Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
AuthorLynley Dodd
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHairy Maclary
GenreChildren's book
PublisherMallinson Rendel Publishers Limited
Publication date
1983
Publication placeNew Zealand
ISBN978-0-14-330615-3
Followed byHairy Maclary's Bone 

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.

Written for pre-school children, it has become a classic bedtime storybook in New Zealand and Australia,[3][4][5] and Lynley Dodd's books, including this one, dominate the children's section of the Premier New Zealand Bestsellers list.[citation needed]

The order of introduction of the dogs (with their house number in brackets) is:

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.

Like most of Dodd's books, it is written in anapaestic verse, though it breaks into a more urgent trochaic form when the dogs encounter the cat.

It has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and been translated into Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Swedish, Russian, Slovene[8][9] - and te reo Māori.[10] It has also been adapted into a stage play, which has been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Sydney Opera House.[11]

In the 2019 TVNZ series Goodnight Kiwi, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern read Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. The episode aired on TVNZ 2 on Christmas Day.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ In New Zealand English, a dairy is a small corner shop
  2. ^ "Hairy Maclary named as the bestselling book of the decade in New Zealand". Stuff. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. ^ Pollock, Kerryn. "Classics: Hairy Maclary". Te Ara. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Hairy Maclary". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. ^ "The ten best dogs in literature". Country Life. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Hairy Maclary". www.hairymaclary.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Met Hairy Maclary and his friends". Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ Yalde, Phillipa (10 April 2013). "Hairy Maclary debuts in China". SunLive. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  9. ^ Miklavčič, Alja, Jana Kolarič (in Slovenian), Društvo slovenskih pisateljev, retrieved 16 August 2017
  10. ^ "Hairy Maclary no te Teri a Tanarahana". Penguin. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Paws for thought: Hairy Maclary scampers in". SMH. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Jacinda Ardern to read classic Hairy Maclary for Goodnight Kiwi". 8 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to front Christmas episode of Goodnight Kiwi".
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