Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun | Lynley Dodd

Create your own stories with raggedy rascal Hairy Maclary and all his friends in this magnetic board book.A sturdy magnetic board book with fun magnets of Hairy Maclary and his friends!Hairy Maclary and his rollicking gang are always getting up to mischief. Join them on their adventures in this fun-filled magnet book featuring five Hairy Maclary scenes and lots of magnets to add. Where will Hairy Maclary play today? And who is with him? You can decide!Featuring Hercules Morse, Bottomley Potts, Muffin McLay, Bitzer Maloney, Schnitzel von Krumm, Scarface Claw, Slinky Malinki, Zachary Quack, a hat, a skimmer, a teddy bear ... and of course, the mischievous Hairy Maclary.Bringing together imagination and learning through creative play, little ones will love creating their own stories about the raggedy rascal and his gang.

Lynley Dodd graduated from the Elam School of Art in Auckland with a diploma in Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. She went on to teach art before taking a break to start a family. She began to work as a freelance illustrator and collaborated with author Eve Sutton on My Cat Likes To Hide in Boxes. There was no looking back as Lynley went on to write and illustrate her own books for children. Exuberant artwork and bouncy rhymes come together perfectly in books like Slinky Malinki and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. As well as being a visual delight, these are some of the most rewarding books for children and adults to read out loud. It comes as no surprise that, as a child, she adored Dr Seuss because of his 'crazy sounds and the fact that he took such liberties with the English language.' Other favourite authors included A A Milne and the fairy tales of The Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. Today, Lynley is a big fan of Quentin Blake 'because of his humour and very clever art work.'