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Just perk up your ears, Barbara Else

Posted on December 5, 2014 by NZ Books

The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd
Finlay Macdonald
Penguin, $50.00,
ISBN 9780143567967

A tousle on spindly legs has conquered the world. How did it happen? Finlay Macdonald’s biography of Lynley Dodd describes her journey from childhood in the Kaingaroa Forest in the middle of the North Island to her creation of the tousle, Hairy Maclary (from Donaldson’s dairy, as if you needed to be reminded) and on to the sale of many millions of picture books.

Tagged with: Barbara Else, Finlay Macdonald, Issue 108, Lynley Dodd, Penguin, Summer 2014
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review

Good dog! Norman Bilbrough

Posted on September 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $30.00, ISBN 9781877423147 Beginner writers often think that writing a picture book must be easy. But a story – any story – needs drafts and more drafts before it is ready…

Tagged with: Issue 83, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Norman Bilbrough, Spring 2008
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Pinning down the “again” factor, Linda Burgess

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

The Other Ark Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $27.95, ISBN 090878385X Taming the Sun: Four Maori Myths Gavin Bishop Random, $29.95, ISBN 1869416120 Koro’s Medicine Melanie Drewery, illustrations by Sabrina Malcolm Huia, $16.95, ISBN 1869691044 Clubs Kate De Goldi, illustrations by…

Tagged with: Gavin Bishop, Huia, Issue 68, Jacqui Colley, June 2005, Kate De Goldi, Linda Burgess, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Melanie Drewery, Random, Sabrina Malcolm, Trapeze
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

A wink to the grown-ups, Gavin Bishop

Posted on December 1, 2003 by NZ Books

The Night Kite Peter Bland, illustrations by Carl Bland, Mallinson Rendel, $24.95, ISBN 0908783833 Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer Lloyd Jones, illustrations by Graeme Gash, Mallinson Rendel, $29.95, ISBN 0908783752 Cat’s Whiskers – 4 Favourite Lynley Dodd Stories Lynley Dodd…

Tagged with: Carl Bland, Gavin Bishop, Graeme Gash, Issue 64, Lloyd Jones, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Peter Bland, Summer 2003
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

The amazonian element, Diane Hebley

Posted on December 1, 2001 by NZ Books

The Apple Tree and other stories Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $29.95, ISBN 0908783469 Scarface Claw Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $24.95, ISBN 0908783620 Baby Bumble and the Sock Pirates Vivienne Joseph, illustrated by Ruth Paul Mallinson Rendel, $24.95, ISBN 0908783507 Nanny…

Tagged with: December 2001, Diane Hebley, Issue 51, John Walsh, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Ruth Paul, Te Papa Press, Vivienne Joseph
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

Reeling in the years, Diana Noonan

Posted on September 1, 1999 by NZ Books

After the War Bob Kerr Mallinson Rendel, $22.95, ISBN 0908783515 Hedgehog Howdedo Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $22.95, ISBN 0908783558 Mouse Hotel Pamela and Richard Wolf Random House, $26.95, ISBN 1869414497 I Heard a Blackbird Singing Mayne Thompson (illustrations by Barbara…

Tagged with: Barbara Hefford, Bob Kerr, Diana Noonan, Issue 47, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, March 2001, Mayne Thompson, Pamela and Richard Wolf, Random House, Steele Roberts
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

New lyricism and an old favourite, Stephanie Edmond

Posted on June 1, 1991 by NZ Books

Chen Li and the River Spirit Anthony Holcroft Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1990, $19.95 Slinky Malinki Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, Wellington, 1990, $17.95 Caterwaul Caper Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, Wellington, 1990, $8.75 Chen Li and the River Spirit is a…

Tagged with: Anthony Holcroft, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 2, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Stephanie Edmond, Winter 1991
Posted in Children, Literature, Review