October Kiwi Kids Books: Day 14

Share a New Zealand book for children or teens: by an author or illustrator you'll always read. 

Dame Lynley Dodd! 

Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack is one of my favourites.  

I've recently bought some Lynley Dodd books for myself - and we have quite a collection of withdrawn library copies at work - because of so many reasons.

One of them is her use of language! 

I've been asked by local daycares to incorporate some speech therapy exercises into our storytime visits. But, without them seeming like speech therapy exercises.

And, Lynley's books are perfect. 

Drowsily

Bumptious

Bustly

Hustly

Shemozzle

Hullabaloo

Fiendish

Blusterous

Her use of the page turn - and building suspension. 

Dame Lynley Dodd has a masterly and deft touch. 

World Kid Lit Month: Day 13: Hairy Maclary

Day 13: Hairy Maclary series by Dame Lynley Dodd.

Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack (1999). 

This is my favourite title in this classic and popular series - claimed by many countries. But, it is a New Zealand grown beauty. 

'It was drowsily warm and dozens of bees were lazily buzzing through flowers and trees...'

This came out in my first year as a children's librarian, and I read it three storytimes a week for over a month.