Hairy Maclary named as the bestselling book of the decade in New Zealand". Stuff. 15 November 2019 . Retrieved 16 September 2019. Join Hairy Maclary and his friends on their first ever adventure in this golden 40th anniversary edition of the beloved rhyming classic!

Encourage your child to find the words that rhyme in the story. You can explain to them that you are looking for words that sound the same at the end, but remind them that these words might not be spelt the same. This books helps children identify rhyme and create their own. It provides them with an opportunity to learn a poem, a chance to make sound effects for Scarface Claw and create a change in tempo when they all run home to bed! My wife and I both like dogs - which probably helps us enjoy this one! We don't have a dog at the moment (we have three cats) but we're currently planning to get a puppy for Fin's 5th birthday. If anyone's interested, we're hoping to get a Toller retriever. They're cute, huh? Hairy Maclary sets out for a walk. On the way he collects his friends and they trot along happily together - until they meet Scarface Claw.When your child is consistently able to recognise the rhyming words in the story you can then encourage him or her to come up with their own words. You can say “Can you think of another word that rhymes with Potts and spots?”. If people are all just as emotional, or frightened in a situation, then what might cause them to respond differently to it? Sculpture of Hairy Maclary and other characters from the books in Tauranga, New Zealand on the waterfront 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!

I think this poem invites musical accompaniment, it could be performed by dividing the class into groups of children responsible for being 'Bottomley Potts' or 'Bitzer Maloney' etc. The Hairy Maclary stories are published all over the world. They have been adapted for the stage and one was read by the New Zealand Prime Minister on television on Christmas day 2019.

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy [1] first published in 1983, is the first and most well-known of a series of books by New Zealand author Lynley Dodd featuring Hairy Maclary. [2] His adventures are usually in the company of his other dog friends. His arch-enemy is the tomcat Scarface Claw. Hairy Maclary leads all the other dogs in the neighbourhood to investigate the terrible caterwauling created when the tough cat Scarface Claw is caught up in a tree.” (Catalogue)