Slinky Malinki

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As well as being a visual delight, these are some of the most rewarding books for children and adults to read out loud. Margaret Blount, Animal Land *For a full list of cat tropes from this book, see the entry at TV Tropes.

She is enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the unforgettable HAIRY MACLARY and his friends. They are Gumbies, or Jellicles, Rum Tum Tuggers or Macavities or like one or other of his feline varieties: Criminal, Ole Thespian, Railway, Conjuror, Oldest Inhabitant, Pirate, or just the kind that sits about for ever. In one image we even see Slinky carrying a perfectly round balloon (as well as a slipper and a sausage link), and the blood-red balloon partially obscures the moon.

Oh, that cheeky cat Slinky Malinki has got up to his usual tricks and meddled with the Christmas tree decorations. Told through playful rhyme and colourful illustrations, Slinky Malinki has delighted generations of children with his laugh-out-loud adventures. A special, large-format, board book gift edition of this hilarious story from Lynley Dodd's bestselling Hairy Maclary and Friends series, which is the perfect gift for a young animal-lover. Slinky Malinki ends up getting caught in the midst of his naughtiness and experiences the embarrassment and shame of his bad behavior. There are plenty to discover, and just like Hairy Maclary, they all feature Lynely's uniquely exuberant artwork and gorgeously readable rhymes!

The lists of items stolen are particularly detailed and amusing: "slippers and sausages, / biscuits, balloons, / brushes and bandages, / pencils and spoons. His yowling is terrible - so terrible that it draws Hairy Maclary and all his friends from Donaldson's Dairy to investigate.In my opinion this series is leagues ahead of the more famous Hairy McLary stories, and I recommend it to cat lovers everywhere, whatever your age. The illustrations capture his reaction to being caught so well and surely children everywhere can relate to being caught doing something they weren't supposed to do but enjoyed doing a bit to much.