by Lynley Dodd.A deliciously chunky hardback gift edition of five Hairy Maclary stories from the first, HAIRY MACLARY FROM DONALDSON'S DAIRY to HAIRY MACLARY'S RUMPUS AT THE VET.Ly...

  • Hairy Maclary Scattercat

    Hairy Maclary Adventures

    """Hairy Maclary felt bumptious and bustly, bossy and bouncy and frisky and hustly""

    Hairy Maclary, everyone''s favourite dog, is busy chasing and hustling all the neighbourhood cats from Slinky Malinki to Pimpernel Pugh. But when he comes face to...



  • Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet

    Hairy Maclary Adventures

    It'a-s time for a trip to the vet where Hairy joins the tumult of "miserable dogs and cantankerous cats, a rabbit with pimples and rickety rats." Lynley Dodd's books have sold over two million copies worldwide. Previously available in the U.S. only i...

  • Schnitzel Von Krumm, Dogs Never Climb Trees

    A new paperback edition of the story about everyone''s favourite dog, Schnitzel von Krumm, from everyone''s favourite author, Lynley Dodd. This time, Schnitzel von Krumm - with the very low tum - is up to mischief, chasing, digging, hiding and hustli...

  • Slinky Malinki

    From the creator of Hairy Maclary comes a new series starring a rascally cat named Slinky Malinki. “What was he up to? At night, to be brief, Slinky Malinki turned into a THIEF.†But by morning, Slinky comes to realize that crime doesn’t pay.Th...

  • Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack

    Hairy Maclary "dozily dreamed as he lay on his back when pittery pattery, skittery scattery, ZIP 'a-round the corner came Zachary Quack." Little Zach presents quite a nuisance, but their friendship wins out in the end.Previously available in the U.S....

  • Sticker Fun with Hairy Maclary

    Make Hairy Maclary and friends come to life in this interactive sticker book. There are scenes featuring everyone's favourite characters, from Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy to Scarface Claw, the toughest tom in town as well as snippets of Lynl...

  • Slinky Malinki Catflaps

    Slinky Malinki wakes from a nap and steps through the catflap. Calling his feline friends to join him, ""they sat in the moonlight's silvery glow, hobnobbing happily, ten in a row."" Until the menacing Scarface Claw makes an unexpected appearance.Wha...

  • Slinky Malinki, Open the Door

    Slinky Malinki

    "Slinky Malinki and Stickybeak Syd were a troublesome pair; do you know what they did? Alone in the house one mischievous day, they opened a door and they started to play." Room by room, the terrible twosome wreak havoc...until they decide to see wha...

  • Nickle Nackle Tree

    In the Manglemunching Forest there's a Nickle Nackle tree, growing Nickle Nackle berries that are red as red can be. And that's not all that's nestling on the twisty branches of this laden tree. Count up some fabulous Lynley Dodd creations, such as o...

  • Hairy Maclary's Show Business

    Hairy Maclary is terrific at finding trouble. And this time the playful pup is lost...in the middle of a cat show! Even so, Hairy manages to come out a winner. Brimming with Lynley Dodd's trademark bouncy rhymes and expressive illustrations, toddlers...

  • Colour with Hairy Maclary

    Use crayons or paints, pens or coloured pencils and make Hairy Maclary and friends come to life in this colouring book. Here are fifteen different pictures with snippets of accompanying text featuring everyone's favourite characters - there's Slinky ...



  • The Dudgeon Is Coming

  • Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper

    Hairy Maclary Adventures

    "Hairy Maclary heard a STRANGE sound, a yowling, a wailing that echoed around . . ." What could be causing the caterwauling cacophony that brings Hairy Maclary and his friends running?

    Publishers Weekly promises the "wonderfully waggish words"...

  • Hairy Maclary Buggy Book

    Babies and toddlers will also love being out and about when they take Hairy Maclary's bright new buggy book with them! Its tough board pages and detachable strap and clip make this little board book just right for little ones on the go....

  • Hairy Maclary and Friends Little Library

  • Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks

    Hairy Maclary Adventures

    Hairy Maclary is off to the park with his skimmer to have some fun in suitably doggy style. When he comes across a wedding party and the wind whips Grandmother Pugh's hat away he's the hero of the moment when he fetches it back....

  • Scarface Claw

    Scarface Claw is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd.

    Big, bullying tom cat, Scarface Claw, Hairy Maclary''s arch-enemy, is at the centre of this story. But like most bullies, Scarface turns out to be not quite as tough as he and the othe...

  • Slinky Malinki Christmas Crackers

    Slinky Malinki

    It's Christmas in Slinky Malinki's house and the rapscallion, mischievous cat is most curious about the Christmas tree. With its reindeer, ribbons, baubles and bells, it's too tempting a treat for Slinky not to investigate. So Slinky Malinki, with mi...

  • Hairy Maclary, Sit

    "Hairy Maclary, Sit is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd.

    Hairy Maclary causes trouble again when he is simply not in the mood for the Kennel Club''s Obedience Class. He feels mischievous and mad and not only does he scamper away but all his...

  • Zachary Quack Minimonster

    Zachary Quack stars in his own big adventure as he chases a dragonfly through some very sticky situations. Climbing the river bank on to the track, went pittery pattery Zachary Quack. Zachary Quack is pestering and scruffling all over the riv...

  • Dogs Never Climb Trees

    Schnitzel Von Krumm



  • Forget-Me-Not

    Schnitzel Von Krumm

  • Schnitzel von Krumm's Basketwork

    Schnitzel Von Krumm

    Schitzel Von Krumm is outraged when his misguided family decides to replace his worn out, beaten up, smelling old basket. He doesn't like his smart new basket and tries to find something else that's cosy and comforting. But no where is quite right. E...

  • Slinky Malinki, Early Bird

    Slinky Malinki

  • Hairy Maclary, Shoo

    Hairy Maclary Adventures

    'Stop this shemozzle, this hullabaloo! Scarper, skedaddle, be off with you â€" shoo!' When Hairy Maclary decides to snoop inside a parked delivery van, he's in for a madcap adventure. After a rattling, roaring ride, and finding himself far from home,...

  • Hairy Maclary

    The iconic first Hairy Maclary book, which introduces Hercules Morse, Bitzer Maloney, Muffin McLay, Bottomley Potts, Schnitzel von Krumm and of course the famous Hairy Maclary from Donaldon's Dairy. The six dogs go out for a walk, but little do th...

  • Hairy Maclary and Friends

    Since the book Hairy Maclary from Donaldson s Dairy was first published in 1983, Hairy Maclary and his friends have become firm favourites with children all over the world. Lynley Dodd s charming stories, written in bouncy rhyming verse, tell of the ...

  • Scarface Claw, Hold Tight

    What a peaceful morning! The sun is out and Scarface Claw is busy doing what a cat does best - he's lazing around in a sunny spot. A sunny spot that unfortunately happens to be the roof of a truck... Suddenly, there was a shudder and sway,the whirr o...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lynley Dodd has published 36 books.

Lynley Dodd does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Scarface Claw, Hold Tight, was published in January 2019.

The first book by Lynley Dodd, A Dragon in a Wagon, was published in October 1990.

Yes. Lynley Dodd has 3 series.
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