Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet - Softcover

Dodd, Lynley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582460949 ISBN 13: 9781582460949

Publisher: Tricycle Press, 2003

Synopsis

It'­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 in library binding.  

About this title

About the Author:

New Zealander LYNLEY DODD is one of the best-known and best-selling picturebook creators in the English-speaking world. She is also the author/illustrator of the Slinki Malinki series.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1-- Hairy Maclary, a small black dog, has his tail nipped by a caged cockatoo and, leaping up, precipitates a lighthearted pet riot in the veterinarian's waiting room. Lively watercolor and ink illustrations are carefully coordinated with a brief, rhymed text. Realistic yet simplified paintings completely fill each left-hand page and face a right-hand page devoted exclusively to text. The animated feeling of these paintings is derived more from expressive animal faces than from a sense of motion. The animals are well observed and neatly individualized. The use of language is delightful, being musical, playful, and colorful. The print is large and appropriate for beginning readers, but the vocabulary may prove intimidating to those same readers. This reads aloud well; however, previous books about Hairy Maclary are stronger as this story is a bit muddled. The vet enters to restore peace to her waiting room, but it is never clear that she succeeds before the punchline, which indicates that the rumpus is about to start anew. --Cynthia Bishop, Onondaga County Public Library, Syracuse, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Tricycle Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1582460949
• ISBN 13: 9781582460949
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Dodd Lynley