Lynley Dodd captures the essence of cat behaviour in her trademark rhythmic rhyme as Slinky Malinki rouses the family before dawn - and then promptly goes back to bed.
Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk with a few of his friends - and comes up against a nasty surprise, in the shape of the cat Scarface Claw, who chases the dogs away.
"Slinky Malinki and Stickybeak Syd were a troublesome pair; do you know what they did? Alone in the house one mischievous day, they opened a door and they started to play." Room by room, the terrible
Hairy Maclary "dozily dreamed as he lay on his back when pittery pattery, skittery scattery, ZIP 'A-round the corner came Zachary Quack." Little Zach presents quite a nuisance, but their friendship wi
