Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (Hairy Maclary and Friends)

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His adventures are usually in the company of his other animal friends who include the Dachshund Schnitzel von Krumm, Dalmatian Bottomley Potts, Greyhound Bitzer Maloney, English Mastiff Hercules Morse and Old English Sheepdog Muffin Mclay. In each book, we meet Hairy Maclary’s friends: dogs of all shapes and sizes with wonderful names - “Bottomley Potts covered in spots”, “Hercules Morse as big as a horse” and “Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum”, as well as cats for him to chase including the equally mischievous Slinky Malinki and his arch-enemy, the bullying tom cat Scarface Claw. Its a great read with preschool aged children but also with toddlers as it has colourful pictures and amazing rhyming words . 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.

The story follows the assembly of a pack of dogs going to the park, and ends when they're all scared off by a fearsome cat - Scarface Claw.The pictures and the written words combine to tell the story, with much anecdotal material appearing within the pictures that is not described in the text. With fun rhymes and brilliant illustrations, this is one for the whole family to savour, so get reading below! But there's just something about this little dog, nothing but a pile of hair, marching down the street, collecting all his friends, like Hercules Morse, as big as a horse, only to be chased away by the vicious Slinky Malinki! I think it could inspire very creative writing, with children making up their own animals out for a walk and then giving them imaginative names.

As Hairy Maclary dozily dreams and lies on his back ZIP round the corner comes Zackary Quack - and HE wants to play!The character Hairy Maclary made his first appearance in 1983 in the book titled Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. A new paperback edition of the story about everyone's favourite dog, Schnitzel von Krumm, from everyone's favourite auth. He's the cheekiest, muckiest pup you'll ever meet, with an endearing crew of doggy pals - and a fierce arch-enemy in bad-cat Scarface Claw! 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.