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A 'cat and mouse' chase follows, with the two characters ending up peacefully snuggled together after Zachary Quack has saved a soggy Hairy Maclary from the river. From his friends Bottomley Potts and Schnitzel von Krumm to his big enemy Scarface Claw, there are plenty of characters to meet and enjoy. They get hooked on the rhyme, join in with "and hairy maclary from donaldson's dairy", yowl with scarface claw, and look for their favourite dogs in the pictures. It was my son's first birthday last week and the boy got so many presents we're struggling to find space for them in our little house!The one we've read most so far is Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack, but we just found Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper and I think that might overtake it - Monty loves all the different dog barks in that one and has started shouting out "bow wow wow!

Hairy Maclary's Bone; Hairy Maclary Scattercat; Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper; Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet; Slinky Malinki; Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness; Slinky Malinki, Open the Door; Sniff-Snuff-Snap! If you haven't encountered Hairy Maclary and his doggy friends then you and your children are missing a treat. In this fabulous set of audio rhyming tales, Hairy Maclary and his friends just want to have fun, but trouble is never far away! It can be read to younger children, as it has such bright and fun pictures, and then followed by a discussion about the characters and the names. They generally involve Hairy and his friends in adventurous scenarios pitched against local cats, often with an implication that the cats are more cunning.

That in itself isn’t necessarily a bad thing, in fact it probably makes it more appealing to a broader spectrum of age groups. He's great and the rhymes in this rhyming book are easy to read and never feel like hard work to read again and again.

The character Hairy Maclary made his first appearance in 1983 in the book titled Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. Exuberant artwork and bouncy rhymes come together perfectly in books like Slinky Malinki and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. In the first book of this now classic series, we are taken down the dark, dark street to the dark, dark house and into the dark, dark cellar in which the skeletons live. 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.Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy was the first Hairy Maclary book and remains Lynley Dodd's own favourite.

The fun names are silly and purposefully long, which is more enjoyable for children to hear and repeat. Characters, events and therefore language are repetitive and cumulative, after the manner of " Old MacDonald had a farm". Following the resounding success of my Locus Quest, I faced a dilemma: which reading list to follow it up with? But when they suddenly find themselves face-to-face with Scarface Claw - the toughest Tom in town - it's time to run all the way back home!

Culturalmente es algo que no se comprende en España, en que aprender a leer es más "fácil", dado que "se lee como se escribe". Join Hairy Maclary and his friends on their first ever adventure in this golden 40th anniversary edition of the beloved .