Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet
Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet book cover

Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet

Paperback – January 2, 2003

Price
$14.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
32
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1582460949
Dimensions
9.03 x 0.12 x 6.71 inches
Weight
3.52 ounces

Description

The most popular/best-selling children'Âxads books ever to come out of New Zealand, the HAIRY MACLARY series of canine capers will delight readers with cumulative rhyming texts and sunny ink-and-watercolor illustrations. Fans across the country agree: " . . . a fabulous read that will rank among your child'Âxads favorite read alouds, if not THE favorite." -Onalaska, WI". . . so fast moving that they can entertain even the shortest attention spans!" -Old Greenwich, CT"This is a must have." -Washington, D.C.And Publishers Weekly thinks Lynley Dodd has created "that relatively rare commodity, a book that "tickles the funnybones of parents and children alike." 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.

Features & Highlights

  • 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.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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A joy to read outloud

Lynley Dodd is a FANTASTIC author. I own a ton of her books. I love them, children love them. The characters are characters you instantly fall in love with. The vocabulary Dodd uses is creative and intelligent, and leads to great conversations with kids. The books rhyme and remind me of Dr. Seuss without the nonsense words.

You won't be disappointed with Dodd's books.
3 people found this helpful
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Great books!

This is such a wonderful book! The Hairy maclary books are so funny my kids love to read them over and over again!
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Great for 2-4 year olds! And moms too!

Even more fun with Hairy Maclary! My three-year-old son just loves these books! We read them over and over and over. Great pictures, too. The part I really like is that my son now has this one memorized so I read the first part of the page and he fills in the last half for me! Fun!
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Rimes are easy and stories are fun

My three year old son LOVES all Hairy Maclary's and Slinky Malinki books. We read them every night and he can recite them from the memory now. Rimes are easy and stories are fun. We collected all books in this series except one which we could not get even through the book vendor in the Great Britain. Excellent book!
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Hairy Maclary is at it again!

We love all the Hairy Maclary books, and this one has the same great and funny alliteration and choice adjectives as all the rest.
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Great even for a very young child.

My 9 month old loves this book more than I thought it was possible for a young baby to like any book (and has loved it since he was around 6 months). He would have me read it 10 times over if I were willing (three is my limit in any one sitting). Although he's far too young to understand the words, I think there's something about the sound of the rhymes that even very young children can love. So don't think you have to wait until two to introduce your baby to this series.
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Love "Hairy Maclary's" adventures!!

Another wonderful book about Hairy Maclary. Well written and illustrated. Was hubby's favorite series of books as a kid in New Zealand. Purchased as a gift for Kindergarten teacher and she was thrilled! Highly recommend.
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Love Hairy Maclary

This book has a great rhyme to it and is easy to read. It's also the perfect length for a bedtime read- overall, would recommend it!
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Quite a rumpus indeed!

Very funny tale of all the animals in the vet's office escaping one by one and getting into an awful tangle. We enjoyed Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy and enjoyed this too.
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Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet

Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet by LynleyDodd was very good. My five year old granddaughter is quite a fan of all the Hairy Maclary and Friends stories. She expecially likes the rhyming. The pictures are very cute also.