Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

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 animal friends who include the dachshund Schnitzel von Krumm. His arch-enemy is the tomcat Scarface Claw.

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

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.

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

The story follows the assembly of a pack 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[7][8] - and te reo Māori.[9] It has also been adapted into a stage play, which has been put on at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Sydney Opera House.[10]

In the 2019 TVNZ series Goodnight Kiwi the prime minister Jacinda Ardern read Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy the episode aired on TVNZ 2 on Christmas Day. [11][12]

References
  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 2017-07-12.
  7. Yalde, Phillipa (10 April 2013). "Hairy Maclary debuts in China". SunLive. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  8. Miklavčič, Alja, Jana Kolarič (in Slovenian), Društvo slovenskih pisateljev, retrieved 2017-08-16
  9. "Hairy Maclary no te Teri a Tanarahana". Penguin. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  10. "Paws for thought: Hairy Maclary scampers in". SMH. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  11. https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/118041704/jacinda-ardern-to-read-classic-hairy-maclary-for-goodnight-kiwi
  12. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=12292042
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