In this beautiful hardback book parents can record Baby's birth, weight, height, growth, teething, hand and foot prints and many more precious moments and experiences. Throughout the book - rollicking, frolicking, barking and howling, mewling and sneaking, and snooping and prowling - are images of the famous Hairy Maclary and his gang of friends. Hairy Maclary, Hercules Morse, Bottomly Pots, Schnitzel von Krumm, and many more characters will make a special book of memories a beautiful keepsake.

Author Biography

Lynley Dodd graduated from the Elam School of Art in Auckland with a diploma in Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. She went on to teach art before taking a break to start a family. She began to work as a freelance illustrator and collaborated with author Eve Sutton on My Cat Likes To Hide in Boxes. There was no looking back as Lynley went on to write and illustrate her own books for children. Exuberant artwork and bouncy rhymes come together perfectly in books like Slinky Malinki and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. As well as being a visual delight, these are some of the most rewarding books for children and adults to read out loud. It comes as no surprise that, as a child, she adored Dr Seuss because of his 'crazy sounds and the fact that he took such liberties with the English language.' Other favourite authors included A A Milne and the fairy tales of The Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. Today, Lynley is a big fan of Quentin Blake 'because of his humour and very clever art work.'